Packaging was primitive and inadequate, even for normal handling under New Guinea conditions, but due to a shortage of parachutes, many supplies had to be "free-dropped"--dropped without parachutes--so the rate of breakages was high.
Packaging was primitive and inadequate in 1942, even for normal handling under New Guinea conditions. But due to a shortage of parachutes, most supplies had to be "free-dropped"--dropped without parachutes--so the rate of breakage was high.