Pasukan terjun payung
Pasukan terjun payung adalah pasukan yang dilatih untuk terjun payung dalam operasi dan biasanya berfungsi sebagai bagian dari pasukan lintas udara. Pasukan terjun payung militer dan terjun payung mula-mula dipakai dalam skala besar pada Perang Dunia II untuk penyebaran dan transportasi pasukan. Pasukan terjun payung sering dipakai dalam serangan kejut, untuk merebut tempat-tempat strategis seperti landasan udara atau jembatan.
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[sunting | sunting sumber]Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Paratroopers.
- Argentine Paratroopers – Historical Equipment etc
- Peruvian Paratroopers in 1941 War between Peru and Ecuador – translated from Spanish to English
- Pathfinder Parachute Group, an international organization based in Europe, composed of active and retired paratroopers, participates in WW2 reenactment events as well as joint military jumps with foreign nations
- The European Military- Parachuting Association (EMFV/EMPA/AEPM) is the first instance for active Military Parachuting in Europe.
- The Airborne Engineers Association is a military association, which is a registered charity and is made up of serving and ex members of Airborne units of the British Corps of Royal Engineers.
- ArmyParatrooper.org
- The Belgian Special Forces Group
- U.S. Navy Parachute Team ("Leapfrogs")
- How Armies Hit The Silk - J. Peck Popular Science, June 1945 Diarsipkan 2012-10-06 di Wayback Machine.