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Good to have someone who knows his shit on the forum. You could teach us patzers a thing or two. :)

I told ya you'd like this thread. I can only quote from data available on the web but the CH53K has a max payload of 55 troops or 16 metric tonnes against 90 troops or 20 metric tonnes for the Mi-26. So I dont understand what the extra hp accomplished? Can you post a little about the chopper...

Adux, I am not trying to antagonize you man. I am pointing out the shortcomings of the Chinook. It just cannot carry heavy equipment like the Mi 26. On the other hand there are other helos that can carry troops and are as versatile as the Chinook. The question is what is the IA looking at...

Adux, the Mi-17 and Mi 8's can easily do the troop movements illustrated by the Chinook above. On the other hand, the Chinoook cannot handle the eqyuipment movement that the Mi 26 can.

dont make retarded comments thats dont add value to the debate please.

Adux, the Service ceiling is a non issue. Unless we are talking about Siachen where even the Chinook is inadequate. All NE areas are comfortably within 15,000 feet. The rest of the reasoning given can go both ways. The more the load and range the better, why are you talking up the service...

Good point, this will be a parameter that will weigh into the final decision.

Awesome response, but do you really want to get into CG and CM with internet fanboys? You just have to look at most people's choice of cars to figure out that there is no point in bringing center of gravity and center of mass discussions into debates like this. Lets restrict our debates to...

Thank you Kunal. The simple fact is that the Mi 26 is a superior deployment platform due to load capability. Also due to twice the ferry range, refuelling timespan is reduced. The Chinook has to be refuelled every 400 miles, whereas the Mi 26 need to be refuelled every 1800 miles with external...

Mi 26 has a) twice the load capacity and more importantly twice the holding area - twice the number of troops. b) Twice the range without external fuel tanks and 5 times the range with fuel tanks c) 15,000 ft altitude ceiling against 18,000 feet. Being twice as large, thats expected d)...

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.

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.

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...

The americans used a chinook to lift another chinook zero times. comprande? or does simple reasoning skills dont work with you? three times the americans had an indisposed chinook and three times they had to call the russians for help. dont keep arguing just for the heck of it man. call a spade...

Why is this even a competition. The Mi 26 wins hands down. Some clown posted about a Chinook lifting another Chinook. I'm sorry but in Afghanistan the Mi 26 has lifted damaged Chinooks thrice so far. If another Chinook could do it, then why did it not? :rolleyes: Here is the video. Lets give...