Avweek article, 21 Dec 1964 about the S-61R's evaluation and eventual rejection by the German army.
Modifications over the baseline S-61R included fixed undercarriage, increased tail rotor diameter and elliptical tips to main blades.
Pressure was apparently applied by US Army Europe to align with their use of Huey / Chinook / Mohawk rather than adopt a different, relatively unproven, type with a different air mobility doctrine.
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