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Re: Commanche helicopter
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 27 Feb 2004 19:41:34 GMT
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"Mladen Pejic" <mladenpejic@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Neb Okla wrote:
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> > I'm not aware of any cases where military helicopters have been downed • by
> > handheld rifles and machine guns.
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<http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/nation_world_news/article/0,1713,BDC_2420_25
75064,00.html
> This> is one of the articles I found using Google.
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> > > Now, if the "armoured" Blackhawks and Apaches can be hurt by • shaped-charge
> > > warheads, and 7.62mm+ calibre rounds, think what would happen if the • thin
> > > skinned Commanche was struck by them?
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> > I've never seen an "armored" helicopter. They may offer some protection
> > against small arms fire, but any more than that and couldn't get off the
> > ground.
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> Armoured is a poor word on my part. I should have saied protected. For • example
> the Boeing claims that the "Apache" is resistant to 12.7mm rounds, and • critical
> areas can withstand 23mm rounds. Compare that with a "Cheyenne" from • Vietnam
> which, according to this <http://www.g2mil.com/Comanche.htm article>, • could be
> damaged even by AK47 fire.
Interesting that the helicopter cited in your Google article as being
brought down by "small arms fire" was an Apache. :)
I wonder which it is? Could it be that the news report was overly generous
in their determination of what arms are "small", or is the Apache not
resistant to 12.7mm rounds? I'm guessing the former.
...the article did describe a "hail" of gunfire though. The smart thing to
do in that situation is to leave the area.
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| (...) Taken from dictionary.com: "Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) (URL) is one of the articles I found using Google. (...) I dunno what this is about. Sorry. :-( (...) Armoured is a poor word on my part. I should have saied protected. For example the Boeing claims that the "Apache" is resistant to 12.7mm (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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