A storepedo, or alternately storpedo, is a cylindrical storage container with an attached parachute.
[1] Resupplying troops in the jungle by air drop during World War II was proving problematic.
Drops without parachutes risked loss of the materials due to the impact.
[1] The Storpedo was test dropped from a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft at Nadzab in New Guinea in 1944.
[1] The Storpedo was used to supply liberated prisoners of war in Timor following the 1945 surrender of Japan.