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 | | Larger gliders were also used to land heavy equipment like anti-tank guns and (A car suitable for traveling over rough terrain) jeeps, which was a major improvement in the power available to the otherwise lightly-armed paratroop forces. |
 | | A glider was even built secretly by (A person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war) POWs as a potential escape method at Colditz Castle near the end of the war in 1944. |
 | | Others ("self-sustaining motor gliders," also referred to as "turbo" or "sustainer" gliders) are equipped with motors just powerful enough to allow the glider to climb slowly but they must be launched like unpowered gliders. |
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