Poland had no regular parachute units before 1939,*
although there were experiments carried out and*
groups of soldiers were trained.*
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Individual troops underwent parachute training from*
late 1920s. In 1937 there was demonstrated an*
airdrop of 60 jumpers, and a military parachute*
course was opened. During manouevres in 1938, 20-men*
sabotage group was first airdropped, but usage of*
paratroops remained only experimental in interwar*
period. Only in May 1939 there was created*
a military parachuting centre, and further groups*
were trained, but no parachute units could be formed*
before the war's outbreak in September. As a result,*
there were no combat air drops in 1939. *
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Other problem was lack of suitable aircraft, since*
there were only a handful of slow Fokker F-VIIm3,*
carrying only 10 men.*
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