Since we're now talking old Soviet stuff:
https://desantura.ru/articles/16/?SHOWALL_1=1
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Therefore, in the last major pre-war maneuvers of the airborne troops in August 1940, only the obsolete corrugated giants TB-3 participated. The exercise simulated the capture of the Migalovo airfield near Kalinin (now Tver). Two aviation regiments were involved - the 3rd and 7th TBAP. First, 26 TB-3s landed a battalion of paratroopers, then they dropped cargo from three P-5s. One TB-3 also dropped two motorcycles and two cargo bags by parachute. The paratroopers "captured" the airfield and began to receive the landing force. Nine T-37A tanks and two artillery batteries - 76-mm and 45-mm guns were unloaded from the planes.
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So basically, looks like if you're simulating late 1930s airborne operations, you have to have your heavy stuff unloaded on the ground after an airhead is captured (Shades of 1950s US Airborne concepts).