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Pilatus PC-6 Porter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilatus_PC-6_Porter "The Pilatus PC-6 Porter is a single-engined Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) utility aircraft designed by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. First flown in 1959, the PC-6 has been built in both piston engine and turboprop powered versions, and has been built both by Pilatus and by Fairchild Hiller in the United States. It remains in production as of August 2011....The PC-6 is noted for its Short Take-off and Landing (STOL) performance on almost any type of terrain - it can take off within a distance of 640 feet (195 m) and land within a distance of 427 feet (130 m) while carrying a payload of 2,646 …

Mobile Landing Platform http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Landing_Platform http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_Montford_Point_%28T-MLP-1%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_John_Glenn_%28T-MLP-2%29 "The Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) is a type of amphibious assault ship being constructed for the United States Navy, with the first ship due to enter service in 2015. MLP ships are to serve as floating bases for amphibious operations, and operate as a transfer point between large ships and small landing craft. Proof-of-concept testing began in 2005, with heavy lift ships serving as substitutes for the MLPs. General Dynamics' National Steel and Shipbuilding Company was …

Pilatus PC-12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilatus_PC-12 "The Pilatus PC-12 is a single-engine turboprop passenger and cargo aircraft manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. The main market for the aircraft is corporate transport and regional airliner operators. The U.S. Air Force's designation is the U-28A." --Wikipedia Not an urgent need, but an aircraft that is used by several governments and air forces. ANW HUD-4 v1.11

CB90-class fast assault craft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB90-class_fast_assault_craft "Combat Boat 90 (CB90) is a class of fast military assault craft originally developed for the Swedish Navy by Dockstavarvet. In addition to the many variants in service with the Swedish Navy under the Strb 90 H designation, the CB 90 has been adopted by the navies of several countries, including Norway (as the S90N), Greece, Mexico (as the CB 90 HMN), and Malaysia. Also the German Navy plans to equip the Berlin-class replenishment ships with the CB90." --Wikipedia ANW HUD-4 v1.11

Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Swearingen_Metroliner "The Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner or the Fairchild Aerospace Metro is a 19-seat, pressurised, twin turboprop airliner first produced by Swearingen Aircraft and later by Fairchild at a plant in San Antonio, Texas, United States." --Wikipedia Another widely used light transport, in service with several air forces around the world. ANW HUD 4 v1.11

Shantou-class fast attack gun craft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantou-class_gunboat http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/shantou-pc.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/shantou-pc-specs.htm "The Shantou-class gunboat, was a Chinese built gunboat of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy. Known in the United States as the "Swatow"[1] class gunboat; it was based on the Soviet P-6 class torpedo boat. The boat is designated as Type 55A (55 Jia Xing, 55甲型). Instead of being wooden hulled, and consisting of torpedoes as the main armament, the Shantou class is steel-hulled, with guns as the main armament. The Sha…

Project 1204 Shmel http://russian-ships.info/eng/borderguard/project_1204.htm Large class of Soviet patrol boat. Some exported to other countries. The three-inch gun gives it a pretty serious punch for such a relatively small boat. Good for pirates, perhaps? ANW HUD-4 v1.11

Gulfstream IV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfstream_IV "The Gulfstream IV (or G-IV or GIV) and derivatives are a family of twin-jet aircraft, mainly for private or business use. The aircraft was designed and built by Gulfstream Aerospace, a General Dynamics company based in Savannah, Georgia, United States from 1985 until 2003." --Wikipedia Another popular business jet. Several hundred have been built. Used by many air forces as a VIP transport. ANW HUD-4 v1.11

Cessna 182 Skylane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_182_Skylane "The Cessna 182 Skylane is an American four-seat, single-engine, light airplane." --Wikipedia More than 20,000 of these have been built and they are used by a large number of air forces for various purposes, including observation and reconnaissance. ANW HUD-4 v1.11

Cessna Citation II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_Citation_II "The Cessna Citation II was the first of the Model 550 series of Citation jets, which are light corporate jet built by Cessna. A direct development of the Citation I, the Citation II led to the later development of the Citation II/SP, the S550 Citation S/II, and the Citation Bravo. The Citation II was also used by the United States Navy under the designation T-47A for radar system training." --Wikipedia Widely used. Nearly 1,000 built. Used not only as V.I.P. aircraft but also for photographic mapping. ANW HUD-4 v1.11

