MV-24 VTOL

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==Summary==
The MV-24 VTOL is a family of vertical take-off and landing jet aircraft developed for the US military. Their design incorporates tilting wings whose attached thrusters align vertically for hovering and VTOL maneuvers, and align horizontally for forward powered flight. Although rather slow and sluggish in handling, the MV-24 is well-armed and very well armoured, and has proven to be quite versatile.
There are two variants:
* MV-24H Vulture: A light troop transport meant primarily for carrying a squad of soldiers into and out of battlefields. It is equipped with one set of tilting wings with VTOL thrusters. With its devastating autocannon, load of missiles, helicopter-like hovering and maneuvering capabilities, and thick armour, the Vulture can also act as an effective gunship.
* MV-24T King Fisher: Often simply referred to as the “Heavy Lift VTOL”, this is a heavy troop transport capable of carrying whole platoons into and out of battlefields. It is also equipped to carry heavy loads - such as tanks, APCS, and heavy containers - and can rapidly deploy heavy armour and artillery onto battlefields. The King Fisher is distinguishable from the Vulture by its greater overall length, second set of tilting wings with VTOL thrusters, and underside equipped to lift heavy cargo.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: with autocannon and HMG. with AGL and missiles
Name: MV-24H Vulture VTOL and MV-24T King Fisher VTOL
Origin: Crysis
Classification: Vertical take-off and landing troop transport, gunship, heavy transport
Users: US military, CELL Corporation, Anti-CELL Resistance.
Needed prerequisite for use: 1 pilot and 1 weapons officer (though the pilot alone can indeed fly the craft and operate all the weapon systems). Additional gunners to man mounted heavy machine guns and automatic grenade launchers.
Attack Potency: Wall level with autocannon and HMG (It’s main 20 mm autocannon can destroy a Ceph Scout or Ceph Dropship with quick bursts, and shred the entire upper floor of a two storey house with sustained fire; appears to be based on the real life M61 Vulcan. The troop compartment can also be mounted with a .50 HMG). Small Building level+ with AGL and missiles (The troop compartment can be mounted with an additional Automatic Grenade Launcher [AGL] which fires 35 mm calibre grenades that are this powerful. A single air-to-air missile can take down a Ceph Scout. Also equipped with air-to-ground missiles, a few of which can destroy a Ceph artillery battery, which is a multiple storey tall structure. Each of its missiles can unleash an explosion larger across than the VTOL itself, with yields for such a blast easily being in the range of tens of kg of TNT equivalent; overall vastly more powerful than the grenades fired by the AGL)
Speed: Likely Subsonic flight speed (Likely at least as fast as or even faster than the tiltrotor transport craft which it eclipsed in service in-universe. Likely 300 to 500 km/hr at least). Subsonic+ to Supersonic+ attack speed (Modern day AGLs can fire off grenades with muzzle velocities of 180 to 250 m/s. The rounds fired by its HMGs and main autocannon should easily have muzzle velocities in the 900 to 1100 m/s range. Its missiles should easily have velocities of a few to several hundred m/s, which is typical for a gunship)
Durability: Small Building level+ (The nanoglass on the cockpit can take multiple rounds from a Gauss Rifle. The craft can also take a couple of M17 fragmentation grenades or L-TAG grenades at point blank range. It is essentially a flying armoured personnel carrier or flying infantry fighting vehicle)
Range: Likely multiple kilometres with guns and AGL (modern day HMGs and AGLs are capable of 1.5 to 2 km ranges, autocannons such as the M61 Vulcan are capable of even greater ranges). Likely up to several kilometres with missiles.
Weaknesses:
* Although quite maneuverable and agile for its size, it is still rather slow and sluggish in straight flight and its acceleration is also unimpressive.
* HMG and AGL mounts require the opening up of some of the side panels in the troop compartment, which reduces space for troops to sit and also creates openings in the craft which results in extra vulnerabilities.
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