PygmalionOfCyprus
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1 year ago Handled 499.
We can't add mounts as loadouts, so I went with the Rhodesia solution (not this one) and added a few different variants: a "naked" version, which has the advantage of being able to carry one extra troop; versions with 1x, 2x, and 4x .303in MGs; and finally the beloved Bush War classic w/ a MG-151/GA-1.
All versions have Cargo, FO, and SAR loadouts; the 1x/2x .303in MG choppers can carry 4x troops while the naked version carries 5x; the 4x .303in just has an extra BAI/CAS loadout; and the MG-151 toter has an ACP loadout along with the BAI/CAS option.
FrangibleCover
DB Selector
CWDB
DBID to Copy
All of CWDB Aircraft 4075/7/8 and Aircraft 4229 (or other)
Hypothetical
No
Name
SA.316B Alouette III
Country
South Africa
Service
Air Force
In Commission
1962-2007
Number in Service
over 100
Sensors
No response
Mounts
Fitted with exhaust deflectors to counter Strela-2
Loadout Options
Given that the Alouette was maintained as a semi-modular platform, I would suggest that all of the armed variants could instead be loadouts, giving a loadout list approximately as follows:
The 4x Browning fit doesn't seem to have been popular, too heavy to carry troops and not heavy enough to dish out the damage in the way that the cannon armed ones could. Technically ZA operated the domestic GA-1 Rattler cannon alongside the MG-151, but honestly it would have the exact same statline.
Other Changes
Another one for both DB rather than just the CWDB
Sources
https://www.saairforce.co.za/the-airforce/aircraft/9/alouette-iii https://www.saairforce.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2519 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Dx1NqzffI https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/various-aviation-projects-from-south-africa.20122/page-6 https://www.news24.com/life/books/extract-gunship-over-angola-i-felt-stripped-bare-of-my-self-belief-20190411