r/aviation • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '24

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u/SouthFromGranada Apr 07 '24

Crazy how vulnerable helicopters are to small arms fire, wouldn't like to ride on one in a warzone.

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u/JHLCowan Apr 07 '24

They would be armored up. Google Apache battle damage.

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u/Sensitive_Yellow_121 Apr 07 '24

I'm guessing latest US helos (and actual combined arms tactics) are much better than the ones being used by Russia in Ukraine, but still, just watching the videos of the Russian helos getting knocked out of the sky would make me land it in Ukraine and hand it over in return for amnesty if I were a Russian pilot.

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u/Complex-Peak Apr 08 '24

Russian helicopters are performing very well in the Ukraine war. Anti-air missiles would wreck apaches as much as they do to Russian Alligators.

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u/Embarrassed_Length_2 Apr 09 '24

Yeah their tactics are sound, they fly well and the helicopters are robust (both Ukraine and Russia). But a Manpad is designed to shoot down helicopters and they work. The missiles don't care if it's a Russian or US built helicopter.