Mil Mi-26T2 Halo vs Boeing CH47F Chinook

My friend were looking at the same lemon and having different conclusions. Maybe we should set up a common standards of valuing it. Is the IAF looking for purely heavy airlifter or multimission heavy lift helicopter? The Mi26 will win the former hands down (now we're on agreement) and the latter will have to go to the Chinook (this I doubt you will admit).

What the hell are you talking about. Both are heavy lift choppers. The Mi 26 wins on all counts. The mission could be equipment lift, troop lift, putting out fires or whatever the hell you come up with. The Mi 26 wins. Please state what you mean by multimission. Or are you just trying to pull a fast one by coming up with new words?

Multimission is a common term...

The only department where the Mil-26 could lose was with the need for a crew of 5. Now with Mil-26T2 that needs a crew of 2 only, even there Chinook has lost its advantage.

Yes it is - multi mission. Could mean a hundred different things. Define it with respect to heavy lift choppers and prove your claim that the Chinook is superior.

That is what I would always espouse. Upgrade the current Mil-26s to Mil-26T2, or just sell them away and get a fleet of brand new Mil-26T2. GoI has plenty of money to blow, anyway!

The usual heavy lifting:







(Note how low the Chinook can go down without blowing the ground crews in a typhoon)

Extra-capabilities





For expeditionary deployments it can easily fit into C17s



Note, what the Chinook cannot carry anymore then IAFs Mi26 (better if upgraded) can come into the picture (which is not going to be a lot).

Let me give you some basic instructions

1) Open web browser
2) Go to Youtube.com
3) type Mi 26
4) Watch videos of its capabilities.

Over and Out.

There can be no objective debate with you on this matter, it seems to me that you're an Mi26 fanboy... enthralled by its single most relevant attribute, it's massive size (because of this it can lift heavier loads).

BTW, comparing Mi26 and Chinook is like comparing these heavy transports:





Conclusion: Chinook should do the primary heavy lifting (with added capabilities for S&R, Special ops, etc.) while the 3 Mi26 in IAF inventory should do what the Chinook can no longer effectively carry (not a lot in the battlefield)...

Bud, this is a no-contest, when it comes to load carrying capacity.

One Mil-26 can carry two light tanks, inside it, not under-slung. I hope you know how much more difficult it becomes to transport a load if it is under-slung:


Or a BTR, or another helo, under-slung:

What did I say? I was arguing from the perspective of which has a well-rounded personality of the 2 heavy lifters, thus the more practical choice...

What is the advantage of the Chinook over the Mil-26? Don't tell me Chinook does not have blow-down (forgot the correct term). It does. It is less compared to Mil-26 because it has mush less capacity.

In terms of brute force the Mi26 wins hands down (please don't ask me to repeat this again), but in terms of practical heavy weight applications in the combat zone the Chinook wins. Carrying tanks or 8x8 IFVs inside the helo is good for Soviet military doctrine, but does it still have much application in the modern battle field? Take the case of NATO ops in Afghanistan, if you're given the choice which heavy lift helicopter would you prefer to deploy to the battlefield to do the heavy lifting between forward bases and observations posts to carry howitzers, supplies, mobile mortar systems, etc.? For me the choice is clear...

Plus since Chinook has a smaller foot print, it needs smaller landing area than an Mi26. This is good for special ops, S&R and disaster relief missions.