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Old 24th Oct 2022, 20:16
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JohnDixson
 
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“ build to Military Combat Standard “ . But they don’t quote the standards to which the UH-60 had to meet. I did find a statement in an AW ad that cited the main blades were tested to accept hits from a 12.7mm projectile. The UH-60 was required to be flyable after main blade hits from various angles by 23MM HEI ammunition. When the new composite blades were introduced, those tests were repeated and the new blades passed. Big difference between those two projectiles. I’m just quoting one of multitudes of features required for the Army’s standard combat aircraft. If the AW 149 was built to the Army’s crashworthiness and ballistic survivability standards, AW would have said so.
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