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Video shows Spanish VAMTAC airdrop failure

A video shows a Spanish Army VAMTAC armored vehicle falling from a parachute during a failed training exercise.

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Thursday, 23 April 2026 at 22:00 UTC
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During a training exercise involving the Spanish Army's BRIPAC paratrooper brigade, a URO VAMTAC ST5 multi-purpose armored vehicle broke free from its parachutes at an altitude of approximately 300 meters and crashed to the ground. The incident, captured on video, highlights a catastrophic rigging failure during the airdrop operation. No casualties have been reported from the accident, which occurred during a routine training evolution for the elite airborne unit.
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