Re: Conspiracy Theories
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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany
(Post 1040426)
Well for the German, French & Turkish air forces it's good enough, it has the transport capabilities a little less than the "Fat Albert" C-130. As the military of those mentioned tend towards light rapid reaction forces, unlike America, Russia etc who rely on large ground forces & conventional mass arrays of Armour, Infantry & Artillery in a war fighting capacity, I reckon the Transall C-160 is aptly fit for purpose.
C-160 Transall Cargo and Tactical Transport Aircraft - Airforce Technology
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Nah ... I'd rather think of the frogs and the krauts are being cheap. And their rapid response to conflicts such as those in Afghanistan seems to be in a direction away from the combat.
There are going to be more Afghanistans and Malis. I don't see it as good logistics to get into a conflict as the French did in Mali, and then dial Rent-a-Flying-Truck to handle the moving. Hey, Canada and England, can we borrow a couple of your C17s? Pretty please?
And it's not only the Yanks and the Ivans who are using the heavy lifters. The RAF has some; the RCAF has four; the RAAF has three with an option for more; how else are they going to move their new M1 Abrams tanks around? Even Qatar, the UAE, and India have them. Canada will be using them for Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART). It takes a lot of lifting capacity to move portable hospitals, engineers and equipment, emergency generators (the big mothers; not like the one I have in my garage;)), water treatment plants etc. etc. Not only that, the C17 can land at CFS Alert, an upaved runway which constitutes the world's most northerly airport. |
