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The Chinook, however, can be transported in the hold of the C-17 Globemaster III, of which India has ordered 10 examples. Boeing says this greatly enhances the CH-47F's ability to be deployed to distant locations.
And anotherone that falls on Boeing PR, without thinking about it. Buddy, where whill these helicopters be deployed? In and around India! Do we need to transport them in a C17 then? No. So why is it important for Indian forces? It isn't since Indian forces have different requirements than the US or NATO forces, which fights wars far away from their own land and borders.
So what is really important is the lift capability, be it internally, or externaly. The Chinook offers external heavy lift capability, that's the main reason why it is comparable to the Ch53 or Mig26, but the main difference is the internal capacity, where the Chinook was designed to fit to the US requirements with additional tactical roles, while IAF so far benefitted highly from the internal lift capacity of the Mi26.
For externally lifting a Bulldozer, the Ch47 will be as good as the Mi26, but the total performance of external lift capability is lower and the internal lift capability hardly comparable to Mi 17s only.