Potez 650 Transport Plane

The Potez 650 was a French military transport developed from the civil Potez 62 airliner. It supported early French airborne forces and the movement of personnel and equipment. Its history reflects the interwar conversion of passenger-aircraft experience into military transport capability, rather than the construction of a large mass-produced wartime tactical airlift fleet. Early airborne forces required aircraft capable of carrying troops and equipment, but the institutions and procedures of large-scale parachute warfare were still developing. Potez transports formed part of that early effort. The aircraft retained the high-wing, twin-engine configuration of its civil ancestor. French airborne infantry units used such transports before the much larger wartime airborne operations mounted by other powers.

Finish and color

Supplied unpainted and printed in the selected color. Choose from the available product color options.

Tabletop use

Suitable for period-appropriate custom scenarios in Global War 1936, Global Empires, and compatible Axis & Allies games. Use suitable scenario or house rules for unit statistics and any technology upgrades. This piece does not supply additional game rules.

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