Reply With Quoteit worked on Pegasus bridgeOriginally Posted by martinexsquaddie
been reading about the WW11 glider assualts has to be the maddest way to go to war
I'm sure beowulf could find a use for a militry glider
Bring back the military glider :)
been reading about the WW11 glider assualts has to be the maddest way to go to war
I'm sure beowulf could find a use for a militry glider
Re: Bring back the military glider :)
it worked on Pegasus bridgebeen reading about the WW11 glider assualts has to be the maddest way to go to war
I'm sure beowulf could find a use for a militry glider
I think the biggest problem would be finding something to tow it without being spotted.
Pegasus Bridge was remarkable. I've been there and its pretty cool to see the actual place. The Longest Day recreates the taking of the bridge fairly well i thought.
Why don't we bring back horse cavalry while we're at it?
You laugh now but weren't US SF(or some high speed people) using horses in Afghanistan?
yeah horses , camels , mules ,donkeys .
I knew the special forces were. But I'm talking about 20,000 soldiers on horses with swords.
I've been there too.
The Longest Day recreation of the capture of the bridge is brilliant, especially as the guy that played the commander of the company was actually there as.
Re: Bring back the military glider :)
Funny you should mention this because I had been thinking of it myself recently; what if you'd use modern day technology and materials to build some kind of uber-glider. Wouldn't it be possible to use gliders to 'airdrop' Abrams tanks?been reading about the WW11 glider assualts has to be the maddest way to go to war
I'm sure beowulf could find a use for a militry glider
The helicopter has replaced the glider in terms of transporting lightweight vehicles like jeeps.
However the glider would be good for stealth ops. I heard that the germans never knew a glider had crashed through layers of barbedwire until a german sentry spotted them a minute or so after they landed.
Re: Bring back the military glider :)
I'd think the abrams tank would be too heavy, a APC or CRVT of some sort might work.Funny you should mention this because I had been thinking of it myself recently; what if you'd use modern day technology and materials to build some kind of uber-glider. Wouldn't it be possible to use gliders to 'airdrop' Abrams tanks?been reading about the WW11 glider assualts has to be the maddest way to go to war
I'm sure beowulf could find a use for a militry glider
The funny thing was that soldiers in US gliderborne infantry units in WW-2 did not get a risk allowance similar to the "jump pay" of their paratroop brethren.
BTW gliders seems to have worked best when employed in small numbers in "Coup de main" assaults like Eben Emael, the release of Musolini from Gran Sasso or the British accession of "Pegasus bridge.
Nowday I guess one would use choppers or ram air canopies instead.
The only advantages that I can see gliders might convey are IMHO
1 - getting a large squad of troops on the ground together on the objective instead of dispersed over the place or further away - cuts down time the enemy has to react.
2 - stealthy approach - low noise/low IR
3 - can be lauched at some distance from the objective ( in Theory ) thus disguising final objective.
- BTW had a look inside the fuselage of a WWII Horsa glider a while back and was quite suprised at its capabilities - 22/24 blokes fully kitted up and ready to go or freight equivalent payload. both the US and the UK used them.
The military already has gliders:
Well, I've heard a number of the arguments for having combat gliders in modern day operations, but the role is just not there. Helicopters can do the job much better.
Even if you're a spec ops group and want a quiet entry, you've still got that glider on the ground that you won't be hiding any time soon.
well they are not feasable for current military operations. But, lets say another major war broke out, the return of the glider might be a serious option as the cost of war increased. You could tow 2 or three gliders from a herc, let them go 20km from there target and have two or three platoons on the ground together.
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