I'm missing something here regarding this new release. If the new release was meant to fly in the 60's or RVN war theater I should tell you we did not use D's or H's as gunships, they weren't rigged or designed to be used as gunships. The only known used variant was an Australian version that did rig their aircraft to use gunship weapons. Originally the D and H did not have hard points to mount pylons for weapons, the center of gravity was so bad it would be very dangerous to even fly, they don't auto rotate well with all the weight behind center, the only safe configuration for the Australian versions had special hard points added so that the rocket pods could be mounted far forward, so far that the end of the tubes were almost even with the pilots doors. I haven't seen the theater this new release is intended to fly in, but as a former gunner on a UH1A,B and C it seems very odd to see an H in that role.
The Army experimented with the Chinook being utilized as a heavy gunship, in a role that it could protect it's own, 5 were in combat 5 were lost! I just can't see that big bulky UH1H as a gunship, it's too big and is not a bottom feeder like the A B and C. The C was the larger used in my time but it was low to the ground and made you still feel like it was a smaller A or B.
Very nice simulator regardless of the decisions made to hi light an H.:thumbup: