A German firm organized the production of new equipment for paratroopers that could radically alter the tactics of performing secret campaigns when using airborne troops. The gentle personal wings will allow the paratroopers to fly themselves over large distances after leaving the aircraft.
Flight test in 2003 by Felickss Baumgartner. (Photo: BBC) The aerodynamic nature of the wings helps soldiers when they leave the plane at a height of 10km can land in a distance of 60km from the location of launching troops. It has great significance and advantages compared to the old parachute jump because when executing secret campaigns, airplanes drop troops may not need to approach the opponent's area, but just drop the commandos at outside the control radar of the enemy radar. The paratroopers will fly themselves to the ground, while the radar is almost impossible to catch such small targets. Before landing, the soldier launched the parachute and landed in the normal way.
The first demonstration of the personal suit's ability took place in 2003. At that time, the paratroop professional Felicks Baumgartner flew himself over the Channel . He jumped off the plane from a height of 10 km when he was still in the Duvre, and landed in the Kale area 12 minutes later. According to the British Daily Mail, the average flight speed of the suit is about 352 km / hour.
Such drop technique has many advantages compared to normal methods. In the case of normal people can also drop troops at large distances, but when opened even at high altitude, the parachute has many difficulties in controlling parachutes. In addition, the speed is not high and the accuracy of the grounding is low. If using a free fall technique, when the jumper only opens even at the last moment, the distance traveled horizontally before opening even though it is greatly reduced.
Currently, German ESG, after conducting many tests, has designed the model to mass produce wings for paratroopers. The set has a width of 1.8m, made from carbon plastic. Maximum horizontal flight speed: 200km / hour. With this equipment the accuracy, distance and speed of drop of troops increased greatly.
Certainly the British army will conduct tests for themselves and it is likely that the Ministry of Defense will equip this new technology with special units.
Hoang Thuong
