"masters of efficiency" don't divert manpower and resources to create the Maus in the middle of raw material shortages......
By the time better harnesses were common the days of Fallschirmjäger using them and the Luftwaffe able to deliver Fallschirmjäger intact, were long over.
https://www.combatreform.org/hptll.htm
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LESSONS FROM CRETE: JUMP WITH EQUIPMENT
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EDIT.... The "glory days" for Fallschirmjäger jumping from transport only lasted 12 months -------May 1940 (the Netherlands, Eben-Emael etc) - May 1941 ( Crete )after Crete they were elite ground troops