Treejumping
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Treejumping is a form of military parachuting, in which paratroops are dropped into a forest or jungle – generally, from a relatively low altitude. While civilians could treejump, it is highly unadvisable since it is generally considered to be a particularly dangerous form of parachuting. Treejumping is also especially damaging to the parachuting equipment.
Smokejumpers train and equip themselves for tree landings.
[edit] Treejumping in fiction
- In The Bridge on the River Kwai (1954), a character is killed during a World War II treejump.
- In Rambo: First Blood Part II, the main character treejumps into Vietnam.
- In Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, the player performs a HALO jump into a Soviet jungle.
 | This military article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
