Parachute

A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object in the atmosphere by creating drag.

Usage
During the mid-1950s, Paratroopers were instructed at Fort Bragg by The Boss in the theory of High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jumps.

On August 24th, 1964, Naked Snake used a parachute to commence the first HALO jump in history, when being sent in to recover a defecting Soviet scientist named Dr. Nikolai Stephanovich Sokolov in what is to be known as the Virtuous Mission. However, during the landing, he accidentially dropped his backpack onto a tree in Dolinovodno South.

During the 1990s, the U.S. Army's Hi-tech Special Forces Unit FOXHOUND, as part of its drill courses, practiced various forms of parachute jumping, including special operations freefall practice for both HALO and High Altitude High Opening (HAHO) jumps, 11 jumps carrying little to no combat equipment (called "Hollywood"), 15 jumps carrying full combat equipment, 2 nighttime jumps, and 2 mass-tactical strategic jumps.

In Outer Heaven, parachutes were in development within Building 1 and presumably used by the Outer Heaven forces. Solid Snake later procured a parachute so he could safely descend into the courtyard of Building 1 and locate Dr. Drago Pettrovich Madnar's cell, rescue him, and find out about Metal Gear.

Solid Snake later participated in a nighttime HAHO jump into Zanzibar Land while FOXHOUND proceeded to commence a diversionary operation on the Zanzibar Land/Chinese border, as part of the initial outlines of Operation Intrude F014. In addition, the veranda on the 20th floor of Zanzibar Fortress's tower building was used for parachute jump training, and paratroopers were going to be involved in the rescue effort of Kio Marv.