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Old January 11th, 2014, 01:20 PM

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Default Re: Helicopter armor

I don't use helos very often, but when I do I tend to use them the same way I use horse cavalry in WinSPWW2: fast, potent but fragile offensive force. You use them as a mobile reserve to deal with enemy breakthroughs and other trouble spots, you send them behind the lines to bash the enemy's artillery park, or you use them at the end to corral and finish off a broken force.

I just thought it was natural for them to die quickly when a still-potent force starts shooting at them. I guess not.
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I just thought it was natural for them to die quickly when a still-potent force starts shooting at them. I guess not.
So it's natural that an Apache or Hind that are protected from heavy caliber gun fire, should retreat when they suffer damage (1) from rifle fire. What's the point of having an armored helicopter then??? A tank or IFV does not retreat when it's damaged; why should an attack helicopter? (Note that I am talking about damage up to (2) and armored helos only; obviously a transport would retreat even with minimum damage...)
PS: I have no problem with helos taking evasive maneuvers when being fired on; however I though they would fly away from enemy fire rather than towards it (as it unfortunately happens now in the game...)

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Old February 15th, 2014, 06:45 PM
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I'm currently authoring a scenario using attack helos, CAS with an interdiction mission as well. What I'm researching is how the Vipers react given higher EW numbers. The higher numbers seem to enable the Vipers to stick and fight whereas at their stated EW of 9 they would bug out. Also, I have significantly increased the EW of Venoms with satisfactory results too. While I've modified EW numbers, the armor ratings remain unchanged.
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