Sunday, July 19, 2015

EAA AirVenture week!-----The Soviet Airborne & Disembarking the Tupolev TB-3

The Soviet Airborne & Disembarking the Tupolev TB-3:
tumblr_mtvd5tILoU1s57vgxo1_500"The photographs below show the rather unusual method of how Russian Paratroopers disembarked from the TB-3.
By jumping or rather sliding from the wing.
The Soviets were one of the first countries to take the concept of airborne infantry seriously developing the tactic during the 1930s."

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