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Re: Make it so transport helecopters can drop repair stations
Posted: 2009-02-23 13:41
by Incomplete Spork
I say yes but I think the transport capabilities need to be removed and so do guns.
Re: Make it so transport helecopters can drop repair stations
Posted: 2009-02-23 15:34
by Snowno
I think that's what they are doing to the Chinook since the BF2 engine only allows a maximum of 8 people in a vehicle.
Instead of being transport focused, it will carry supply crates, vehicles and maybe even repair stations.
Re: Make it so transport helecopters can drop repair stations
Posted: 2009-02-23 16:25
by AnRK
I think the troop transport role will probably still be used if it makes it into PR, just in tandem with all the other stuff that they might add like 2 supply crates and vehicle spawn etc, IF it makes it in
Re: Make it so transport helecopters can drop repair stations
Posted: 2009-02-23 17:03
by Rhino
not all that realistic tbh, since the repair drop/crate is meant to simulate what really happens when a vehicle gets shot up on the field and say its disabled, then what happens is a engineering vehicle comes in to recover and repair it if they can.
Engineering Equipment - British Army Website
video below, at the begging will show a bit of a staged version of what happens more or less in r/l, a little short etc but you get the idea.
The main point is thou, choppers dont do this, the only time I've heard of any chopper do anything remotely like this is when Chinook wrecks have been air lifted out by a Mi-26 but ehhh, that was pretty one off afaik as it was pretty hostile area that ground vehicles could not get to.
The main point being, helicopters on there own don't repair vehicles on the battlefield, they might assist in some way but they can do that with the load out they have now, having them drop a repair crate would be unrealistic.
Re: Make it so transport helecopters can drop repair stations
Posted: 2009-02-23 17:31
by AnRK
That a challenger chassis that things built from? It looks pretty hefty.
Re: Make it so transport helecopters can drop repair stations
Posted: 2009-02-23 17:38
by Hitperson
yeh CR2 chasis
Re: Make it so transport helecopters can drop repair stations
Posted: 2009-02-23 17:42
by Rhino
AnRK wrote:That a challenger chassis that things built from? It looks pretty hefty.
ye, most Engineering vehicles are made off MBT's, for the brits basically all of them are made off the CR2.
Titan bridge layer:
TITAN Armoured Vehicle Launcher Bridge - British Army Website
Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle (CRARRV):
Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle (CRARRV) - British Army Website
TROJAN Armoured Engineer Vehicle:
TROJAN Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers - British Army Website
Same goes for the Russians, they use a modified T-72 for there bridge layer:
