Does an observation/scout Helicopter do anything besides get blown up?
Also why do anti-submarine Helicopters exist? Do they actually work?
Feels like leftover roles from the 80s.
How does this thing act as an anti-submarine tool?
Yes
They exist because jobs
>>29809861
Okay, because for the life of me I can't imagine any of this shit being useful in a real war. Especially cost wise compared to other options.
>>29809852
It's a giant metal detector.
>>29809827
>Also why do anti-submarine Helicopters exist? Do they actually work?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonobuoy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AQS-13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_anomaly_detector
you stupid fuck
>>29810067
ASW drones when
>>29809827
Yes. Recce is one of the most important fucking roles in warfare you dumb fuck.
Yes, why the fuck do you think everyone in the world uses them?
Sonar, radar, sonobuoys, MAD, ESM, etc.
>>29809827
Most observation helicopters are armed. During Desert Storm, OH-58 Kiowa helicopters were armed with a mix of a 70mm rocket pod or a rack with two Hellfire missiles and a .50 caliber M2 machine gun mounted on fuselage.
These Kiowas often made their own kills in addition to guiding and spotting for Apaches and Cobras and came to be called Black Death by the Iraqis.
>>29811661
Good thing we're getting rid of them then, right?
>>29813100
Army is getting rid of them because Kiowa pilots scare the shit out of them.
There's just something about that airframe that turns normal rotary-wing pilots into blood-crazed slayers of men who jack off furiously while they get shot down.
