13-vszd-dakos Posted April 6, 2023 Posted April 6, 2023 (edited) This might be a stupid question, but can the pylons of these weapons rotate to move the weapons up/down? Or is this feature limited to dedicated attack helicopters? Edited April 6, 2023 by 13-vszd-dakos
Avimimus Posted April 7, 2023 Posted April 7, 2023 It depends. Some of the UH-1 (transport helicopter) gun mounts could be traversed and elevated for instance. In the AH-64 the rocket pods can be adjusted in elevation, but the missiles can't. In the Ka-50 the missiles can be adjusted in elevation but the rockets can't. In the Mi-24P both the gun and the rocket are fixed to fire forwards. A lot depends on doctrine. I think the weight savings and greater rigidity/accuracy of having a 20mm on the Gazelle be fixed would make that the preferred solution in this case.
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