Would you want HELICOPTERS in future expansions?

[sorak]

I would love being able to fly and shoot down helicopters also in this sim. How wonderful it would be to integrate helicopters models in this game it would be. A dream come true if you will. Helicopters could have all sorts of missions for air to ground combat, carrying useful payloads over respectable ranges, or bunches of other different types of mission and just blowing a Heli out the sky would feel real satisfying! Just need a Expansion set in the perfect year when some of the first combat helicopters were starting to be used. And plus I love flying a Helicopter.. Requires so much more mind power and would love to feel how real it could feel in this SIM.


The French Army was one of the first military forces to modify and use helicopters in combat in a ground attack role during the Algerian War of 1954-62. In 1955, French field commanders placed infantry machine gunners in the stretcher panniers of their Bell 47 (Sioux H-13) casualty evacuation helicopters.


In 1956, the French Air Force experimented with arming the Sikorsky S-55, then being superseded in service by the more capable Piasecki H-21 and Sikorsky CH-34 helicopters.


The H-19 was originally fitted with two rocket launchers and an ex-Luftwaffe MG151/20 20-mm cannon, both mounted axially on the outside of the aircraft.


And of course Vietnam. First the U.S. Army modified UH-1B 'Huey' helicopters, mounting machine guns and Folding Fin Aerial Rockets (FFAR) on struts parallel with the fuselage.


During the 1960s, the Soviet Union, saw the same need for an armed helicopter and equipped Mil Mi-8 helicopters with rocket pods. This armed helicopter was eventually developed into the Mil Mi-24, which saw extensive action in Afghanistan during the 80s.

[JG1_Luckystrike]

OMG, of course not.

[hiro]

only in korea;

i know there are helos in ww2, but maybe for a 1946 scenario

[burlaff]

actually... in one of the earlier dev updates didn't they mention something about an autogyro being included in the game? I have no idea what happened to it though.
Something like this: http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/mileston...0-AvroRota.jpg

[sorak]

Originally Posted by burlaff

actually... in one of the earlier dev updates didn't they mention something about an autogyro being included in the game? I have no idea what happened to it though.

Yes you are correct. They did mention that.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Voted yes, but only if it's a Vietnam expansion and I can re-enact the scene from 'Apocalypse Now' with the Hueys and listen to 'ride of the valkyries'.

[JG1_Wanderfalke]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

Voted yes, but only if it's a Vietnam expansion and I can re-enact the scene from 'Apocalypse Now' with the Hueys and listen to 'ride of the valkyries'.

Hehe, that would be so cool. Da dada dada Da dada dada.... (kill the rabbit)

[Bewolf]

Why not? There have been quite a few helictopters been active during WW2 already.







just a few examples and all of them saw active service during WW2 (not in active combat roles, though).

[skouras]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

Voted yes, but only if it's a Vietnam expansion and I can re-enact the scene from 'Apocalypse Now' with the Hueys and listen to 'ride of the valkyries'.

same
but for me this team is belong to WWII classic aircraft era
no modern aircraft or something....

[Trooper117]

Absolutely not.. well, not until they have covered all theatres with all main aircraft types included.
But, we will never see that because we will all have passed away by the time they get around to it.. lol!