Editing Glider Platoon (section)

==IRL==
Glider infantry was a concept first thought of after WW1 and during the 30s, where the insertion of a team or even platoon of infantry via a relatively stealthy (no running aircraft engine, no noise other than flaps, alerions, or a particularly hard landing) air-towed glider was highly appealing. The reality however was quite different, Gliders, well, ''glided'' to their target, at a slow enough speed that even shots from tanks could near reliably hit them. Upon landing the infantry was also quite vulnerable because of slow disembarkment. However, the allies supplemented this by [[Imperial Guard|sending them in swarms]] and glider infantry being of the same ilk as airborne troops, damn near fucking fearless made them quite fierce. Gliders faced difficulty in early operations, in both Sicily and mainland Italy, however, there was a general success in Normandy where many glider platoons were able to complete their objectives due to the surprising nature of their gliders.
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