Device developed by the German Air Force in World War II for parachuting agents behind enemy lines. The PAG--for Personen-Abwurf-Gerat (personnel drop device)--was a metal and wood canister that could hold three agents, strapped in a rigid, horizontal position, and their equipment. While the pod was mounted under a wing, the agents could communicate with the pilot of the carrying aircraft by a telephone connection.

In his book KG 200: The True Story (1979), Luftwaffe pilot P.W. Stahl wrote: The use of the PAG simplified an operation in several ways. For one thing, it was possible to fix the landing point more accurately than when agents would leave the aircraft separately with their own individual parachutes: on the ground, especially, and especially in a 'blind' terrain, they now did not have to search for each other. Secondly, all their additional equipment was on the spot. But the main reason that led to the development and operational use of these streamlined containers was to lessen the danger of injuries during parachute jumps at night in an unknown area.

The only drawback, Stahl continued, was the problem of disposing of the canister, which was some 12 feet long.