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Exercise King's Joker was used for field trials of a 7,000lb platform of special light steel with shock absorbers and a cluster of eight parachutes, prior to adoption by the British Army.

Field Trial Heavy Drop of Artillery, Exercise King's Joker, 1953

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Copyright Credit Airborne Assault Archive
Date 1st September 1953

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Training Exercises Heavy drop Fairchild 'Boxcar' C119 aircraft Exercise King's Joker

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