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Coyote Tactical Support Vehicle (TSV)

Introduced for operations in Afghanistan, the Coyote Tactical Support Vehicle (TSV light) is based on a 6x6 derivative of the

40mm Grenade Machine Gun (GMG)

The Heckler & Koch 40mm Grenade Machine Gun (GMG) provides unrivalled infantry suppression combining the best characteristics of the heavy machine guns or light mortars usually

Land Rover Weapons Mounted Installation Kit (WMIK)

The Weapons Mounted Installation Kit (WMIK) was developed by Ricardo and is fitted to Airborne Landrovers (officially known as Truck Utility Medium High Specification

50 Cal Heavy Machine Gun (HMG)

The powerful L1A1 12.7 mm (.50) Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) is an updated version of the Browning M2 'Fifty-cal' - recognised as one of the finest heavy machine guns ever developed.

Husky Tactical Support Vehicle (TSV)

Husky is a new protected support vehicle, providing commanders with a highly mobile and flexible load carrying vehicle.

Jackal Armoured Vehicle

The Jackal is a high mobility weapons platform, with a unique air-bag suspension system allowing rapid movement across varying terrain.

Javelin Anti-Tank Guided Weapon

Javelin, the medium range anti-tank guided weapon replacement for Milan, is an enhanced version of the American weapon proven on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan by US forces.

Quad Bike (ATV)

Delivering vital combat supplies to troops on the ground, the Yahama Quad Bike and trailers provide sterling service on frontline operations.

Mastiff Armoured Vehicle

Mastiff is a heavily armoured, 6 x six-wheel-drive patrol vehicle which carries eight people, plus two crew.

Springer Dune Buggy

The Springer Dune Buggy was one of a fleet of new all-terrain vehicles to move vital equipment to troops on the frontline in Afghanistan.

Scimitar Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle

Originally a member of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Vehicle Tracked (CVRT) family of vehicles from the 1960s, the Scimitar provides powerful support to Airborne Operations.

L129A1 Sharpshooter Rifle

The L129A1 was selected in 2009 to replace the L96 Rifle in the sharpshooter role.

The Airborne Family

For as long as there have been Airborne soldiers, there has been Airborne Families. These sometimes forgotten members of the Airborne Community have shared in the trials of Army life,

Tetrarch Light Tank

The Tetrarch, Light Tank MkVII was designed in the late 1930s to replace the existing fleet of British Light Tanks.

Joint Services Freefall Trials Team (JSFTT)

The Post War Development of Free Fall Parachuting

A Wolf Hound on the driver training course at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, 2010

Wolf Hound Tactical Support Vehicle (TSV)

The Wolfhound is a six-wheeled variant of the Mastiff Heavy Protected Patrol Vehicle, which gives troops increased protection as they support missions in high-threat areas.

British Airborne Electrical and Mechanical Engineer Services (REME)

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High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) Freefall Parachuting

High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) is a method of delivering paratroopers, equipment, and supplies from a high altitude via free-fall parachute. It is also known as Military Free Fall (MFF).

HMIS Hindustan Incident

As a result of political unrest in India in December 1945, the 15th (Kings) Parachute Battal

Airborne Assault - The Museum of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces

Opening Times: Opening Times

M22 Locust Airborne Tank

The M22 Locust was developed in the United States, by Marmon Herrington, at the request of the British War Office in order to replace the

Musee de la bataille des Ardennes

The La Roche Museum of the Battle of the Ardennes commemorates the Battle of the Bulge and, uniquely, includes a section to represent British involvement in the operations to counter the German "Wa

PARACHUTE REGIMENT CHARTER

Reproduced from the Pegasus Yearbook 2010.

Memorial Pegasus Museum

The Memorial Pegasus is dedicated to the men of 6th Airborne Division and their role during the Battle of Normandy from June to September 1944.

Merville Battery Museum

The Merville Battery Museum is situated in a series of the original casemates at the site of the landings on 6th June 1944.

Firmin (formerly Wilkinson) Sword of Peace

The Firmin Sword of Peace was first instituted as the Wilkinson Sword of Peace in 1966 and is awarded each year to the unit of the UK's armed services judged to have made the most valuable contribu

105mm Howitzer of Royal Horse Artillery in action, Thumier Airfield, Aden, 1964

105mm Pack Howitzer

Built in Italy by OTO Melara and designated as the Model 56, the howitzer was adopted by the British Army in the early 1960s and was known as the L5 Pack Howitzer.

Tournaments, Tattoos and Public Displays

The Fishmongers' Trophy

The Fishmongers' Trophy is an annual outstanding achievement award made to a member or former member of the Parachute Regiment by the Fishmongers' Comp

Carl Gustav Anti Tank Weapon

The L14A1, Gun, 84mm, Infantry Anti Tank Weapon, known as the Carl Gustav or "Charlie G" was the standard medium hand held anti tank weapon for Airborne Forces in the 1970s and 1980s.

L85A2, 5.56mm Rifle, SA80A2

SA80 is the designation for a family of assault weapons in service from the mid 1980s.

L128A1 Combat Shotgun

The combat shotgun is for use by the Point Man of a section at close quarters within close country and complex terrain. It allows the soldier to apply a quick rapid rate of fire over

Warthog Armoured Vehicle

Warthog is a modified and better protected version of the Singapore Army Bronco.

Parachute Equipment

Uniform images

Indian Airborne Divisional Artillery

Although 44 Indian Airborne Division was formally established in April 1944, bringing the division up to establishment proved difficult, not least with recruiting divisional troops to support the i

Oosterbeek - The Old Church

The Old Church in Oosterbeek dates back to the 10th Century and is the oldest church in use in Gelderland.

Panzer Mk IV knocked out by Pat Barnett near Arnhem Bridge

German Panzerkampfwagen IV Tank

The German Sdkfz 161 Panzerkampfwagen (Pzkpfw IV) was first introduced into German service in the late 1930s as Nazi Germany rearmed in preparation for war and was continuously produced until 1945

German Sturmgeschutz III

The Sdkfz 142 Sturmgeshutz III Assault Gun, was a German self propelled gun utilising the Pzkpfw III tank chassis and was produced in a number of variants from the Ausf A to Ausf G.

German Panzerkampfwagen 740 B2 (F)

The Panzerkampfwagen 740 B2 (F) was the German designation of the French Char B tanks pressed into German service after the fall of France in 1940.

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