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12-03-2023 04:51 PM
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Two things, I've never seen one with gromets used for men and there's no suspension lines running through the apex. I've never seen that before either. Don't know what this one's for.
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Depending upon its size it could be a pilot chute or a drag chute. What's its diameter and are there any stencils on it.
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I don't know the size yet. It's wet here right now. It isn't huge though, not man size, not large cargo size but bigger than a pilots chute I would think. Couldn't find any stencils on either.
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Originally Posted by
Aragorn243
I don't know the size yet.
We've got the time...
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Illumination flare? The parachute on the flare from the old 4.2 inch mortar is about 3-1/2 feet across. I don't know how big they are for the illumination round from a 155 howitzer.
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It is around 16 feet in diameter.
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It's too small and not enough panels to be a T10 which was the smallest military parachute for dropping humans. It's about the right size for a LAPES drogue chute which would be my guess. The drogue chute pulls out the the two main extraction parachutes which then pulls out the load.
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Did they do LAPES in WWII. I'm pretty confident the time period is correct, WWII or at latest Korea. Simply due to the time period he was in the service. I did find this that popped up with Drogue in the search. Size is about right and from what I can see of it, it looks the same. you have to enlarge the photo to see the stitching. Is is silk though, how do you tell the difference?
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...gue-1843429678
And this is a possiblity: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=htt...ljcqg2aj71.jpg
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