they're great. I understand *why* it's gone, but that doesn't mean I'm happy about it.
>ywn scream over falujah rooptops taking potshots out the window with an m4 blaring it ain't me
more like: blaring Welcome to the Jungle.
OIF was squarely in Drowning Pool, Limp Bizkit and other dubious Nu Metal era. It was a dark age where people forgotabout classic/old/good music untill iPods and Rapidshare/MediaFire links were ubiquitous. Kiowa Kyle wouldve been up there with a minidisk player full of Linkin Park and Ludacris
Sick m/. That's why they put him in Delta probably
I'm still prepared to die on this hill that 95% of dudes were listening to bands that had a DJ member
I haven't read it but it's sitting on my shelf in the backlog Scouts Out! is about a Kiowa pilots time in the sandbox.
The obligatory photos included them doing an M4 drive-by
Good little aircraft that mistakenly replaced the Cayuse because of LBJ's desire to gain in the stock market. Little Birds should be adopted en masse to fill their role.
The MH-6 Little Bird helicopters are still in active service as of today, February 21st, 2024. They are primarily used by the United States Army, particularly by special operations units like the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR).
Can someone explain what the difference is between the Kiowa and the lil birdie?
Both are light scout helis.
I am guessing the Kiowa has bigger engine and that's it?
I'm just pissed they never made the Convair Model 49.
>A wide variety of weapons were proposed for use on the vehicle. The normal complement included two side turrets with either XM-134 7.62-mm machine guns or XM-75 40-mm grenade launchers. Each turret was provided with either 12000 rounds of 7.62-mm ammunition or 500 40-mm grenades. A center turret carried an XM-140 30-mm cannon with 1000 rounds of ammunition. The center turret could also mount 500 WASP rockets, or a second 30-mm cannon. Each of the turrets could rotate and elevate and was capable of being fired while sitting on the ground, in a hover, or during high-speed forward flight. Mechanical stops were provided that prevented any of the weapons from firing at the nose of the crew compartment when it was articulated forward/down. Four hard-points were located on two of the engine nacelles; each could carry a fuel tank, three BGM-71 TOW missiles, or three Shillelagh missiles. Alternately, one of these hardpoints on each nacelle could carry a single M40A1C 106-mm recoilless rifle and 18 rounds of ammunition. The 106-mm cannon had an effective range of 10000 yards, and was effective against hardened targets. All of the hard points could rotate so that they could be oriented into the wind during high-speed flight, or aimed while being fired from either forward flight or a hover.
My dad's best friend was a Kiowa driver in Nam. Was shot down 3 times in the same fricking day in 1968. Apparently they were so strapped for scout pilots they would pull them from anywhere, he was originally an artillery officer and they didn't even re branch him just sent him to Rucker then to Nam. And they usually flew with a random infantryman in the 2P seat, were not enough pilots to dual man the aircraft
Why wasn't the UH-72 Lakota adapted to fill the Kiowa's role? I understand currently the army was like lol we'll replace them with AH-64E's but wtf.
As it stands now the Lakotas are used for training, liason, light logistics and medivac, but not the armed or recon role
The MH-6/AH-6 little birds persist but they are with SOAR and used as trainers
he cute
kiowa pilots are reincarnated cowboys
>ywn scream over falujah rooptops taking potshots out the window with an m4 blaring it ain't me
they're great. I understand *why* it's gone, but that doesn't mean I'm happy about it.
>ywn scream over falujah rooptops taking potshots out the window with an m4 blaring it ain't me
more like: blaring Welcome to the Jungle.
feels bad man
Kiowa drivers should never be left without adult supervision.
Daily reminder that more Kiowas have been lost to power or telephone lines than to enemy action in a war.