Most of these can simply use the existing data for troop "bombs"... Para Commandos (India) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para_Commandos_%28India%29 Inf. Squad (Indian Para Commandos) <-- use data for Inf. Squad (Rangers) Inf. Platoon (Indian Para Commandos) <-- use data for Inf. Platoon (Rangers) Add as loadout for C-130J and C-17 Globemaster IIII and An-32 (when it is added)... Canadian Special Forces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Special_Operations_Regiment Inf. Squad (Canadian Special Forces) <-- use data for Inf. Squad (Rangers) Inf. Platoon (Canadian Special Forces) <-- use data for Inf. Platoon (Rangers) Add as loadout for C-130H,…

Dassault Falcon 50 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_50 "The Dassault Falcon 50 is a French-built super mid-sized, long-range corporate jet, featuring a three jet engine layout with an S-duct central engine. It has the same fuselage cross section and similar capacity as the earlier Falcon 20 twinjet but is a completely new design that is Area ruled and includes a more advanced wing design." --Wikipedia Another jet widely used by various air forces, etc. Perhaps most famous for being the jet used by the Rwandan president when he was assassinated in 1994, which is considered a factor that helped trigger the genocide in that country. ANW HUD 4 v.1.…

Dassault Falcon 900 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_900 "The Dassault Falcon 900 is a French-built corporate jet aircraft made by Dassault Aviation." --Wikipedia Widely used by various military services. ANW HUD-4 v1.11

BAC TSR-2 [#]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSR-2 http://www.ausairpower.net/Profile-BAC-TSR.2.html "The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 was a cancelled Cold War strike and reconnaissance aircraft developed by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The TSR-2 was designed to penetrate a well-defended forward battle area at low altitudes and very high speeds, and then attack high-value targets in the rear with nuclear or conventional weapons. Another aspect of its combat role was to provide high-altitude, high-speed photo reconnaissance, requirements that necessitated incorporating "state-of-the-art" av…

FMA SAIA 90 [#] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA_SAIA_90 "The FMA SAIA 90 was an air superiority aircraft designed by the FMA (Fabrica Militar de Aviones) with the collaboration of Dornier in the mid-1980s. The SAIA 90 which was the last stage of the ACA (Avión Caza Argentino) project, which was started by the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional to develop an Argentine fighter aircraft." --Wikipedia Another plane that never was...a stealthy supersonic fighter produced by Brazil, probably for domestic use, and export to...??? And perhaps a carrier-capable version would have been built... ANW HUD-4 v1.11

PZL-230 Skorpion [#] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL-230_Skorpion "The PZL-230 Skorpion was a design for a Polish Air Force attack aircraft. The project was started in the late 1980s by the PZL (Polish State Aviation Works) and cancelled in 1994 due to a lack of funds. Skorpion would have had twin jet engines, a fuselage afterbody blending into the wing and small canards behind the cockpit." --Wikipedia Another plane that never was, but...what if...??? (Imagine that by 2000 it is flying and by 2010 it is a popular export, so a squadron of them shows up every once in a while in some dispute in Africa or Asia...) ANW HUD-4 v1.11

British Aerospace 146 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bae_146 "The British Aerospace 146 (also BAe 146) is a regional airliner that was manufactured in the United Kingdom by British Aerospace, later part of BAE Systems. Production ran from 1983 until 2002....The freight-carrying version carries the designation "QT" (Quiet Trader), a convertible passenger-or-freight model is designated as "QC" (Quick Change). A "gravel kit" can be fitted to aircraft to enable operations from rough, unprepared airstrips." --Wikipedia Widely used by various air forces as a transport. ANW HUD-4 v1.11

I noticed that the CASA C-212 Aviocar is primarily a transport, capable of carrying two squads (more or less) of paratroopers (i.e., two generic squads). Should this loadout be added to the existing platform (the maritime patrol variant) or should the transport version get its own separate listing in the HUD-4? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-212 ANW HUD-4 v1.11

Aero Commander 500/680/690 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_Commander_500 "The Aero Commander 500 family is a series of light-twin piston-engined and turboprop aircraft originally built by the Aero Design and Engineering Company in the late 1940s, renamed the Aero Commander company in 1950, and a division of Rockwell International from 1965. The initial production version was the Aero Commander 520. Piston-engined versions manufactured after 1967 are known as the Shrike Commander.[1] Many different models based on the same airframe were developed to satisfy market demand, such as the turboprop range with the Grand Renaissance Commander 1000, ostensibly, at the top…

ATR 72 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATR_72 "The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliner built by the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR. A stretched variant of the ATR 42, the aircraft seats up to 78 passengers in a single-class configuration, and is operated by a two-pilot crew." --Wikipedia More than 500 built and in service with civil airlines and various military forces. ANW HUD-4 v1.11