Factual error: Paratroopers were not issued Browning Automatic Rifle (B.A.Rs).
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Suggested correction: The 'official' US Airborne table of organization did not include BARs in the equipment establishment for the parachute regiments. However, the glider troops had some and, it is very likely that parachute units could have acquired some unofficially as this sort of thing happened on a regular basis once these units entered combat. Once on the ground they could've picked one up from a dead comrade, or requested it from supply. 8400 men in the 101st alone, hard to say a few didn't slip in.
