STATISTICS
| Mass: 20 tons | Movement Type: Dual-Rotor VTOL |
| Power Plant: TME 65 Internal Combustion | Armor Type: TME 3000 Standard |
| Comm Systems: TME AirCav | Cruising Speed: 86 kph |
| Targeting/Tracking Systems:
None |
Maximum Speed: 130 kph |
| Chassis: RevEng USA CH-47 (Boeing Vertol 114) | |
| Armament: None |
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OVERVIEW
The TME-168 Chinook fills the role of a heavy VTOL armored personnel carrier.
CAPABILITIES
Carrying a full platoon of infantry, the Chinook is a cheap and simple way of transporting troops quickly around a battlefield. Armored well enough to withstand small-arms fire but completely unarmed, the Chinook is more common in rear-echelon movements as opposed to the TME-167 Huey, which is designed to drop troops in or near the thick of things.
DEPLOYMENT
The TME-168 is slightly less common than the Huey, but still prized for its 7.5 ton carrying capacity.
VARIANTS
The TME-168-A Chinook Gunship carries a medium-range missile twenty-rack in a wraparound fuselage pod.
TME-168 Chinook Heavy Infantry Helicopter |
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| 20 tons | VTOL (Rotor) | Cruising MP: 8 (86.4kph) | Flank MP: 12 (129.6kph) |
| Engine: 65 ICE | Engine Mass: 4t | Control Mass: 1 t | Lift Equip Mass: 2 t |
| No Power Amplifier | No Heat Sinks | Internal Structure: 2 t | No Turret |
| Armor Mass: 3.5 t | Armor Points: 56 | Crew: 3 | Rotor Arrange: Dual |
ARMOR |
EQUIPMENT |
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| Front: | 20 |
1 Infantry Platoon (7.5t cargo) | Body |
| Left/Right Side: | 12 / 12 |
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| Rear: | 10 |
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| Turret: | not applicable |
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| Rotor: | 2 |
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DESIGNER'S NOTE: Good luck goes out to Anthony Napier, my best friend and now grunt in the Army. Armor is more his specialty, but I wish him luck all the same.