User Guide

RECOGNITION GUIDE
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Type: Heavy-lift
CH-53E Super Stallion
Recognition features:
large 7-bladed main rotor with
flattened circular hub cap, canted
4-bladed tail rotor
broad and long rounded square
sectioned fuselage sloping up to
short tail boom with flattened
underside, sharply canted tail fin
with distinctive cranked side-
mounted tail plane
rounded engine housing tapering
along upper fuselage, large
outboard tubular air intakes with
conical intake filters, large angled
circular exhaust tubes to rear
large curved sponsons at centre
section with projecting outer
supports for large droptanks
distinctive rounded flat nose
section incorporating cockpit
nose glazing and forward
projecting refuelling probe
rear hinged loading ramp to
cargo hold
squat semi-retracting tricycle
undercarriage
Decoys:
chaff
flares
Game notes:
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radar symbol:
ground radar priority: medium