Helicopter Durability
 

I've been going thru the OOB's and came across something curious.

In the editor helo damage capacity is shown under "HE-Steel Armor" and their actual armor under "HS-Steel Armor".

Units compaired are listed as heavy (or comperable medium) helicopters.

Unit............Dam...OOB/Unit #
AB 139...................6...34/490
CH-37 Mojav...........8...12/285
CH-54 Tarhe...........8...12/290
MV-22....................9...13/650
KV-107IIA.............10....5/502
S-80 (CH-53).........10....5/510
Mi-17 Hip..............10...Various
MH-53E S Dragon..10...13/315
MH-53J Pave Low..10...13/313
CH-47...................12...Various
Super Frelon..........14....6/515
Yas'ur CH-53D.......14....4/265
S-65 (CH-53).........14....5/509
Sikorsky S-53........14...10/274
HH-3E JG Giant.....14...12/351
CH-53D.................14...13/123
HH3F Pelican.........14...34/492
Mi-6.......................16...Various
Mi-26.....................18...Various

Now I know early helicopters were more fragile then modern ones, and Russian equipment is renown for durability...but...

Re: Helicopter Durability
 

...but...............

What ?

I'm betting that somewhere on that list is a helicopter you think is too low for one reason or the other or maybe the Russian ones are too high or....IDK, I have no interest in playing guessing games with you or anyone else on the forums so if you have a real point to make........ PLEASE MAKE IT.


Don

Re: Helicopter Durability
 

Sorry,

The S-80 (10), MH-53E S Dragon (10), MH-53J Pave Low (10), Yas'ur CH-53D (14), S-65 (14), CH-53D (14) confuse me.
The (basically) same helo can take 10 or 14 damage, which?

And compaired to the others Russian helos are (perhaps) too robust.

((I'm a bit gun shy about drawing conclusions, and trying to stick to just info/facts.))