paratroops

• Soldaten der Infanterie, die für das Absetzen mit dem Fallschirm in Kampfgebieten ausgebildet und ausgerüstet sind.

Infantry soldiers who are trained and equipped to be deployed by parachute into combat zones.

unregelmäßiger Plural

1. Airborne infantryB2formal

   Soldiers who are specially trained and equipped to be dropped by parachute into combat zones.

   Luftlandetruppen

   • The paratroops landed behind enemy lines at dawn.
   • He served in an elite unit of paratroops for five years.
   • The general deployed the paratroops to secure the airfield.