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C-47 Black and White

A C-47 in real life

The C-47 Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport aircraft that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the allies during World War II and remained in front line operations through the 1950s with a few remaining in operation to this day.

It was later used for the basis of the AC-47 Spooky ground support gunship, which would later on be succeeded by the AC-130 Gunship.


Battlefield 1942[]

"The C-47 is a boon to airborne assault, serving as a roaming base where players can spawn. With its multitude of passenger positions and a door mounted machine gun, the C-47 can drop a veritable army onto any control point."

— Tooltip, C-47 Cargo Plane

"The C-47 is an upgrade of the familiar DC-3 twin-engine commercial airliner. As a military vehicle it is the most common cargo carrier and troop transport you see flying these war-torn skies. Equipped for use as an air- or land-based command unit, the “Gooney Bird” serves as a mobile spawn point above the battlefield."

— World War II Anthology Edition Manual, C-47 Cargo Plane

The C-47 acts as a mobile spawn point in Battlefield 1942. Any Allied player on a map with this plane can spawn inside of it, as long as the plane isn't full and hasn't been destroyed. The plane can fit a pilot, a door gunner who can rotate his machine gun to fire out of the doors on either side of the plane and four passengers. If the plane is destroyed, it will quickly respawn at its original location. The vehicle offers an effective advantage of allowing players to drop over enemy positions. Despite this, its slow speed makes it an easy target for anti-air artillery.


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Battlefield V[]

"The iconic C47 transport was used by many allied forces across all theaters. More than 10,000 were built. It was used to ferry supplies and troops, deploy paratroopers or tow gliders into battle."

— In-game description

The C-47 is a vehicle featured in Battlefield V. It first appeared in the Battlefield 5 Official Reveal Trailer.

Singleplayer[]

The C-47 appears at various points in the singleplayer as either a scripted overflight or as an ambient wreck. The player character paradrops from one in the 1940 section of prologue My Country Calling, and many can be seen flying overhead during the sequence in 1944. A crashed C-47 can be explored during the second chapter of Tirailleur. In The Last Tiger, large formations of C-47s are seen constantly flying overhead during the third act, with one aircraft seen overflying the bridge in the final sequence while on fire.

Multiplayer[]

The C-47 is used by both the United Kingdom and Germany.

The aircraft is used to drop paratroopers during the Airborne phase of Grand Operations. Similar to the Dropship from Battlefield 3: End Game, the vehicle cannot be controlled by players and will instead fly along a preset, relatively straight path. Players can spawn in the C-47 and choose when to jump from the plane, which can hold a maximum of twelve passengers at one time. The C-47 can be damaged and destroyed like any other aircraft, usually by using anti-aircraft emplacements such as the Flak 38 and 40mm AA, however it has much greater health. The plane takes less damage the further away the anti-aircraft gun is. For aircraft over the main play area, kills are awarded for any enemy player inside at the time of its destruction, although players that spawn into an aircraft just as it is destroyed will have spawn protection, immediately parachuting unharmed.

The C-47 also appears during an off-map scripted sequence on the maps Operation Underground and Iwo Jima, where it is portrayed as a bomber.

Trivia[]

  • The wreck of either a C-47 or its civilian counterpart can be found on Guilin Peaks, near flag E.
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