tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502298319772392881.post8880581682867937703..comments2024-03-28T07:22:55.579+00:00Comments on Geordie's Big Battles: Jumping with the Poles II [Hypothetical]Geordie an Exiled FoGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002743056274635657noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502298319772392881.post-70396549356159973222012-02-21T23:54:02.684+00:002012-02-21T23:54:02.684+00:00Thanks for the info Phill, what you say makes a lo...Thanks for the info Phill, what you say makes a lot of sense<br /><br />Maybe the glider rules weren't so bad after allGeordie an Exiled FoGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002743056274635657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502298319772392881.post-84635946935996378602012-02-20T10:42:37.193+00:002012-02-20T10:42:37.193+00:00This is good Geordie, keep it up.This is good Geordie, keep it up.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666481879639671282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502298319772392881.post-60523349493142092982012-02-19T22:55:03.843+00:002012-02-19T22:55:03.843+00:00Unlike paratroopers, gliders were MUCH more likely...Unlike paratroopers, gliders were MUCH more likely to land in roughly the same place as they were let go pretty near to the LZ and could steer themselves in. Most WW2 histories tell of gliders smashing into each other in the same field. Paratroopers however were much more likely to be scattered far and wide as the planes dropping them had to be far apart and the wind would have a much greater effect on scattering. Also for a glider that landed safely, all troops from that stick would be together automatically while a stick of paratroopers could have a hedge, field or forest between individual troops.Broedershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218127480258279732noreply@blogger.com