Videos tagged with 44th Armored Battalion

This video details an unissued WW2 German Luftwaffe RZ20 parachute, mailed back from Europe by Sergeant Andrew Jairus of the 44th Armored Battalion. The parachute, dated 1944, was likely never used due to the Luftwaffe's reduced capacity for large-scale paratrooper assaults by that time. The video highlights the parachute's improvements over earlier models, such as the RZ16 used in the Battle of Crete, and discusses the 'L2' proof mark found on various Luftwaffe paratrooper equipment.