So C17 can do it.
What about the A400M? The topic of this Fred.
Last time UK deployed was Suez. A plan during Balkan campaign was cancelled after a good bit of planning.
I remember during one planning round when they were seeking huge cuts, oddly enough during the same period the requirements for A400M were being finalised in order to get the contract signed off. Several parties were in favour of cutting Brigade level dropping. The only argument that could be put up by 16AA was over recruitment and retention of soldiers and how important it was to morale for them to have red berets and wings to set them aside from other units. Also to feed the SF.
Several high ranking army types had written to the papers slamming the RAF. The MP for Bridgend was very vocal. (All the chutes were made in his constituency). The “Entitlement to Parachte” paper which drove the requirement was more than halved. It was at a time when a high proportion of our LLPs and reserves were coming up for life ex. In reality the savings in £ were minuscule.