Gilders

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BRITISH GILDERS

Hotspur Mk.I , Mk.II and Twin Hotspur



Mk.I
- 18 build in october 1940
- was adopted to fly over a traget in this point soliders was parachute and gilder without crew crash on ground
- can take 1 pilot and 7 soliders

Mk.II
- looks like mk.I but was adopted for normal gilder tactics landing with soliders near the target
- 997 were build
- mass production started in 1941

Twin Hotspur
- only prototype build
- that was two hulls of hotspur linked one wing
- crew was 2 pilots and 14 soliders
- build in 1942

Link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Aircraft_Hotspur

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Horsa Mk.I , Mk.II



Well know british gilder

can take 25 soliders or 75mm M3A1 haubitze with amo and crew or two jeeps with small ammo trailers. In version Mk.II can take more cargo or 28 solider

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Hamilcar

next british well know heavy gilder


-can take 40 soliders , two universal cariers , tank Tetrarch Mk.IV or Locust , 16 pounder or 25 pounder guns with prime mover or a small dozer D-4

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Slingsby Hengist



- Build only 18 gilders
- Production starts in 1943
- crew was 2 pilots and 15 soliders

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AMERICAN GILDERS

Waco CG-3A



- Start of mass production in may 1942
- 100 gilders was build
- take 2 pilots + 7 soliders

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Waco CG-4A "Haig" know by british as Waco Hadrian

The first of well know american gilders



- serial production starts in Juni 1942
- 13909 were build
- to in british service see a pictures
- can take 13 soliders + 2 pilots
- instead soliders can take 75mm howitzer M3A1 with crew and ammo or Jeep
- last series has a special hard nose

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Waco CG-15A

Improved version of sucesfull CG-13A



- serial production starts in early 1944
- was smaller than previous gilder and can take more cargo 15 soliders
-427 were build