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Interesting...... I don't think this subject has been brought up before though those paras have been there for quite awhile

I did find some info LINK

On paper there were two companies of French paratroopers in 1940, but they were not at full strenght. They were nevertheless considered "ready for action", and their deployment was planned as part of the Allied entry in the Netherlands, but eventually they were not dropped. Their "standard" plane was the Potez 650.

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They did see action as local commandos ("corps francs") during the phoney war, but did not do real combat paradrops in 1940. Paratroopers did not fit well in the general French defensive doctrine. If you have an invulnerable defensive line, why drop men ahead of it? And if you are fighting a delaying action in Belgium, what would be the point in dropping a couple hundred men behind the enemy lines? As a result, although they were created very early (1937), had plenty of training and had adequate equipment especially developped for them, there was no effort to turn them into an large, effective fighting force.

Eventually, many of these men did see action as paratroopers... in 1944, but then they were a Free French unit in the SAS.

It's been quite a while since these were put in and I'm betting transport was not provided simply becasue they fought on the ground only. The Icon for the aircraft is in the game however but only in Romanian markings and they were used by the Romanians as para transports

Don