China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft

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I guess before lifting a heavy arty piece, there's probably some disaster relief and light armored vehicle / support weaponry lift requirement for air mobile operations. Although carrying the heavy stuff is certainly a good capability to have.
Is there any moden chinese vehicle that would fit inside a CH-53K sized cargo cabin?
I'm thinking of stuff like the Mowag EAGLE IV, or just a little below that. There's this chinese Humvee type thing, I think.
 
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nemo

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asif iqbal said:
Well the CH-53 variants are very powerful helicopters they can lift 155mm howitzers with the crew and ammunition over a good distance

If China wants to shift heavy artillery like a 155mm howitzer by air they will have to build a more powerful helo to do it

So I think there is certainly scope and a requirement for such a helo

Even better would be if such a helicopter could also fit into the Y-20 Transport

China's future air mobility needs to be planed carefully with future missions in mind
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Airborne combat vehicles like ZLC2000 weighting about 8-9 ton can probably fit.
I am thinking about how this make air-mechanization works for land and sea based heli-borne assault -- for example, this heavy lift helicopter deployed on new LHA type assault ships.
 
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via huitong; apparently the first Il-78 has been delivered to China? His site doesn't give coordinates, but I assume it is at an airbase in China..

Whatever happened to the Il-78 deal anyway? Will Ukraine honour the contract after the political change?

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nemo

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Bltizo said:
via huitong; apparently the first Il-78 has been delivered to China? His site doesn't give coordinates, but I assume it is at an airbase in China..

Whatever happened to the Il-78 deal anyway? Will Ukraine honour the contract after the political change?

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Ukraine needs money more than it needs to piss of China, especially now. For one thing, they need money to pay off *Russians* for gas so they won't freeze to death in the winter.
 
Blackstone

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Bltizo said:
via huitong; apparently the first Il-78 has been delivered to China? His site doesn't give coordinates, but I assume it is at an airbase in China..

Whatever happened to the Il-78 deal anyway? Will Ukraine honour the contract after the political change?
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Too bad it isn't a Y-20.
 
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