A paratrooper is a military parachutist—someone trained to parachute into a military operation, and usually functioning as part of an airborne force. Military parachutists (troops) and parachutes were first used on a large scale during World War II for troop distribution and transportation.

Use this tag when a character is depicted as a personnel of paratrooper branch of any country's armed forces, while wearing the uniform.

See also

• Fallschirmjäger
• midair
• VDV
• Wikipedia entry: Paratrooper