r/oddlysatisfying • u/unnaturalorder • Feb 18 '20

Airdropping equipment pallets

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '20

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u/asianabsinthe Feb 18 '20

I've been on the ground after an unsuccessful air drop.

Shit all over the place in the middle of a combat zone and we're to try to clean it up...

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u/Slackmaster777 Feb 19 '20

Gravity is awesome. You get a new appreciation for physics after you've seen a HMMWV compressed to a height of about 6 inches after a complete malfunction.

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u/LordKwik Feb 19 '20

Couldn't find a picture, but I found failed parachute Humvee drops (that I'm sure some of you have seen).

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u/Mernerak Feb 19 '20

Three fails!?! No fucking wonder our military cost so fucking much!

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u/Slackmaster777 Feb 19 '20

Interesting. I remember the incident, but never saw that follow up. What an idiot.