paratroops

• Солдаты пехоты, обученные и оснащённые для высадки с парашютом в зоны боевых действий.

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

irregular plural

1. Airborne infantryB2formal

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

   Воздушно-десантные войска

   • 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.