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Old 1st Jan 2019, 06:23
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Originally Posted by SASless
Why the Army did not go to the CH-53D instead of the Crane beats me....as it would have been far more useful.

The Crane was a Helicopter looking for a mission and once it was decided NOT to use the People Pods....or the Hospital Pods....and stick to it just being a crane.....the later model Chinooks proved far more useful.


The first time I saw this helicopter with its system of interchangeable pods I thought it was a great idea, apparently not, what was the problem?
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