Gilders

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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

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Waco CG-13A

American hevy gilder



- Can take 40 soliders or jeep with 105 M2 haubitze or 1.5 ton truck + 2 pilots
- 132 were build
- first were build in late 1943

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Laister-Kauffman CG-10A Trojan Horse



- Production start in early 1945
- only 6 build from planed 1000 because were prepare for japan islands invasion
- can take 2.5 ton truck or two 105mm howitzers or one 155mm howitzer or 105mm and jeep or 40 soliders

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St. Louis XCG-5



- build only one prototype in 1942
- can take 2 pilots + 7 soliders

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Nice work on the gliders Blazejos. Although not historical, it would be an impressive sight to see a company of A-40 KTs flying across the board!

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Bowlus XCG-7



- only prototype build in 1942
- take 2 pilots and 7 soliders