CH-146 Griffon - Canadian forces Helicopter

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CH-146 Griffon - Canadian forces Helicopter

No matter where their duties take them, the men and women of the Canadian Forces know they can rely on the CH-146 Griffon to get them there—and back—safely. From rescuing civilians in the high Arctic to airlifting supplies in Kosovo, Canada's Utility Transport Tactical Helicopter (UTTH) has served faithfully.

The Griffon is used at home and abroad for search and rescue (SAR) missions, surveillance and reconnaissance, casualty evacuation and counter-drug operations. The helicopter has also played a key role in many national and international humanitarian relief operations, including those for Manitoba's Red River flood (Operation Assistance) in 1997; Eastern Canada's ice storm (Operation Recuperation) in 1998; and the United Nations effort to stabilize Haiti (Operation Halo) in 2004.

The CH-146 is equipped with a hoist that enables it to extract people and cargo from almost any terrain. The Griffon can be equipped with a Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) system and a powerful searchlight, helping it to navigate and search in low-visibility conditions.

The aircraft can carry up to 13 people—two pilots, a flight engineer and 10 passengers—and has a maximum gross weight of nearly 5400 kg. Part of its heft comes from the armour that lines both the floor and the crew seats. Despite its weight, the Griffon can reach speeds up to 260 km/h.

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[joecoyote42]

Canada is at War. Afghanistan is a war zone.The Canadian Troops were sent to the location of some of the heaviest fighting has been taking place. There is no peace to keep let alone to maintain. It is a mad house with civilians caught in the middle. Every time I hear the term peacekeeping I want to scream, because it is a Political term to soften the stupid public. Canadian soldiers are always sent into combat. Every time there is a conflict, Even when the public is told the opposite.

[dantheawsomeman]

@dantheawsomeman oh and im talking canadian

[dantheawsomeman]

@BackBlocks09 we did some peace keeping missions 4 example re biulding schools and handing out food and water? Thats still peacekeeping and yes we still fight and do covert missions. We just do more fighing than peace keeping

[S117MasterMatt]

@BackBlocks09 wow ok calm down, we may have not have done peace keeping but that is what the media was going with back when it started, and that is what they said in schools, across Canada, I remember because me and my buddys where like "why the fuck are we peace keeping, fuck that, peace keeping is dumb" so all im saying is that, it is what the news was going with in the beginning.

[S117MasterMatt]

@BackBlocks09 we used to do peace keepng missions in afghan, but not any more, U.S and other contry's, but mostly U.S arn't well informed about other country's.

[Sneak693]

@BackBlocks09 Yeah I know, Nazis are a more accurate term in this day in age.

[TheCFarmy]

@callofdutyguy9 did the griffon is a improved version of the huey the griffon can fly faster can carry more troops and greater weights and for those who don't believe me look in to this

[m1up]

@chris63952

Yeah, I think the closest thing we got is those rocket mounts you can put on the sides of these things. A few Cobras would help out us Canadians so much in Afghanistan. I bet if they had purchased Cobras, they could have taken off a considerable amount of casualties, since the Cobras would find the Taliban before they could plant the IED.

[Darman822]

In a way we do, with them we can lay down accurate and quite a bit of fire power to protect the transport helicopters. Such as the chinook that is a nice big target. But that's my opinion

[chris63952]

@Sneak693  you make a valid point