Airborne Operations

introduction

Airborne operations in world war two online are often among the most popular type of mission for both vets and new players. Thus an airborne mission can attract a lot of players. Most airborne operations are used to target a side’s AO where the main objective of the drop is to capture the spawn CPS. Some AOs can only be attacked quickly with waves of airborne troops. Targets in the Zees or in England are good example of this.

Other times drop are undertaken when an AO has gone stale and as an attacker you hope the side defending has switched off. These drops in particular rely on the element of surprise as you hope to get as many troops on the ground as quickly as possible.

For the really brave or foolish paratrooper you can attempt to drop on an active AO. This means a pilot has to dodge enemy air, paratroopers have to face the gauntlet of AA as they drop, dodge enemy tanks and other armour once on the ground and finally overcome the waiting enemy infantry in the cps. These drops are rarely successful but if you do manage to somehow survive the drop and cap the spawnable it can be hugely fun and rewarding gameplay.

Expectations

Lets be honest, most airborne drops don't achieve there objective. You die a lot when you play World War Two online and playing as a paratrooper means you can die in even more ways. you can crash on take-off, be shot down on route, killed by AA during the jump or as typically happens, you land in front of AI.

That is not to say that paradrops are not worth doing, on the contrary. They are great fun, lead to you having a laugh particularly if you are on voice coms and most importantly if you success are hugely rewarding. Just be prepared to fail. Of course you are playing World War Two online. you are used to failing.

the start of the op

For an airborne drop to happen you need two things, Paratroopers and a pilot. it is no use standing around as a trooper waiting for a plane to appear nor as a pilot waiting for troopers to appear so before you set up an airborne operation is always worth checking you have someone willing to fly. without a plane your plans for an airborne drop aren't going to get off the ground.

paratrooper

the airborne spawn point. This is the view that greets you as you spawn in.

As a paratrooper you will spawn in at the airfield spawn point. you should then make your way out of the building and onto the airfield. there hopefully waiting should be your ride. if the transport plane hasn't spawned in the hanger's close to the inf Spawn, the pilot will usually taxi the plane to in front of the infantry spawn.

As a paratrooper approach the Plane and press "F" to board the aircraft. you should then find yourself aboard the plane waiting to take off. The wait can take quite a bit of time. you could be waiting for more brave paratroopers to join the mission and plane, you could be waiting for the AO timers and you could be waiting for a fighter escort in the air above the target is rather hot. So be patient are prepare to wait.

approching the transport aircraft