Thread: ATGM vs Helo
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Old August 22nd, 2007, 08:44 PM
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Default Re: ATGM vs Helo

I've run into this too.
ATGM's are more effective primarily because they're designed to take out tanks - and a helo doesn't have near that level of armor.
I have noticed that ATGM only seem to fire at helos that hover in one place for a turn or so unlike SAM's.
I figure if the pilot is dumb enough to stay in one place that long there's no reason some alert ATGM crew can't send him a little present.

I also seem to recall of hearing about helo's being taken down by ATGM's or for that matter RPG's in real life.
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