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Soviet parachute troops jump off of a TB-3 bomber (yes, OFF of, not out of), 1937 (lemmy.world)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzMb_ue4aG4

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[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 78 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The one with the parachute jumps! The one without, follows! When the one with the parachute gets killed, the other one picks up the parachute!

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Good joke, but it made me sad

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago

Now you're REALLY getting into that Soviet mindset!

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, Soviet ingenuity, where OSHA is also the enemy.

[–] Hupf@feddit.de 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

!noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works vibes

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

Look up the Zveno project

[–] LilDumpy@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I heard there were no parachutes, that they just jumped into deep snow.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not in this case. There was an incident where Soviet troops DID do that, but from much lower altitudes, and from slow-flying biplanes. I don't think any amount of snow would save them at that height!

[–] LilDumpy@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Lol. I saw that post earlier, and this one made me think of it. Haha.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Pilot: Comrade, this is taking too long!
Co-pilot: Da. Hold my vodka. Do not spill.
Co-pilot: :: proceeds to execute barrel roll ::

[–] Tovervlag@feddit.nl 8 points 4 months ago

that's crazy

[–] Norgur@fedia.io 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How did they get up there in the first place?!

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

There's a hatch at the top of the plane!

[–] fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago

with a ladder.

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

Now I see where Star Wars got all of their ideas. This is a wild video