Originally Posted by
andrewn
So I'm pretty sure the Army Wildcat is tasked with moving equipment and boots around the battlefield, much the same as Puma - but don't disagree with you that it's capabilities in this space are somewhat limited. On the plus side we've still got 60 Chinook's to play with!
Wildcat is a complete non-entity and cannot even remotely compete with Pu/Me in any capacity, even the AAC acknowledge it is abysmal. It was a 100% political purchase.
Whilst not a great source, the report is broadly accurate
http://www.eliteukforces.info/uk-mil...corps-uksf.php