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== Transport == The Transport class of ACUs consists of large fixed-wing "heavy lifters", large high lift- capacity helicopters, tilt-wing ACUs and Tanker ACUs. Large Transport planes can supply Land Units and ships. They can also transport land units (including small tanks) between air-fields. Transport planes are also good for dropping airborne units like Marines and Special forces on airborne assault missions. Fixed-wing Transport ACUs are mostly un-armed, however several of the Russian Ilyushin transport have anti-air weaponry. Many of the transport helos however have ground attack abilities and a few can attack close-air targets as well. The various types of Transports are described below. === Transport Helos === Transport helos transport both cargo (supplies) and other units such as "foot-pounder" Units - Marines and Special Forces. Transport helos are versatile because they do not require air-strips and therefore can transport supplies and units between nearly any land hexes. A land attack tactic known as "Vertical Envelopement" involves rapidly landing foot-units such as Marines into a target enemy hex aboard transport helicopters. Transport helos are also supply aircraft and are very handy for re-supplying land units that become stranded in remote locations due to lack of supply. Leaving your helos under DM command is a dodgy business - when the DM answers a call for air-transport from a large number of foot or other units, it will cast a wide net when it summons transport aircraft for the pick-up. Even helos thousands of miles away may be summoned. These distant helicopters can easily run out of fuel and crash while attempting to move to the distant transport site. On the other hand if your units are confined to a single Region or continent it is very convenient to have the DM run the air-taxi service. The DM is also fairly good at automatically supplying your units via helo and cargo planes. === Air-Tanker === Air-tankers are flying gasoline stations that can re-fuel specially equipped aircraft in mid-air. ACUs that are equipped as tankers display a SC icon that denoting this. See the previous topic on Mid-Air Refueling. A tanker can be ordered to "Escort" the lead plane in a small group, as long as the remaining planes can keep in range of the tanker. Client aircraft can access fuel from a tanker while one hex away. Prior to Update 6, it was quite possible for a tanker aircraft to off-load too much fuel to its client ACUs, causing the tanker to crash. In this case it is necessary to calculate the total amount of fuel that each ACU can hold and assure that there is enough in the tanker to service each client and to fuel itself for the mission. Otherwise you will need to lay on more escort tankers. As long as the tanker is not mobbed all at once by many ACUs, it will automatically return to base (RTB) when it runs low on fuel, then return to orbit its station. [[Category:Guides]]
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