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CH-46 'phrog' updates

I was just wondering if anyone had information or images of the increased fuel capacity sponsons on the CH-46. I have Googled and although I have found many images of phrogs, I can’t find one that appears to show the increased size sponsons. It’s therefore difficult to gauge any changes in sizes of the sponsons. The fuel capacity has increased from around 350gal per sponson to about 700gal (?) so the sponson size should have increased significantly I’d assume.

Also, I understand that the USMC is or has upgraded the IRCM on their phrogs to DIRCM. I wondered if anyone had more information/ pictures of the installations – are they replacing the existing omni-directional ‘144’s or are they mounted somewhere else, perhaps displacing the sponson mounted expendables dispensers?

Thanks

Dave
Auckland, New Zealand

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