sijui ka unaongea kuhusu size ya bendera ama parachute anyway, a bigger parachute like the one in the above picture will make it easier to land safely due to slower descent which caused by viscous drag, this allows the soldier to land very gently. The big parachutes however are not designed to take a load any greater than the weight of the parachutist himself.
Now compare that to the kdfs military-grade parachutes which can carry more weight and where the soldier has to rely on taught technique to absorb the impact of the landing.