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hoooolllyyyyyyyyy helll... 6 seconds into that I wanted to slit my wrists... omg... memories... hate... osidhfodihfsodifhsdiougf

more advanced, more fun to fly, hell of a lot more dangerous. but until the 43 million dollar block III comes out the A will be a better proformer than the D. 25 system upgrades from block III, 22 of them no attack pilot would miss. Most of them are simple, some what pointless upgrades. but the engine, tranny and rotor blade upgrade makes my mouth water.

it's "M1028" now since it hit service in '03. it would be like shooting a duck with a 12 gauge... "automated duck killer"

I am curious to know how the ka50 will stand up to a main battle tank, especially one like the American Abrams or the British Challenger 2. the Gulf war and the current GWOT has shown us that those 2 beasts can take some hits. other than a 500KG IED that consisted of an anti-tank mine, and many 155mm rounds which managed to blow the turret off of the abrams (while the hatch is cracked) and still 2 of the crew members survived and the abrams was still salvageable. "Oil and .50 caliber rounds were scattered in the interior, the ammunition doors were opened and several thermite grenades ignited inside. Another M1 then fired a HEAT round in order to ensure the destruction of the disabled tank. The tank was completely disabled but still intact. Later, an AGM-65 Maverick and two AGM-114 Hellfire missiles were fired into the tank to finish its destruction. Remarkably, the tank still appeared to be intact from the exterior." so comparing the Ka-50's AT-16 and the AH-64's AGM-114, I wonder whats more effective against Armor.

I DEPped as a 19k (tanker) before I submited my WOFT packet, my recruiter gave me a lot of shit because he was a 19k. apparntly the FCS on an Abrams is good enough to knock a helo out of the sky, I don't think the abrams has any recorded aviation kills, but i'd love to see one some day.

I responded to all of this, then I dropped my mouse and when I picked it up I pushed the back button. So I'll sum up what I said. After I say this, I'm watching futureweapons on the Military channel right now, and they're going over the Land Warrior system. I'm from Washington State, which is where the 4th stryker division is located and they were the ones testing out the system at the Yakima training facility before it was "put on hold". Well the host called it YUK-i-ma. Over christmas, my cousin and her BF came up from Oregon to visit one of his friends who managed to come home from Iraq for christmas. We were talking about how annoying it is when people call it YUK-i-ma and not YAK-i-ma. I'm fresh, I wasn't aware that the -10 for the A block Apache had been declassifyied. I assumed that it hadn't been since some of the systems are still shared. I made a point to say that everything I was about to say was public information, next time I'll just post sensative information on a public form, I would'nt mind losing my commission while getting tossed into a federal pen, or if I'm lucky, keep it and fly a desk for the rest of my planned career. I didn't know my credibility was in question while stating public information. The most hands on experience I have with Russian aircraft is a 60, and asside from the manufacturs name, they're not too russian these days. the hokumA is a modern airframe, so there is'nt a doubt in my mind that it's not a capable aircraft and I'm also sure it's well built. But when it comes down to it, it's a product of the Russian military, and like everything in the Russian military, it's strong, it's built to take some hits, but it's also exteremly expendable. comparing the unit cost of the AH64 to KA50 its like a BMW to a Honda (I drive a Honda by the way). Yeah, Yeah public information... I guess I'll point out again that I would be retarded to post anything not public. My qualifications... The internet is the only place I can talk about the Army and flying without getting treated like a red-headed step child (street-to-seat). the A would'nt be much easier, for the level of detail these guys are looking at the A will be a task. To anyone who is'nt a 15Y or a 64 driver, a 64D is a digital 64A. I'm pissing off my gf ATM by typing and not talking... I hate the phone.

Even the systems on a 64 A are still locked down for the most part. If anyone here is in the Army and they pull OpSec on me, go for it because this is'nt classifyed information. The longbow radar was designed for low probability of intercept for enemy forces. We can come in, sweep an arc of 50 square km in front of the aircraft. moving targets can be detected at 8km and static is knocked down to 6km. after the sweep is done we can display, classify, and track 128 targets. We can't determine what kind of vehicle or aircraft is on our screen with the longbow system, but it uses milimeter waves, so the imagine on our screen is in pretty high res, so were capable of determining what the model of tank or APC it is, but it will tell us if the vehicle is wheeled, tracked, airborne or air defence. you guys are gonna be shocked when you get to this apache project. the 64 isnt some pos russian airframe that can be built out of scrap. you're gonna have to look into the.. IHADSS (Integrated Helmet And Display Sight System) PNVS (Pilot Night Vision System) TADS (Target Acquisition and Designation System) The defences, the RFI (Radar Frequency Interferometer) is on the top of the mast, constantly scanning in a 360 degree scan for air defence, everything from RPG's to tanks, the forward scan of this is a fine scan and the read is a coarse scan. the aircraft is capable of jamming radar, and IR defence with the disco light even the controls... gunners left hand-grip consists of the weapon trigger switch to select between sensor modes (FLIR, DVO, DTV) FoV selection (wide, medium, narrow, zoom) weapon selection switch (gun, rockets, missiles) auto-tracking controls right hand-grip laser range-finder/designator trigger laser tracking controls laser boresighting controls FLIR "white hot" / "black hot" selector manual turret controls video-recorder controls If you guys can manage to get the sim right, I'll buy it... ill prolly have sex with it... If you need information about the 64 A or D, shoot me an e-mail, i'll give what i can, theres more things classafyied on an M1 Abrams than there is on the AH64 oh and the A wouldnt be much easier, add some digital screens and you have the D -Attack