France received the twelfth Atlas aircraft

French Defense Ministry Announces Acceptance of 12th Military Transport Aircraft aviation A-400M Atlas manufactured by Airbus Defense and Space, reports TSAMTO.

This is the first board, which is equipped with two container systems for refueling other aircraft in the air.

According to the resource, “the first manufactured for the French Air Force by Airbus Defense and Space A-400M was officially transferred to the MoD of France 30 September 2013 of the year, the 11-th Atlas serial aircraft was received in January 2017 of the year”.

In total, France should receive X-NUMX A-50M aircraft.

As noted in the material, the A-400M is a BTA tactical aircraft and "has no direct competitors in the global market." It is equipped with four turboprop engines and is capable of taking off and landing from short unprepared runways.

Flight range with cargo in 20 t is 3970 miles (6388 km), with 30 tons - 2820 miles (4537 km), fermentation distance - up to 5512 miles (8869 km).

With a maximum payload of 37 t A-400M "can transport a wide range of military equipment of non-standard size, including two helicopters AH-64" Apache ", one CH-46" Chinook ", one PU MIRS" Patriot ", one SG M-109 plus cargo pallets and billing, two M-113 and 30 armored personnel carriers, one landing armored personnel carrier VBCI and 10, one landing gear, one heavy excavator plus cargo pallets and personnel, ”the publication reports.

Comments

[san4es]

Airbus Defense and Space A-400M

[Grandfather]

the only thing I can say about this plane is that it’s probably in the “office”, all sorts of hooks, drawers, glove compartments, retractable “gloves”, and other crap, for lipstick and powder. and .. yes, under the shoes under the seat.

[117 factory]

Where do they need so much? To carry the "Foreign Legion" to their former colonies?

[san4es]

Quote: Plant 117

Where do they need so much? To carry the "Foreign Legion" to their former colonies?

... Refugees sent back

[rocket757]

From the muzzle of AN 70, which is dill pr-r-o-s-- -i.
It looks like MRIU there too.

[Servisinzhener]

Yes, it looks very much like the AN-70

[rocket757]

Why be surprised. There was a Wishlist for joint production with a geyropa, the documentation for the usu was handed over to the "partners" and !!! The "partners" have a plane, and dill is all in guano.
Now they want to do MRII with zholtolitsy "brothers" ... what will be the result?
In principle, this is the property of the whole people, but for some reason again, the soldiers will fall into one specific pocket!

[Servisinzhener]

They looked at the Ukrainian plane and said, well, we have exactly the same thing. Almost. So guys, Ukrainians, thank you for the drawings)))

[rocket757]

The plane turned out and really good. Several KB worked on it at once, ours too. That's what joint work / creativity does! The brainchild turned out necessary and successful in all respects!

[Normal ok]

Quote: rocket757

From the muzzle of AN 70, which is dill pr-r-o-s-- -i.
It looks like MRIU there too.

100% stole technical documentation with AN.

[rocket757]

It seemed to me, if lower, according to reports, someone doubted the "roots" of the A400M ... we couldn’t directly rub it, we borrowed it in a friendly, gay-tolerant way ??? But they didn’t have anything similar, with similar performance characteristics. Hands, heads, money invested, re-equipped re-equipped according to their standards, tail wheels made in their own way !!! but they saved a lot of money on the prepared one, and left the dill with ... a nose!

[pilot306]

Still not tired of living in the homeland of elephants?

[Cxnumx]

“Has no direct competitors in the global market”

Well, yes, the ILs are indirect, because carry much more)))

[karabas-barabas]

What does Ila have to do with it?

[Cxnumx]

Quote: karabas-barabas

What does Ila have to do with it?

maybe I'm confusing something, but they both belong to the "military transport aircraft plane." and yes, nothing to do with it.

[pilot306]

Well, yes, and Galaxy and Ruslan also belong to the "military transport aircraft" fucking bother that KaMaz, that constipation - all automobiles.

[karabas-barabas]

And 400 and others like it, like the dill An-70, or S-130 can land and start from the field, they need no more than a couple of hundred meters to take off and land. And Il needs 3 km of GDP.

[andrewkor]

Is this the An-70?

[NF68]

Even somehow I can’t believe that this A-400 was finally brought to mind. So many missed with him.

[karabas-barabas]

They brought it to a long time ago, but not a single project has braked the bureaucratic-checking apparatus of the FRG. Therefore, the final acceptance of the A-400M was done in Spain.