BRITAIN is to deploy its biggest contingent of paratroopers and special forces since WW2.

Ministers are to send 3,000 paratroopers, including the whole of the
Parachute Regiment to southern Afghanistan in the spring, as well as trebling the number of special forces in the country.
It will be the first time in the regiment’s history that all four para battalions, including its reservists, have fought together on the same battlefield. The number of UK special forces personnel will rise to more than 800 and will include the bulk of the Special Forces Support Group, which is largely comprised of paratroopers.
The deployment comes amid fears that the Taliban are likely to regroup over the winter and retake terrain from weaker Afghan forces unable to hold their positions.
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(RG) The maroon machine will give them Hell, it would be nice to see some of our so called Allies matching this troop strength.

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