OIF was squarely in Drowning Pool, Limp Bizkit and other dubious Nu Metal era. It was a dark age where people forgotabout classic/old/good music untill iPods and Rapidshare/MediaFire links were ubiquitous. Kiowa Kyle wouldve been up there with a minidisk player full of Linkin Park and Ludacris
>ukraine war produced zero footage of small helos buzzing around with soldiers on the pods
I read Tom Satterly's (retired delta operator) memoir recently and he said they blasted shitton of Slayer and Behemoth mid-2000s over there
Sick m/. That's why they put him in Delta probably
I'm still prepared to die on this hill that 95% of dudes were listening to bands that had a DJ member
Looks like a Huey with a protruding brain tumor.
DISGUSTING
I haven't read it but it's sitting on my shelf in the backlog Scouts Out! is about a Kiowa pilots time in the sandbox.
The obligatory photos included them doing an M4 drive-by
Good little aircraft that mistakenly replaced the Cayuse because of LBJ's desire to gain in the stock market. Little Birds should be adopted en masse to fill their role.
i miss them
The MH-6 Little Bird helicopters are still in active service as of today, February 21st, 2024. They are primarily used by the United States Army, particularly by special operations units like the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR).
supposedly Boeing is doing something with them now too as the AH-6I.
Can someone explain what the difference is between the Kiowa and the lil birdie?
Both are light scout helis.
I am guessing the Kiowa has bigger engine and that's it?
sighting and launch systems for antitank missiles
she ethnic
If it can't carry extra people, what is all the space behind the pilots for?
army aviation will be replaced by drones at all levels
I'm just pissed they never made the Convair Model 49.
>A wide variety of weapons were proposed for use on the vehicle. The normal complement included two side turrets with either XM-134 7.62-mm machine guns or XM-75 40-mm grenade launchers. Each turret was provided with either 12000 rounds of 7.62-mm ammunition or 500 40-mm grenades. A center turret carried an XM-140 30-mm cannon with 1000 rounds of ammunition. The center turret could also mount 500 WASP rockets, or a second 30-mm cannon. Each of the turrets could rotate and elevate and was capable of being fired while sitting on the ground, in a hover, or during high-speed forward flight. Mechanical stops were provided that prevented any of the weapons from firing at the nose of the crew compartment when it was articulated forward/down. Four hard-points were located on two of the engine nacelles; each could carry a fuel tank, three BGM-71 TOW missiles, or three Shillelagh missiles. Alternately, one of these hardpoints on each nacelle could carry a single M40A1C 106-mm recoilless rifle and 18 rounds of ammunition. The 106-mm cannon had an effective range of 10000 yards, and was effective against hardened targets. All of the hard points could rotate so that they could be oriented into the wind during high-speed flight, or aimed while being fired from either forward flight or a hover.
It would have been god damned glorious.
Another idea borrowed from Nazi Germany huh?
So how exactly that's supposed to fly?
The big cylinder creates a warp bubble
>dash to target
like a normal plane, then it enters hover mode
There's two contra rotating propellors inside the central fairing providing thrust.
The sight looks like the head of a character from a Tim Burton animated movie.
Yeah. This is how Jack Skellington finances his coke habit: by selling his likeliness to Bell Helicopter for Kiowa sensor heads.
My dad's best friend was a Kiowa driver in Nam. Was shot down 3 times in the same fricking day in 1968. Apparently they were so strapped for scout pilots they would pull them from anywhere, he was originally an artillery officer and they didn't even re branch him just sent him to Rucker then to Nam. And they usually flew with a random infantryman in the 2P seat, were not enough pilots to dual man the aircraft
>low level hell talks about how he had to wait for a slot to open in scouts
Do you know which unit the dad served in per chance?
Why wasn't the UH-72 Lakota adapted to fill the Kiowa's role? I understand currently the army was like lol we'll replace them with AH-64E's but wtf.
As it stands now the Lakotas are used for training, liason, light logistics and medivac, but not the armed or recon role
The MH-6/AH-6 little birds persist but they are with SOAR and used as trainers
>Would ejaculate
Outdated concept. Now, drones do that job without risking pilots.
Great recon platforms for there time but soon to be replaced by drones.