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The Castro Transport is the People's Liberation Army of Venezuela's main transport helicopter that is featured 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. It has one of the biggest storage space for human occupants in the game

The Castro has reasonably good speed and the Maneuverability of the helicopter is Moderate.

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 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 to the PLAV, with the engine hatches closed.
The Castro in the PlayStation 2 version of Mercenaries 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, however more notably in jets and planes, and is not seen much on rotary 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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+{{Vehicleinfo
-==Introduction==
+|name=  Castro Transport
-The '''Castro''' helicopters are the helicopters used by the [[People's Liberation Army of Venezuela|PLAV]] in [[Mercenaries 2: World in Flames]].
+|image= [[Image:Castro transport.png|200px|]]|]]|]]
+|faction= [[People's Liberation Army of Venezuela]]
+|capacity= 8:<br>1 pilot<br>7 passengers
+|armament= None
+|ammunition= N/A
+|armor= Good (type 2)
+|speed= Good}}
+The '''Castro Transport''' is the [[People's Liberation Army of Venezuela|People's Liberation Army of Venezuela's]] main transport helicopter that is featured in ''[[Mercenaries 2: World in Flames]]''.
 ==Overview==
+[[File:Vehicles_Castro_Transport.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Castro Transport icon]]
-The Castro series helicopters are the staple of the [[People's Liberation Army of Venezuela|PLAV]] air force in [[Mercenaries 2: World in Flames]]. The Castro series is a diverse and well balanced group of helicopters that fill the necassary roles needed like transport, support and attack. They are all the same size and shape and handle all the same, however they are fitted out with different weapons and transport storage. They are all very common and can be found all over the Amazon area near PLAV bases. While they at first glance may seem vastly superior to the Universal Petroleum Rogue helicopters in terms of ammo capacity and lifting capabillity, it is extremely important to note that they are probably the least agile helicopter class in the game (not counting the heavy lifters) and something as simple as fighting another helicopter can prove to be a challenge even with miniguns.
+{{Quote|This classic covered US cargo copter has been reconditioned by the PLAV and offers great performance for the price.|Stockpile caption}}
-===Castro Transport===
-The basic helicopter used by the PLAV. It has one of the biggest storage space for human occupants and for it's size is very versatile. They are easily found flying overhead in PLAV territory and are the staple aircraft for PLAV Outpost missions.
+The Castro Tansport is the basic helicopter used by the PLAV. It has one of the biggest storage space for human occupants in the game
+The Castro has reasonably good speed and the <span style="color: white; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-themecolor: background1;">Maneuverability <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> of the helicopter is Moderate.</span></span>
-*Occupants: 8 (One driver, one passenger, 6 passengers in back)
-*Weapons: None
+==Tactics==
-===Castro Attack Copter===
+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 deployments. When the PLAV soldiers call for reinforcements, or when the player verifies an HVT a Castro transport will come.
-The same as the transport but now the passeneger positions have been replaced with side mounted miniguns.
-*Occupants: 4 (One driver, one passenger, two port gunners)
-*Weapons: 2 side-mounted miniguns (3000 rounds each), 57mm rockets.
-===Castro-II Attack Copter===
-Another step up, this version now has extra weaponry added to the sides which are controlled by the driver.
-*Occupants: 4 (One driver, one passenger, two port gunners)
-*Weapons: 2 side-mounted miniguns, dual miniguns (3000 rounds each), 57mm rockets, frontal 40mm grenade launcher.
-===Castro-V Attack Copter===
-The last in the series of Castro helicopters, this one however has had the 40 mm grenade launcher of the II stripped and has had its dual miniguns replaced by machine guns.
-*Occupants: 4 (One driver, one passenger, two port gunners)
-*Weapons: 2 side-mounted miniguns, 4 M60 7.62 cal machineguns (300 rounds each), 57mm rockets.
+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-1D helicopter widely used during the Vietnam War.
+The Castro series is based off the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_UH-1N_Twin_Huey Bell "Huey" UH-1N Iroquois] helicopter widely used since the Vietnam War.
-==Image Gallery==
+==Trivia==
+*Originally the Castro series were going to be called "[http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=Endriago&oq=Endriago&gs_l=hp.3..0l4.830.4571.0.4747.8.8.0.0.0.0.604.1780.2-5j5-1.6.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.sPea1DtdsKM&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=9b5f4cf501622d2c&bpcl=38897761&biw=773&bih=713 Endriago]," which is Spanish for monster or beast.
-<gallery widths="150" captionalign="left">
+*They are all named after famous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba Cuban] revolutionist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro Fidel Castro]
-Castro transport.png|Castro Transport
+*The Lucky Lady, the helicopter [[Ewan]] pilots, is a Castro Transport with a different paint job to the PLAV, with the engine hatches closed.
-Castro attack copter.png|Castro Attack Copter
+*The Castro in the PlayStation 2 version of ''Mercenaries 2'' only features a transport configuration.
-Castro II attack copter.png|Castro-II Attack Copter
+*On the front of every Castro helicopter, other than Ewan's Castro, is the well known "Shark Mouth" design utilized on several military aircraft, however more notably in jets and planes, and is not seen much on rotary aircraft.
-Castro V attack copterr.png|Castro-V Attack Copter
+*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]].
-</gallery>
-==Trivia==
+==Related Pages==
+*[[Castro Attack Copter]]
-*Originally they were going to be called "Endriago".
+*[[Castro-II Attack Copter]]
-*They are all named after famous Cuban revolutionist Fidel Castro.
+*[[Castro-V Attack Copter]]
-*The Lucky Lady, the helicopter [[Ewan]] pilots, is a Castro Transport with a different paint job.
-*The Castro in Mercenaries 2 PS2 only features a transport configuration.
 [[Category:Mercenaries 2]]
 [[Category:Vehicles]]
+[[Category:Helicopters]]
+[[Category:People's Liberation Army of Venezuela]]
+[[Category:Castro series]]