German special forces select EC645 T2
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German special forces select EC645 T2
German special forces select the EC645 T2
Germany selects EC645 T2 LUH for special forces - News - Shephard
"The helicopter can be strategically airlifted in an Airbus A400M and quickly prepared for the mission upon arrival in a theatre of operations."
Mentions a fenestron which is not shown in the photo.
Germany selects EC645 T2 LUH for special forces - News - Shephard
"The helicopter can be strategically airlifted in an Airbus A400M and quickly prepared for the mission upon arrival in a theatre of operations."
Mentions a fenestron which is not shown in the photo.
That's because the only mil Ec145 or flying around. The mock of the EC645T2 up ( Please see my pic below 
admittedly the Eurocopter stand wasn't photo friendly tbh.
AFAIK then EC645T2 hasn't flown yet and when Eurocopter were trying the AAS-72X Armed Scout demo to US Army, they used D-HADW a civilian demonstrator of (which I saw at Heli Expo a few months ago) flying beside an UH-72
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P.s @ moderators should this thread be moved to EC145 thread?
admittedly the Eurocopter stand wasn't photo friendly tbh. AFAIK then EC645T2 hasn't flown yet and when Eurocopter were trying the AAS-72X Armed Scout demo to US Army, they used D-HADW a civilian demonstrator of (which I saw at Heli Expo a few months ago) flying beside an UH-72
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P.s @ moderators should this thread be moved to EC145 thread?
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Itīs not what the special forces want.
They were looking for something a lot smaller, more along the size of a Kiowa.
But then someone along the line thought it would be nice to get the aircraft IF-rated and twin-engined and so on and so forth.
And obviously it had to be a Eurocopter. Because weīre having such great experiences with EC building military aircraft.
The whole process was tailored so that only the EC 145 would be an option.
An aircraft too big and with too much technology for those short hops to deploy and recover special forces.
Besides: It hasnīt flown yet. Why so complicated?
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They were looking for something a lot smaller, more along the size of a Kiowa.
But then someone along the line thought it would be nice to get the aircraft IF-rated and twin-engined and so on and so forth.
And obviously it had to be a Eurocopter. Because weīre having such great experiences with EC building military aircraft.
The whole process was tailored so that only the EC 145 would be an option.
An aircraft too big and with too much technology for those short hops to deploy and recover special forces.
Besides: It hasnīt flown yet. Why so complicated?
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They were looking for something a lot smaller, more along the size of a Kiowa.
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German special forces select EC645 T2
And it sounds like a bargain as well, 15 Helicopters for 200 Million. Could have gotten 15 139s for that price. At least they could have been sold away once you find out they are not the right choice :-)
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Hello Thone,
The US Army and Navy fly 250 of them (without the fenestron) and will get 320 at the end.
They are very happy with them so if you prefer Kiowa to do insertion and extraction of special ops
, maybe you can make a deal, I'm sure they will be agree !
One of them in Germany :
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Hello Thone,
The US Army and Navy fly 250 of them (without the fenestron) and will get 320 at the end.
They are very happy with them so if you prefer Kiowa to do insertion and extraction of special ops
, maybe you can make a deal, I'm sure they will be agree !One of them in Germany :
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Throne...you are talking rubbish. The new EC645T2 is the same as the 145T2 with the benefit of the Lakota militarisation ( and cost reductions) and weaponry proved on the Iraqi EC635. So a first flight is merely academic.
And several hundred NH90s have been sold ...not bad for a helicopter that is in very early stages of its service...admittedly delayed due to the many variants needing certification.
And several hundred NH90s have been sold ...not bad for a helicopter that is in very early stages of its service...admittedly delayed due to the many variants needing certification.
Oh goody, they get a helicopter that hasn't flown yet, that can be carried in an aircraft they don't have yet.
Is either likely to be in service before 2020?
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What's with all the EC145 bad mouthing? Sales figures alone prove its a good aircraft. The C1 and the Bo105 before it too.
The D2 will prove to be just as popular.
The D2 will prove to be just as popular.
If it helps, when I was in the Bell chalet at Le Bourget on the wednesday, a Bundeswehr delegation including a very nice young blonde Luftwaffe officer arrived as invited guests
I wondered why then remembered there are still UH-1D n service with the Heeresflieger and maybe some examples left n the Luftwaffe (after the swap over whereby the Luftwaffe got the heavy lift CH-53G and the Heeresflieger got the NH90 as well as the SAR mission )
Good luck with the EC645T2 as I think I read in Combat Aircraft, there was talk of be UH-72B model based on the T2 proposed for the US Army with talks with American Eurocopter
Cheers
I wondered why then remembered there are still UH-1D n service with the Heeresflieger
and maybe some examples left n the Luftwaffe (after the swap over whereby the Luftwaffe got the heavy lift CH-53G and the Heeresflieger got the NH90 as well as the SAR mission )Good luck with the EC645T2 as I think I read in Combat Aircraft, there was talk of be UH-72B model based on the T2 proposed for the US Army with talks with American Eurocopter
Cheers
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Hello krautland,
The version with fenestron (EC 145 T2 / EC 645 T2) is the new one, first deliveries within few months for the 145T2.
The 645T2 is proposed for the Armed Aerial Scout program of the US Army.
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Hello krautland,
The version with fenestron (EC 145 T2 / EC 645 T2) is the new one, first deliveries within few months for the 145T2.
The 645T2 is proposed for the Armed Aerial Scout program of the US Army.
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