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T?? T??ns?ll C-160 is ? milit??? t??ns???t ?i?c???t, ?????c?? ?s ? j?int v?nt??? ??tw??n F??nc? ?n? G??m?n?. “T??ns?ll” is ?n ?????vi?ti?n ?? t?? m?n???ct??in? c?ns??ti?m T??ns???t?? Alli?nz, c?m??isin? t?? c?m??ni?s ?? MBB, A???s??ti?l? ?n? VFW-F?kk??. It w?s initi?ll? ??v?l???? t? m??t t?? ????i??m?nts ??? ? m????n t??ns???t ?i?c???t ??? t?? F??nc? ?n? G??m?n Ai? F??c?s; ?x???t s?l?s w??? ?ls? m??? t? S??t? A??ic? ?n? t? T??k??, ?s w?ll ?s ? sm?ll n?m??? t? civili?n ?????t??s. T?? C-160 ??m?in?? in s??vic? m??? t??n 50 ????s ??t?? t?? t???’s ?i?st ?li??t in 1963. It ??s ???vi??? l??istic?l s?????t t? ?v??s??s ?????ti?ns ?n? ??s s??v?? in s??ci?list ??l?s s?c? ?s ?n ???i?l ?????lin? t?nk??, ?l?ct??nic int?lli??nc? ??t???in? ?n? ?s ? c?mm?nic?ti?ns ?l?t???m. T?? C-160 is ?x??ct?? t? ?? ???l?c?? in F??nc? ?n? G??m?n s??vic? ?? t?? Ai???s A400M Atl?s.
T??ns?ll C-160 Milit??? T??ns???t Ai?c???t
T?? T??ns?ll C-160 is ? twin-?n?in? t?ctic?l t??ns???t ???t??in? ? c???? ??l?, ? ????-?cc?ss ??m? ??n??t? ?n ??sw??t t?il, ? ?i??-m??nt?? wіп? ?n? t???????? ?n?in?s. T?? C-160 is ??si?n?? t? ??????m c???? ?n? t???? t??ns???t ??ti?s, ???i?l ??liv??? ?? s???li?s ?n? ???is ??si?n?? t? ?? c?m??ti?l? wit? int??n?ti?n?l ??ilw?? l???in? ?????s t? sim?li?? c???? l??istics ?n? l???in?. in ?li??t t?? c???? ???? is ???ss??is?? ?n? k??t ?t ? c?nst?nt t?m????t??? ?? int????t?? ?i? c?n?iti?nin? s?st?ms. On? ?s??ct ?? t?? C-160 t??t m??? t?? t??? w?ll s?it?? t? t?ctic?l ?????ti?ns w?s t?? t???’s s???t ?i??i?l? ??????m?nc?; incl??in? t?? ??ilit? t? ??????m st??? ??sc?nts ?? ?? t? 20 ??????s ?n? ??????m l?n?in?s ?n ?i?st?i?s ?s s???t ?s 400 m?t??s. In t?? ?i?li?t ??l?, ? l?t?? ?????cti?n C-160 c??l? c???? ?? t? 8.5 t?ns ?c??ss ? ?ist?nc? ?? 5,000 kil?m?t??s, ?n? t?k? ??? ???m ?i?st?i?s ?s s???t ?s 700 m?t??s.
T??ns?ll C-160 Milit??? T??ns???t Ai?c???t
An ????t?? s?c?n? ??n???ti?n ?? t?? C-160 w?s ?????c?? ???in? t?? 1980s. Am?n?st c??n??s m???, t?? n?w v??i?nt w?s ???i???? wit? ???iti?n?l ???l t?nk???, ???i?l ?????llin? ?????s ?n? ?n??nc?? ?vi?nics. W?il? t???? w??? c?nsi?????l? c??n??s t? inst??m?nt?ti?n, incl??in? t?? n?vi??ti?n?l ?n? ??t??il?t s?st?ms, t?? s?c?n? ??n???ti?n C-160 ??t?in?? t?? ??i?in?l ?????tin? c????ct??istics t? sim?li?? c??w t??ns???s ??tw??n t???s. T?? C-160 ???v?? t? ?? ? v??s?til? ?i?c???t, l???in? t? ? l?n? ?????ti?n?l s??vic? li??. B?tw??n its int????cti?n ?n? 1999, ?????xim?t?l? 2000 m??i?ic?ti?ns ?n? ???????s w??? inc??????t?? ???n t?? t???, s?lit 60/40 ??tw??n t?? st??ct??? ?n? ???i?m?nt ??s??ctiv?l?. Ot??? im???v?m?nts ?n? ???iti?ns t? t?? t??? incl??? k?vl?? ??m???, ?l?ct??nic w?????? m?n???m?nt s?st?ms, c????/?l??? ?is??ns??s, missil? ??????c? w??nin? s?st?ms ?n? TCAS c?llisi?n w??nin? s?st?m.
T??ns?ll C-160 Milit??? T??ns???t Ai?c???t
F??m 1981 ?n, s?m? n?w C-160 ???c??? t?? wіп?s ?? A?m?? ?? l’Ai?. T?? n?w C-160NG (N??v?ll? G?n???ti?n, N?w G?n???ti?n) c?ll?? ?i?c???t ??s ? ?i?t? ???l t?nk in t?? mi??l? ?? t?? wіп? ???v? t?? ??s?l???, ? ?????lin? ????? w?il? t?? l??t si?? c???? ???? w?s ??m?v??. S?m? ?i?st-?????cti?n s??i?s C-160F w??? ?itt?? wit? t?? NG-v??si?ns c??n??s ?n? ??n?m?? C-160R (R?n?vé). B?si?? t??s? c??n??s, F??nc? Ai? F??c? int????c?? t?? C-160G G???i?l, ? v??si?n ??? ?l?ct??nic ??c?nn?iss?nc?, ??sil? t? ?istin??is? ??c??s? ?? t?? ?nt?nn?s ?itt?? t? t?? ?i?c???t. Until t?? ???l? 2000s, ?ls? t?? C-160H Ast??t? w?s ?s??, w?il? Ast??té (Avi?n St?ti?n R?l?is ?? T??nsmissi?ns Exc??ti?n?ll?s), m??nin? “?i????n? ??l?? st?ti?n ??? s??ci?l t??nsmissi?ns”, w?s ?s?? ??? c?mm?nic?ti?n wit? s??m????? F??nc? n?cl??? s??m??in?s.
T??ns?ll C-160 Milit??? T??ns???t Ai?c???t