drop zone

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drop zone

The area into which soldiers or supplies are parachuted from an aircraft.

A specific area upon which airborne troops, equipment, or supplies are airdropped. Also called DZ.

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drop zone - an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops

dropping zone

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

zone - an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic

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drop zone

n (for supplies) → Abwurfgebiet nt; (for parachutists) → Absprunggebiet nt

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The design provides greater manoeuvrability and allows parachutists an impressive capability to fly to their desired Drop Zone (DZ) and land with increased accuracy.

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Lack of communication facilities was one of the reasons why the German command did not have a clear idea of the situation in the drop zone during the first days of fighting for Crete.

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Concurrently in May, 1-321 FA conducted a two-gun airborne assault into Snow Ridge Drop Zone (DZ) at Fort Sill to kick-off the 212th FAB's joint close air support (JCAS) exercise Operation Joint Thunder with 155-mm fires from the DZ.

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