Tied Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Our first topic: Attack helicopters. They are undoubtedly awesome, but in a large-scale conventional war, will they be resilient enough to have a presence on the battlefield? Yes, though modern AA system are formidable, attack helo's have so far and will continue to remain a powerful force both in terms of transport and offensive firepower for decades to come just like tanks, they only become an obsolete technology when the force using them is arguably incompetent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 Presentation from Boeing on future prospects for advanced rotorcraft designs:http://www.slideshare.net/ChristianFranciscoMe/12112218-rotorcraftbacktofuturedavis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 Hughes 500MD best choppa when flown by TC. Donward 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Apparently India is really bad at flying and maintaining helicopters. They have lost 30 of them since 2010. http://www.janes.com/article/56438/india-has-lost-30-military-helos-over-last-five-years-parrikar-admits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Loathe though I am to pass up an opportunity to point and laugh at the Indian military, how much of their helo operations in the Himalayas watching the Indo-Pak border? A lot of that terrain is at or near the ceiling of rotorcraft, so it's not exactly an easy place to fly whirlybirds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobotMinisterofTrueKorea Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Sorry to change the subject, I just noticed a disturbing lack of OH-58D. It's not the fastest, it's not the best armed, but I'll be damned if it doesn't just look fun. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I know I've sperged out about the OH-58 somewhere on this website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priory_of_Sion Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Excuse my ignorance, but what is the rubric's cube looking thing by the exhaust on that OH-58? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Jammer Priory_of_Sion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Sorry to change the subject, I just noticed a disturbing lack of OH-58D. It's not the fastest, it's not the best armed, but I'll be damned if it doesn't just look fun. Looks like your avatar head is on top of this thing, Robo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 http://breakingdefense.com/2016/01/army-commission-pay-extra-to-keep-some-apaches-in-guard/ This is a consequence of retiring the OH-58 and not replacing it with another light recon helo. The Apache now has to do recon and attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Remove Kebab. Tied and Sturgeon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Belesarius Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 One I hadn't seen before... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm_kruger Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 http://breakingdefense.com/2016/01/army-commission-pay-extra-to-keep-some-apaches-in-guard/ This is a consequence of retiring the OH-58 and not replacing it with another light recon helo. The Apache now has to do recon and attack. AH-64s have been moved to being "heavy recon" ever since the Battle of Karbala in 2003. One I hadn't seen before... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZQpLsip3yE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronezhilet Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LoooSeR Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Iraqi Mi-28NE vs ISIS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LoooSeR Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Inside an #Iraqi Army Aviation #Mi35 helicopter from #Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meplat Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 The sad thing is, people who like the '58 have never seen an OH6 at work. One of my uncles did two tours in vietnam as a UH-1 pilot. He wanted to buy an OH6 postwar, simply because of their survivability and agility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted March 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 The sad thing is, people who like the '58 have never seen an OH6 at work. One of my uncles did two tours in vietnam as a UH-1 pilot. He wanted to buy an OH6 postwar, simply because of their survivability and agility. The MD500 is still in use for snake eater insertion for a reason. It's an incredibly versatile and effective little bird. Having said that, I am obligated to apologize for the JetRanger, as my father was a Navy SH-60B pilot who has more than a few hours in a TH-57. They are also fantastic aircraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 I had a close working relationship with the 58D providing air defense suppression and lazing for their Hellfires. Great little helicopters. I remember one training mission I was doing with 1/10 Cav back in the 90s. I spotted some "enemy" vehicles around 2am and was reporting it up on the squadron net, when one of the 58D buzzed over me, landed about 300 meters from the "enemy" and the co pilot snuck over and stole all their maps right out of their vehicles and then flew off. Hilarity. Also, the CH-47 was the scariest thing I ever rode in. I remember having some fluid leaking on me once and the crew chief said "if it stops, let me know". Jeeps_Guns_Tanks, Belesarius, Bronezhilet and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Inside an #Iraqi Army Aviation #Mi28 Night Hunter from #Russia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted March 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 The -28N and Ka-52 are both really dangerous choppers that the West has kind of ignored, assuming that the AH-64E will stomp all over them. I'm not really convinced that's the case, especially given how hilariously rugged the -28N is. Jeeps_Guns_Tanks and Belesarius 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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