The dude landed in a bad area and twisted his leg. broke it, he said after seven surgeries he had it cut off.
And this seemed like just a training exercise. The dude didn’t get to actually see action.
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gory gory what a hell of a way to die, gory gory what a hell of a way to die, gory gory what a hell of a way to die, and he ain’t gonna jump no more
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ouch
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This is a common sight in the game.
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not if you pull the chute out early enough
That does not apply to my bots for some reason they always find a way to get themselves hurt on the landing
A man who opens his parachute at high altitude… this is what happens.
i didn’t mean that early
yeah same
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Extremely bad luck. My respect and prayers to the man.
Being a paratrooper comes with many extra threats, but not every job in the army is dangerous, at least not more than being a construction worker or police officer.
Serving in the navy is pretty chill nowdays, don’t get me wrong its demanding and uncomfortable but you are not in dangers way.
You could also sit behind a desk, dealing with logistic and as technology progresses, controlling drones and other machinery from afar.
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parachuting is always risky. in training (did sports license one) they are basically training you on how to survive when shit goes wrong, how to recognize critical failures from non critical ones and how to land.
round non steerable parachutes are shit (this is T10 series). they have big vertical speed and basically to prevent injuries iirc it is best to do roll landing which this person seems like he failed to do (saw in comments that he got stuck in a ditch while performing it and that is how he twisted his leg).
that is why ram air parachutes are much safer. they have bigger horizontal speed and by braking you can get uplift to kill the vertical speed. trained jumper can do bird landing (idk term for it in english) in sketchy terrain.
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Just dont’ be too keen to get those para wings!!
At the US Army Airborne School in the 1940-1941 period, the parachute-related injury incidence was 27 injuries/1000 jumps; by 1993 it was 10 injuries/1000 jumps and in 2005-2006, 6 injuries/1000 jumps.
well it isnt really that surprising. i dont remember my training (it was some 20 years ago), but they were basically training me to recognize 10-15 ways on how parachute can fail and procedure for non critical half of them is to shake your ropes to untangle and for other half is to ditch the parachute and open the reserve one. and you basically need to do in couple of seconds if you are doing low jump.
then you have whole sections on how to land on high risk objects like transmission lines, forests, houses, roofs. and that is all with steerable parachute where you might have a chance to avoid lots of those stuff (which may not always be possible). being in non steerable one is way worse cause you basically dont have control (although you could have some limited steering by pulling the ropes).
so every time you jump it is more or less a gamble if something happens and how good are you dealing with it.
Here is a better reason, you don’t get to die for “whoever” enslaved your country. ; )
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