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Interesting load for AFV Club's M54 truck
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Posted: Saturday, June 15, 2019 - 01:33 AM UTC


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Posted: Saturday, June 15, 2019 - 01:46 AM UTC
That's one heck of a precise landing! Especially without rotor blades...
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Posted: Saturday, June 15, 2019 - 01:53 AM UTC

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That's one heck of a precise landing!


In fact the French Army had already tested the concept (with the blades on...)









The pictured chopper is a SNCASO SO-1221 Djinn.

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Posted: Saturday, June 15, 2019 - 01:59 AM UTC
And those first pictures it's on a 2 1/2 ton truck! That's different!
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Posted: Saturday, June 15, 2019 - 02:12 AM UTC
The last picture shows a Simca Cargo F594 WM 3-ton truck.

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