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Gotta admit I haven't seen that bird before
Care to say anything more (service-carreer, number used etc)?
No you are correct the Army gave up on the Comanche. They decided to stay with the AH-64D Longbow, basically because it was cheaper.
Speaking of mines though. We have an interesting mod that we can attach to our Blackhawks. We only have a couple of them in our unit, my aircraft happens to be one of them. It is called the Volcano System and it dispenses mines. This basically converts the Blackhawk into a mine field layer. I dont know too much about the system because I have never actually used it and have only seen it installed once. All I know is that carries 950 Gator anit personell mines or anti vehical mines. Still it is a pretty quick way to lay mine fields if you had to.
Here are some interesting pics I took today of an AH-64A Apache at my camp in Iraq. It is unusual in that it is painted grey. Grey is better then the standard Green because it allows the aircraft to blend into the horizon better. Virtually every nation paints there aircraft grey inluding our Airforce, Navy, and Marines. We tried to get our Blackhawks painted Gray before we left Germany but it did not happen. Too bad I think it would have looked pretty sweet.
Don't make good gunships? You ever heard of the ACH-47? Twin 20mm cannons PLUS 2.75" rocket launchers PLUS chin-mounted 40mm grenade launcher PLUS three (3) pintle-mounted .50-cal's, PLUS extra ammo for all of the above. If that's not a well-armed gunship, I don't known what is.
wouldn't it set the mines off from rotor wash?
The new Sikorsky CH-148, being developed as a successor to the Sea King looks intersting. Does anyone know anything about this bird????
I do know that the propototype ha just completed its first flight trials, and is being developed for the Canadians a a replacement for their long serving Sea Kings. The aircraft has so far managed low speed handling tasks, including forward flight of speeds of 30 knots, as well as some sideward and rearward manouevres
Sikorsky will build 28 CH-148s for the Canadians. It is basically an extension of the S-92R helo into the H-92 TM product series. One of its features is a so-called fully digital fly by wire system (?????) designed to improve "manouverability, safety and effectiveness".
Thats all i could find so far....
BTW...I voted for the Chinook...How many other Helicopters can self-deploy from Colorado to England?
I voted for the Hind. I just love the look of the aircraft. Wasn't the Apache developed in consequence to the appearance of the Hind?
I'd say that plethora of Warsaw pact tanks was the raison d'etre of AH-64.
Mi-24 is the only attack helicopter capable of carrying troops, which makes it quite unique.