THS said:
Didn't BAE tout a military version of the 146 a few years back? Did it have any rough field capability?
Yes, that was the 146STA, which was based on the QT (Quiet Trader) Freighter, which has a roller floor and a side cargo door. Some colleagues of mine helped with a static display of it at Farnborough way back when.
Payload was about 10 tons, on IIRC 5 of the pallets you normally find in the back of a C130 (although capacity to stack them as high/wide would be limited by the size of the 146 fuselage).
Did it have any rough field capability?
I believe at least one private operator in the Middle East does fly them from gravel. The main trailing link landing gear is well known for it's ability to cushion the most robust of arrivals.
Then of course, it's little engines share the same ancestry as those on the Chinook, ie, a tank!