Didn't your military fly the Huey IFR?
Ours did, we blundered around in clouds, unstabilised, one hydraulic system, one battery, no emergency battery backup, and only a single ADF for navigation. Our government, in its brilliance, bought the machines fitted with ADF and Tacan, and paid for the Tacan sets to be removed and a lead weight installed for W&B.
I am astounded that we all survived. Mind you, it was a pretty desperate situation for us to launch if the weather was on the ground - most cloud-punching took place for training, and only when the cloudbase was above LSALT.