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Message no. 1
From: ArcLight <arclight@**************.COM>
Subject: ATGMs and helis (was:Cyberpirates errata...)
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:22:17 +0200
Alfredo B Alves wrote:<Snip>

> Hmmmm... well, I was going by the _World_Military_Power_ (WMP) book, and
> it was listed as an Assault Chopper ... Oh well :)

IMHO, military vehicles are the next thing not to argue with Gurth...;
))

<Snipped UH-1 armament and funny rockets>

> Actually, My WMP book list AH-1S Cobra with TOWs and AH-1T with TOWs or
> Hellfires ... Also, I was under the impression that it wasn't a matter of
> the AH-64s not being able to mount TOWs but rather that they didn't mount
> TOWs (because it would be a major step down from the Hellfires and/or
> because the fire & forget Hellfires were more suitable to the AH-64's
> role) ... hmmm ... could it be because the AH-64's don't have shaft
> mounted sights? (I doubt it, but you never know ...)

AH-1 and AH-64 share the same role.. AH = Attack Helicopter
The AH-1 is currently in use by USMC and Army, Ah-64 only in use by
Army (hmh, currently means '93... maybe incorrect by now)
And Hellfires are not fire&forget, IIRC...
At least not when I play Comanche... ; )))

> D.Ghost
> (aka Pixel, Tantrum, and RuPixel)
> "Let he who is without SIN cast the first stone"



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ArcLight
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When in doubt, empty your magazine
Message no. 2
From: ArcLight <arclight@**************.COM>
Subject: ATGMs and helis (was:Cyberpirates errata...)
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:14:46 +0200
Sommers wrote:<Snip>

> I wonder what the new attack/scout chopper the Comanche fires?

Hellfire, I think. I don't know if the US Army has a new ATGM in a state
of near-production; but what I *do* know is that they fund the
development of a Kinetic energy tank-killer missile.

<Snip>

> Sommers

ArcLight
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don't know what to insert here...
Message no. 3
From: Alfredo B Alves <dghost@****.COM>
Subject: Re: ATGMs and helis (was:Cyberpirates errata...)
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 13:49:39 -0500
On Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:22:17 +0200 ArcLight <arclight@**************.COM>

writes:
>Alfredo B Alves wrote:<Snip>
>> Hmmmm... well, I was going by the _World_Military_Power_ (WMP) book,
and
>> it was listed as an Assault Chopper ... Oh well :)

>IMHO, military vehicles are the next thing not to argue with Gurth...;))

I have no intention of doing so ... just stating where I got my info ...
I don't know enough about military vehicles to despute either Gurth or my
WMP book (btw, notice all the info I posting is from that book? :) ...
for some reason, I have this unexplicable urge to go with what Gurth says
...

><Snipped UH-1 armament and funny rockets>

>> Actually, My WMP book list AH-1S Cobra with TOWs and AH-1T with TOWs
or
>> Hellfires ... Also, I was under the impression that it wasn't a matter
of
>> the AH-64s not being able to mount TOWs but rather that they didn't
mount
>> TOWs (because it would be a major step down from the Hellfires and/or
>> because the fire & forget Hellfires were more suitable to the AH-64's
>> role) ... hmmm ... could it be because the AH-64's don't have shaft
>> mounted sights? (I doubt it, but you never know ...)

>AH-1 and AH-64 share the same role.. AH = Attack Helicopter
>The AH-1 is currently in use by USMC and Army, Ah-64 only in use by
>Army (hmh, currently means '93... maybe incorrect by now)
>And Hellfires are not fire&forget, IIRC...
>At least not when I play Comanche... ; )))
>
<SNIP>
>--
>ArcLight
<SNIP Sig>

Once again, just going by WMP ... someone else on the list did mention
Hellfires being laser guided ... Oh well :) ... Your data's more current
than mine. My WMP book is copyright 1986, reprinted 1988 ... :/

D.Ghost
(aka Pixel, Tantrum, and RuPixel)
"Let he who is without SIN cast the first stone"

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