Equipment

Hastings aircraft dropping arms and equipment by parachute to men on the ground.

Men from No.1 Indian Air Company squat on the floor outdoors and pack loads for dropping.

Men from No.1 Indian Air Company pack loads for dropping.

A Parachute course stick photographed during the early parachute training days with their harnesses and headwear on.

Shot of a parachute training hangar filled with swing harnesses and other equipment.

Instructor teaches three recruits the parachute roll on a soft surface.

Equipped troops are briefed prior to training jumps from a Whitley aircraft.

Recruits emplaning prior to a training jump at Ringway. Note number two is carrying his parachute container.

Line of paratroops showing the early parachute smock and experimental head protection.

Photo shows an early weapons container which holds the stick's guns during the drop.

Three paratroopers wearing early experimental head protection.

Four paratroopers carry a container to their aircraft ready for load in.

Airborne REME officer demonstrating firing positions, Jordan

Parachuting equipment after a successful desert descent

Parachuting equipment following a descent under heavy snow conditions

Equipment for PPN1-1A Eureka Beacon

Contents of a Second World War British Paratrooper's haversack.

General Sir John Dill inspects a parachute with 11 SAS at Tatton Park December 1940

Paratroopers in leather RAF B Type helmets, being inspected by General Sir John Dill, c1940.

Example of WW2 Paratroopers kit at Normandy and Arnhem

Men from a parachute course in 1945 pose for the camera with their girlfriend's names written on their hats.

Larkspur A40 and Wireless Set No 88, AATDC trials, 1959.

3 Para soldier preparing kit before a foot patrol, Aden, 1964

3 Para soldiers prepare for a policing mission, Aden 1964

Pte Crichton of A Coy, 4 PARA shows off a Mosquito net, Minnesota,1983

Preparing the parachute equipment before our first jump from Skyvan, 1996

Soldier from 3 PARA pauses on patrol, Musa Qala, Afghanistan, 2008.

3 PARA soldiers wearing modified helmet covers, Musa Qala, Afghanistan, 2008.

2 PARA soldier takes the chance to rehydrate from a Camel Back water system, FOB Robinson, Afghanistan, 2008