parachute ID

[Warroom]

Hi all anyone help ID this small chute only around 5ft across, marked with a round stamp followed byS.L thanks guys

[gel65]

Hard to say, maybe for some sort of cargo or supplies

[Warroom]

Cheers that’s what I thought but couldn’t find anything on the net, then when you start looking you get the research bug and can’t settle until you know what it is ��

[Composite]

Small shutes are often Illumination Flare shutes...or possibly drogue shutes for bigger shutes (they pull out the larger ones).....'just a thought.....

[Watchdog]

Looks to me very much like an 81mm mortar "para illum" flare chute as used with the British L41A2 81mm mortar, the round would be the L54A1 if memory serves but it's not the kind of thing one tends to see much of after the round has been fired so it tends to be something you see pinned to a board in the training wing if at all!

I think the US Army call the same system the M252. The Canadian Army use it too but I don't know their nomenclature. It is also used by quite a few other armies in NATO or westrn allied / supplied. Manufacture is everywhere from UK to India!

Regards

Mark

[Composite]

....exactly what I said ....... :-)

[Warroom]

Thanks guys really helpful cheers everyone