help with german para drop boxes

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Hi all

Need help with the size of german paras drop box parachute as am doing 1/35th dio & can not find the info in my books or on thr net. Many thanks Alan

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One is included in the DML 1/35 figure set:

DML6070 German Fallschirmjager, Crete 1941

and two are in this new set:

DML6276 1st Fallschirmjager Division, Holland 1940

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It is the parachute size that you need? I don’t have much info on this subject, but just looking at some photos from page 10 of Fallschirmjager in Action and some rough measurements, I’m going to guess somewhere around 6 meters in diameter. If it’s all waded-up on a diorama, I’d say close is good enough.