Military Gliders

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TntAttack
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Military Gliders

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Taken from the transport reforms thread.

Note: Rails might clash with this unit type in terms of functionality.

. New units types: Transport Gliders
Military Transport planes that can transport units into battlefield.

- Can transport units from airport to airport
- Can transport unit on clear terrain e.g. grass before disappearing like current paratrooper plane.

Examples:
Values below are obtained from wiki. Only France doesn't have any.

Japan
Maeda Ku-1 (8 troop cap, light)
Kokusai Ku-7 (32 troop cap, light tank, heavy)
Kokusai Ku-8 (20 troop or howitzer with crew)

British
General Aircraft GAL.48 Hotspur (8 troop cap, light)
Slingsby Hengist (14 troop cap, light)
Airspeed Horsa (30 troop cap or jeep or 6-pound anti tank)
Hamilcar Mark I (unknown troo9 cap, transport, anti tank and light tank, heavy)

German
DFS 230 (9 troop cap, light)
Junkers Ju 322 (140 troop cap, heavy)
Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant (idk if wiki is wrong but 200 troop cap, heavy)

Soviet
Kolesnikov-Tsibin KC-20 (24 troop cap)
Antonov A-7 (8 troop cap, light)

Italy
Aeronautica Lombarda AL-12P (12, light)
C.A.T. TM-2 glider (20 troop cap, light)

US
Waco CG-3 (7 troop cap, light)
Waco CG-4 (13 troop cap, light)
Laister-Kauffman CG-10 (42 troops or two 105mm M2 howitzers or one M1 155 mm Long Tom howitzer or one M2 howitzer, heavy)
Bristol XLRQ (12 troop cap, amphibious, light)


@Stratego (dev) What do you think? The troop cap mentioned above are for reference in determining the total troop capacity and possible type of units to be carried.
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