Dragon: 2nd SAS Regiment and Red Devils Review

Dragon: 2nd SAS Regiment w/Welbike and Drop Tube Container, France 1944 . Review by Cookie Sewell.

6586 Red Devils w/Welbike

Every major country formed airborne forces for the Second World War – the USSR, Germany, Britain and the US. But as these were light infantry whose only great advantage was mobility, they either needed specialized weapons which could drop with them or glider-borne support vehicles and systems. While the gliders were capable of carrying standard weapons like jeeps and light antitank guns up to 57mm caliber, the same was not true of the C-47 (Dakota) transports which were the primary carrier for US and UK airborne troops. Both countries developed small courier motorcycles which could be air-dropped for forces once on the ground, with the US creating a Cushman and the UK the Welbike.

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