[quote=@shylarah]
I asked a friend about equipment for paratroopers, even though we're not actually paratroopers, and he linked [url=http://www.feldgrau.com/articles.php?ID=18]this[/url].  Apparently jeeps were often flown in on gliders (for the Allies), and supplies could be dropped along with the soldiers.  Cool, huh?
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The Germans, for example, devised a way to deny a glider a chance to land safely. They would dig and plant poles into the ground, and as a glider tried to land, it would crash these obstacles. Commonly nicknamed as Rommel's asparagus.