Originally Posted by NickLappos
A few birds had the XM-35 20mm gun on the left inboard station
Here’s a snake with the M195/M35 system (and associated cockpit blast armor):
The other chin turret weapon trialled on the AH-1G was the XM120, a single-barreled 30mm which offered improved performance against armor (albeit with a relatively low cyclic rate, esp. compared to the 20mm M197):
Originally Posted by hotzenplotz
What kind of helicopter is this?
MH/AH-6.
Originally Posted by hotzenplotz
As we have the Cobra Experts here, do you know why the snake on the picture has no landing gear?
Bit of a stretch, but here’s another unusual skidless Bell, a modified 206B with retractable gear:
Re: Dillan, in addition to their range of miniguns, the company also produces a rather fine calendar…
And as for the DAP, it’s about to get a whole bunch more 'Direct' through the Mike upgrade, which will include the CAAS avionics system (resulting in a common glass cockpit layout with the MELB and MH-47G), enhanced FLIR, an LPI radar, FBW, wide-chord M/R blades, a weight reduction program (composite tail cone, vertical pylon and intermediate g/box housing) and a substantial (35%) increase in installed power. Plus a bunch of
non-public-realm toys…
I/C