here's what happens when you try to airdrop a vehicle much lighter than a tank Tanks being "airdropped" looks very different from that. A C-130 "dropping" a t

here's what happens when you try to airdrop a vehicle much lighter than a tank Tanks being "airdropped" looks very different from that. A C-130 "dropping" a tank involves flying down to within a few feet of the ground and then opening the cargo door -- parachutes are used in this case to slow the tank's horizontal movement, not to prevent it from falling.