Its amazing what you can find in boxes at your parents!!!

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Know your enemy.

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Bottom part.

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The text at the bottom.

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And one more diagram from the issue:

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And lastly the text from the second sketch. It's pretty long.

ENEMY parachutists -- apart from those dropped in disguise -- are not likely to be seen singly or in twos or threes : those in uniform will usually be dropped in groups. They drop from aeroplanes at very low altitudes -- generally from 300 feet, thus securing accuracy. A ’plane carries anything up to 30 parachutists, and twelve of these can be dropped in 10 seconds. The men, therefore, arrive in groups, and at once split into active units of six to eight to carry out the work assigned to them. Parachutists do not, so far as is known, carry bicycles (these are brought only by by air-borne troops) ; they will try to secure bicycles or cars from our civilians.

The parachutist’s uniform (always supposing he is not disguised) can readily be distinguished from that of any British soldier or airman. It consists of ; (i) High boots, laced at the side, with heavy rubber soles ; (ii) Loose trousers, like plus fours, falling over the top of the boot -- Air Force grey colour ; (iii) Tunic, same colour, the collar has a brown or yellow piping and bears the unit number formed by small conventionalised eagles in white metal ; the shoulder straps are piped, the pockets have buttoned flaps ; (iv) Over tunic and trousers is always worn a grey-green gabardine combination, loose in the body, with short legs and full, long sleeves, fastened down the front with a zip fastener. There is a zip fastener breast pocket. The collar is loose (often left open) and the tunic collar and unit badge may be visible. On the right breast is an embroidered badge (white), illustrated herewith. For the descent, the combination is worn over the equipment. On landing, the parachute harness is discarded, the combination opened by a zip fastener, and the belt, with its attachments, is taken off and put on again outside the gabardine combination. (v) Gauntlet gloves drawn in at the wrist. (vi) A steel helmet, differing from the British type in that it has no flat rim in front or behind and is secured by two straps passing one behind and one in front of the ears. On the side of the helmet is the flying badge. The helmet may be sand camouflaged.

During the jump, the man carries very little ; weapons are dropped separately in containers made of metal or wood, cylindrical or six sided in shape and opening along the length. Three or four of these are carried in each’plane and are dropped singly, attached to parachutes, on the scale of one container to about every five men. They will come to ground very close to the parachutists. The rifles are loaded for instant use. Every parachutist carries a revolver at his belt. One man in five has a machine pistol -- this has a folding metal stock and can be used as a carbine fired at the shoulder or fired from the hip. Its maximum range is 200 yards, but the extreme range for effective use is not likely to be more than 75 yards. The parachutist may have with him two egg-shaped grenades, which are carried in trouser pockets in front of the thigh. These are percussion grenades and are not dangerous as long as they are left alone. For use, a key fitted in the grenade has to be given a half-turn and then be pulled out ; this makes the grenade explode on contact.. A spring knife is carried, used for cutting the parachute cords. From the containers the parachutist obtains or may obtain ; (i) Rifles ; (ii) Stick grenades ; (iii) Anti-tank rifles. These are fired from the shoulder, using a tripod stand ; (iv) Machine-guns. These are mounted on tripod or bipod stands, in the case of the light gun ; the heavy machine-gun has a more substantial mounting in which the traverse and elevation are operated by screws. Pistol ammunition is carried in pouches attached to the belt, or in the pocket. Rifle ammunition is in twenty clips of five, in bandoliers slung round the neck. Cartridge-clips for machine pistols (six clips, each with 30 rounds) are in a haversack or in two pouches joined by a strap which is slung round the neck. Machine-gun cartridges are in a belt carried over the shoulder. The belt (leather) is supported by a brace, two straps in front fastened to a ring, and single strap at the back. To the belt are attached a revolver, two haversacks, a water-bottle, and a gas-mask -- a rolled bivouac cape is hung from the shoulders above the belt, at the back ; field glasses are carried by the machine-gun squads. Rations may be carried in the legs of the baggy trousers