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PARACHUTE

a device enabling the braking stall speed of persons /material/ after the jump /drop/ from the aircraft. Main parts: canopy, suspension lines, harness and packaging. It opens at a certain height or at a specified time automatically or opens a paratrooper manual release. According to the use we distinguish parachutes school, the main /passenger/, backup, sports, cargo, stabilization, and other.



Cargo parachute
Sports parachute
the Stabilizing parachute
School parachute
chute
Pack parachutes




Source:
Vševojsková operational and tactical terminology: 1. part - Military science, operational art, and the general tactic. Terminological standard, the Ministry of national defense, Prague 1983..
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