Since the development of Airborne Infantry, there have been attempts to support them with Airborne tanks.

As the Germans discovered at Crete – made painfully clear to the British at Arnhem - lightly equipped parachute infantry are incredibly vulnerable against heavy weapons and armour.

These lessons saw many attempts to make Airborne troops more effective in seizing and holding objectives behind enemy lines.

This is a history of experimentation with Airborne Armour – explaining why there still isn’t a perfect solution.

From the Hamilcar gliders of World War II to the C17 Globemaster, we look at how they made tanks fly....

00:00 | Intro
00:47 | The Origins of Airborne Operations
02:34 | Gliders
07:20 | A Tank Light Enough to Fly?
09:02 | Success & Failure
14:24 | Post-War Solutions
17:41 | Better Aircraft - Better Tanks?
20:15 | Strategic Deployment
21:39 | Conclusion

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