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In the late 1960s, West Germany began a competition for a helicopter to replace Piasecki H-21 Flying Bananas and Sikorsky H-34s in West German Army service, and awarded a contract to Sikorsky for the CH-53G, basically a CH-53D without refueling probe or external tanks, in June 1968. Sikorsky provided two machines directly, and then provided kits to a group led by VFW-Fokker for the construction of 20 more. Initial flight of a German-assembled CH-53G was on 11 October 1971, with the type going into West German Army service in 1973. 90 more CH-53Ds were built in West Germany with a decreasing level of Sikorsky content, for a total of 112 machines in West German service. 
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| Construction Numbers on database of S-65C-1 | | 2 |  | Luftwaffe - German Air Force | | 2 |  | US Navy |
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| C/N | Version | Built | History | | 65-156 | | 1970 | 84+01 : S-65C-1, c/n 65-156, ff?; accepted USN as CH-53G 154885 unk; del FMS to Heeresflieger as CH-53G 84+01 unk; xfer WTD-61 unk;
154885 : S-65C-1, c/n 65-156, ff?; accepted USN as CH-53G 154885 unk; del FMS to Heeresflieger as CH-53G 84+01 unk; xfer WTD-61 unk;
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| 65-157 | | 1970 | 84+02 : S-65C-1, c/n 65-157, ff?; accepted USN as CH-53G 154886 unk; del FMS to Heeresflieger as CH-53G 84+02 unk; xfer WTD-61 unk;
154886 : S-65C-1, c/n 65-157, ff?; accepted USN as CH-53G 154886 unk; del FMS to Heeresflieger as CH-53G 84+02 unk; xfer WTD-61 unk;
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