Repair vehicle and units

[Hermit]

Originally Posted by Suhiir

They were intended to be air dropable.
I know they've done tests dumping them out of aircraft but to the best of my knowledge it's never been done outside of the tests.
I do believe there are a FEW civilian heavy lift helos (used for construction) that could pick one up, but nothing in the military inventory can.

You're right, air droppable, not helo liftable. But FYI, the CH-53E Super Stallion can lift 17.8 tons:

http://www.history.navy.mil/planes/ch53.htm

[Suhiir]

Originally Posted by Hermit

You're right, air droppable, not helo liftable. But FYI, the CH-53E Super Stallion can lift 17.8 tons:

http://www.history.navy.mil/planes/ch53.htm

I suppose they could fuel and load ammo in them after they're lifted someplace

[Imp]

I do believe there are a FEW civilian heavy lift helos (used for construction) that could pick one up, but nothing in the military inventory can

Off topic but always wondered how they get the crane out once they have built the building round it, is this the solution?

[Suhiir]

Originally Posted by Imp

Off topic but always wondered how they get the crane out once they have built the building round it, is this the solution?

Nope, the cranes are modular, they just disassemble them.