MatTrsp CH-53G is a West German Supply Helicopter that appears in Wargame: Red Dragon.
History[]
To replace the H-21 and H-34G helicopters the German Military evaluated the CH-47 and CH-53 in 1966. The purchase of the CH-53 was approved in June 1968. In 1969 of two pre-production helicopters from Sikorsky, production aircraft were licence built b yVFW-Fokker at Speyer in Germany. The first German-built helicopter flew from Speyer on 11 October 1971 and was delivered to the Erprobungsstelle der Bundeswehr 61flight test centre at Manching on 1 December 1971
The first flight made by a German CH-53G was made in 1971, followed in March 1973 by the delivery of the first machines to Army Aviation Corps Regiment 35 in Mendig, and shortly afterwards to the newly formed Army Aviation Corps Regiment 15 based at Rheine, and Army Aviation Corps Regiment 25 based at Laupheim. These regiments served in Corp level Army Aviation Command
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