Can helis transfer any vehicles in the game?

Randy · #1 May 26th, 2008, 07:32 PM

A Marine Corps CH-53E can sling load a LAV-25. I've seen photos of this. I don't know if the vehicle crew was inside the chopper or not. I have read of a CH-47 lifting an
M-113. Right now the largest active service transport helicopter is the Russian Mi-26 which I believe has the internal capacity of a C-130, and can lift 15 tons.

thatguy96 · #2 May 26th, 2008, 09:53 PM

A lot of vehicles can be sling loaded or otherwise carried by the CH-47, CH-53, or CH-54 series of helicopters. What is not accurately modeled by the game is the "instant" loading and unloading time (same reasons tank transporters are largely inaccurate). Very few of these vehicles, capable of being carried or not, could be immediately deployed as such from the transporting helicopter.

This is why the Internally Transportable Vehicle (ITV) program exists.

Randy · #3 May 27th, 2008, 03:46 AM

What is the deployment time to unload a vehicle from a sling load? Just as the article above describes the load teams, when I was in the Marines (late 70s) they had Helicopter Support Teams which I guess do the same thing.

thatguy96 · #4 May 27th, 2008, 01:18 PM

They don't have a specific time allotted for operations in FM 10-450-3, MULTISERVICE HELICOPTER SLING LOAD: BASIC OPERATIONS AND EQUIPMENT, but you get a sense of the requirements with the need to inspect the load carrying equipment, as well as the load itself before and after each mission, and the requirements for the ground loading elements (4 people not modeled in ingame loading for the USMC and USN, or 3 for the US Army, USAF, and USCG).

You can read 10-450-3 online (in pdf) here