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Truck Utility Medium (Heavy Duty)

The Pinzgauer 716M Truck Utility Medium (Heavy Duty) – TUM(HD) – performs a variety of roles for Airborne Forces, from carrying stores, acting as command and communications vehicle

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Chinook Helicopter

The Chinook is a versatile twin rotor helicopter that can be operated in many diverse environments ranging from cold weather ‘arctic’ conditions to desert warfare operations.

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Morris Commercial C8/AT Mark 3 Artillery Tractor

The Morris Commercial C8/Anti Tank (AT) Mark 3 Artillery Tractor was used as the towing vehicle for the

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Universal Carrier Number 1 Mark III

The Universal Carrier, also known as the Bren Gun Carrier, was a light armoured tracked vehicle built by Vickers-Armstrong from 1934 onwards.

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The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces National Memorial

The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces National Memorial, which is located at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, commemorates those members of the Regiment and Airborne Forces wh

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CWGC Florence War Cemetery

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery at Florence, in Italy, lies in a picturesque location outside of the city, at Il Girone, alongside the River Arno.

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CWGC Bari War Cemetery

The Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Bari in the locality of Carbonara, Italy, was chosen as a burial site in November 1943.

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CWGC Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

The Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Oosterbeek is approximately 7 kilometres west of Arnhem, in the east of the Netherlands.

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M3 White Scout Car

The M3 Scout Car was an all wheeled armoured car designed in 1937 by the White Motor Company in the United States.

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A Tribute to Airborne Facial Hair

In honour of Movember, here is a selection of some of the finest Airborne facial hair through the years.

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Oudna

Oudna is a battle honour of The Parachute Regiment and took place in North Africa, be

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Djebel Azzag 1943

Djebel Azzag 1943 is a battle honour of The Parachute Regiment and took place in Nor

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Djebel Alliliga

Djebel Alliliga is a battle honour of The Parachute Regiment and took place in North

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El Hadjeba

El Hadjeba is a battle honour of The Parachute Regiment and took place in North Afri

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Tamera

Tamera is a battle honour of The Parachute Regiment and took place in Tunisia in Marc

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Djebel Dahra

Djebel Dahra is a battle honour of The Parachute Regiment and took place in March 194

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Kef El Debna

Kef el Debna is a battle honour of The Parachute Regiment and took place between 27

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Austin Champ

The Truck, ¼ ton, CT, 4x4 cargo & FFW, Austin Mk 1 was more frequently referred to by its civilian designation “Champ”.

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Humber 1 Ton Truck.

The Humber FV1601 One Ton truck was a post war design for an off road, combat ready truck with a one ton payload and deep fording capabilities.

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Escape and Evasion

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Body Armour

The first type of body armour issued to airborne forces was designed by the Medical Research Council (MRC).

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The Colours

The origins of the Colours can be traced back to banners which were used as a rallying point for a military force, or to denote the location of a commander or the force’s headquarters, in the field

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Camouflage Painting of Airborne Vehicles

In imagery of airborne forces vehicles in the Second World War it is apparent a similar camouflage pattern is employed on each.

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The Parachute Regiment Insight Courses for potential recruits.

The Parachute Regiment run Insight Courses for potential recruits which are designed to give the potential soldier a look at how the regiment operates.

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CWGC Becklingen War Cemetery

Becklingen War Cemetery is the resting place for some 28 members of the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion who were killed in action, or died from wounds, during the advance to the Baltic in

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Taranto

Taranto is a battle honour of The Parachute Regiment.

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3 PARA soldier on patrol with a Light Machine Gun, Musa Quelah, Afghanistan, 2008

L110 Light Machine Gun

Developed from the Minimi Light Machine Gun following experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, the LMG is a belt-fed suppression weapon.

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Little Baldon Air Disaster

On 6 July 1965 a Hastings aircraft took off from RAF Abingdon with a crew of six and 35 assorted service personnel for a parachute drop over RAF Weston on the Green.

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Aldershot Military Cemetery

Aldershot Military Cemetery, which is located in Hampshire, is a permanent cemetery belonging to the UK’s Ministry of Defence.

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North Africa (Operation Torch)

On 12 November the 3rd Parachute Battalion (3 Para Bn) jumped onto and seized the vital airfield at Bone between Algiers and Tunis, arriving barely before German paratroopers deployed for the same mission.

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Suez (Operation Musketeer)

French paratroopers with part of the 1st (Guards) Independent Parachute Company were to capture two vital bridges leading south from Port Said and isolate the town.

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Tragino (Operation Colossus)

Towards the end of 1940 at a meeting in London, a decision was taken based on information from a civil engineering firm (George Kent and Sons), that if an aqueduct in Italy could be destroyed it would severely damage the Italian war effort.

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Italy

The Italians had capitulated while the force was still at sea. The sinking of HMS Abdiel by a mine in the harbour, however, resulted in the loss of 130 soldiers from 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion including their Commanding Officer.

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South France (Operation Dragoon)

The airborne assault was mounted alongside five US Parachute Battalions and one US Air Landing Brigade. The 51st US Troop Carrier Wing provided the lift for what was essentially an American-heavy operation.

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Greece (Operation Manna)

One company of the 4th Para Battalion was dropped in high winds at Megara airfield 40 miles from Athens suffering numerous casualties.

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Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)

1st Allied Airborne Corps, which included the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, was tasked to secure the main canal and river crossings between Eindhoven and Arnhem.

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Ardennes

After the Allied landings in Normandy and subsequent advance through France and Belgium, the German Army had succeeded in stalling the Allied offensive along their line of defence at the German border - the ‘Siegfried Line’.

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Norway (Operation Doomsday)

Maj Gen Urquhart received his orders in the midst of a Division reorganization.

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Far East

The 5th Parachute Brigade was sent to the Far East in preparation for a potential invasion of Japan. However, only the advance elements of the Brigade had reached the Far East prior to the Japanese surrender.

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Palestine

Arab intransigence over the surge of Jewish immigration that followed the Holocaust in Europe led to the forming of extreme dissident Zionist groups such as IZL (Irgun Zwai Leumi) and the Stern Gang, all seeking to promote their aims through violence.

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Truck Utility Medium (Heavy Duty)

Chinook Helicopter

Morris Commercial C8/AT Mark 3 Artillery Tractor

Universal Carrier Number 1 Mark III

The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces National Memorial

CWGC Florence War Cemetery

CWGC Bari War Cemetery

CWGC Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

M3 White Scout Car

A Tribute to Airborne Facial Hair

Oudna

Djebel Azzag 1943

Djebel Alliliga

El Hadjeba

Tamera

Djebel Dahra

Kef El Debna

Austin Champ

Humber 1 Ton Truck.

Escape and Evasion

Body Armour

The Colours

Camouflage Painting of Airborne Vehicles

The Parachute Regiment Insight Courses for potential recruits.

CWGC Becklingen War Cemetery

Taranto

L110 Light Machine Gun

Little Baldon Air Disaster

Aldershot Military Cemetery

North Africa (Operation Torch)

Suez (Operation Musketeer)

Tragino (Operation Colossus)

Italy

South France (Operation Dragoon)

Greece (Operation Manna)

Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)

Ardennes

Norway (Operation Doomsday)

Far East

Palestine

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