page_title: Luftsturmregiment 40
section_title: Parachutes
hierarchical_section_title: Luftsturmregiment 40 / Equipment / Parachutes
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Soldaten des Luftsturmregiment 40 mit dem letze in der NVA genutzte Schirmmodell. Es konnte bis 14 m/s Wind eingesetzt werden.
context_page_description: The Luftsturmregiment 40 "Willi Sänger" was a unit of the German Democratic Republic's National People's Army. It was formed in 1986 by expanding the existing Parachute Battalion 40 with additional air assault companies and support capability. It was directly subordinate to the Land Forces Command of the East German Army.
  Although initially formed based on the parachute battalion, this unit had a different mission and organization. The Air Assault Regiment 40 came about as the result of a change in Soviet tactics based on their recent experience in Afghanistan. These tactics emphasized the more mobile warfare afforded by the use of helicopter air assault operations. So while LStR 40 retained in full the airborne capability of its predecessor unit, more emphasis was placed on readiness to conduct air assault operations than had previously been the case.
  Like its predecessor unit, Luftsturmregiment 40 carried the added title "Willi Sänger," in honor of a famed German Communist and resistance fighter against the Nazis.
context_section_description: The regiment's last standard model of parachute was the RS 9/2A, with the BE-8 reserve chute. The L-10/2 ST and RL-12/2 ST parachutes were used for HAHO operations. Soldiers of the regiment were trained for HALO jumps as well, but conducted these jumps below the altitude where oxygen equipment would have been needed.
caption: A LStR 40 paratrooper descending beneath an opened RS 9/2A
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