Ralphk Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Hey Folks, I thought i'd share with you Huey lovers (and hopefully it will catch the developers' attention) an interesting Modification to the Huey Weapons capability by the Lebanese Army engineers, the below is taken from Wikipedia: "During operations in the Nahr el-Bared camp in North Lebanon, lacking any airworthy fixed-wing strike aircraft, the Lebanese army modified several UH-1H helicopters to permit the carrying of 500 pound Mark 82 and 1000 pound Mark 83 bombs (all unguided iron bombs, also known as dumb bombs) as well as Matra SNEB 68 mm rocket pods (taken from stored Hawker Hunters). Special mounting pads engineered by the Lebanese army were attached to each UH-1 Huey on the sides and belly to carry the bombs. The air force, in collaboration with the engineering regiment, developed and used two dumb bombs variants, the 250 kg LAF-GS-ER2 and the 400 kg LAF-GS-ER3.[4] Usually, helicopters cannot bomb in this method as compared to ground attack aircraft, this became one of the rare moments in history during which helicopters were used in such a way." http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm65/zaher1988-2/NEB/airforce/presuh1.jpg http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n127/zaher1988/Lebanese%20army%207/LebAFhueybomber2.jpg http://www.lebaneseairforce.info/photos/hueybomblocal.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm65/zaher1988-2/NEB/airforce/releasemech.jpg http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mesh/files/2008/07/laf2.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBillKelsoe Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 not to be implemented AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphk Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 It was an isolated case, it's not the standard run-of-the-mill huey work to a bomber. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Commodore 64 | MOS6510 | VIC-II | SID6581 | DD 1541 | KCS Power Cartridge | 64Kb | 32Kb external | Arcade Turbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphk Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 but i believe it's interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrim Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Someone recently made a mod that allows you to mount different sorts of rockets. Check with him about bombs. Would be practically the same as the Lebanese army did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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