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The Castro Transport is the People's Liberation Army of Venezuela's main transport helicopter in Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.

Overview[]

Vehicles Castro Transport

Castro Transport icon

"This classic covered US cargo copter has been reconditioned by the PLAV and offers great performance for the price."
— Stockpile caption

The Castro Tansport is the basic helicopter used by the PLAV, with reasonably good speed and maneuverability.

Tactics[]

The Castro Transport, sporting no weapons, is unsuited for combat. Like all helicopters in the Castro series, its large size makes it an easy target however with the right flying it makes a good troop transport. It's best used for winching vehicles and soldier deployments. When the PLAV soldiers call for reinforcements, or when the player verifies an HVT a Castro transport will come.

Beware of going against SAMs, the Castro's not very good at taking such heavy punishment.

Real Life[]

The Castro series is based off the Bell "Huey" UH-1N Iroquois helicopter widely used since the Vietnam War.

Trivia[]

  • Originally the Castro series were going to be called "Endriago", which is Spanish for monster or beast.
  • They are all named after famous Cuban revolutionist Fidel Castro
  • The Lucky Lady, the helicopter Ewan pilots, is a Castro Transport with a different paint job and the engine hatches closed.
  • The Castro in Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PlayStation 2) only features a transport configuration.
  • On the front of every Castro helicopter, other than Ewan's Castro, is the well known "Shark Mouth" design utilized on several military aircraft.
  • If verifying an HVT, if you grapple onto it, you can just fly along grappling forever on it. This has been tested and confirmed on this and the Rogue Transport.

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