BF Evo, future weapons

[Col_stone]

Scaring the crap out of people since 1976 :!:

 

[Hiromoon]

Yep, the Hinds going to be around for a long, long time. A South African firm offers upgrades to it, which updates the weapons and electronics.

 

[Mr Evil]

i realy wish to run a few cobra AH-1 on the table top, i know every body harps on about the gun ships, but this thing has been going like 30 years and is still great.

 

[Larac]

Scaring the crap out of people since 1976 :!:

About 1987, I was on Redstone/NASA in Huntsville AL.

Driving through and through the woods breaks a Hind, I was a bit surprised, followed it around until it went into the firing ranges, where I could not go.

Heard later it was a gift from somecountry that captured it.


Lee

 

[BuShips]

i realy wish to run a few cobra AH-1 on the table top, i know every body harps on about the gun ships, but this thing has been going like 30 years and is still great.

Just when I think I've figured you out Mr Evil, you manage to confound me, heh. :lol: While everyone here is singing the praises of the Hind (and rightfully so) you skip right over that and say how you love the Cobra :shock: . :lol: I just love this forum! :wink: As for me, I'll take the "Flying Tank" .

 

[Col_stone]

The Hind is my absolute favourite chopper, it's beautiful beyond comparison *drools*

which of them do you mean Buships, the Hind or the T-80 8)

 

[Mr Evil]

hehehehe

well people forget how effective the cobra has been and still is.

and it will cost less points to feild a squadron of them

 

[Mac V]

The Hind is so ugly, it gives it it's own draw. That would be a cool model. Are they upgrading these for the future, or are they fading into the past?

 

[Hiromoon]

The upgrading is in the hands of private companies now.....

 

[BuShips]

The Hind is my absolute favourite chopper, it's beautiful beyond comparison *drools*

which of them do you mean Buships, the Hind or the T-80 8)

Iirc way, waaay back when the Hind was first known about, analysts called it a "flying tank" due to the armor. That should clear up any confusion, heh. :lol:

 

[Poko]

say what you want about the Hind, but when you look at it, it oozes authority like no other heli out there,save maybe the heaviest transports. if a cobra can be likened to a wasp, then a Hind is a very pissed off hornet :wink:
have some hind dance :wink:

 

[Col_stone]

Yup, it gets a bit confusing with that nickname, being given to 2 different vehicles in the same armed force
(*note* While the M1 Abrams has a 1,500 hp (1,120 kW) gas turbine as well, the T-80 is almost half the size and weight; its consequent maneuverability sees it referred to as the "flying tank")

 

[Mr Evil]

the strutmovik (excuse spelling) was also in WW2 refered to as the flying tank damn russians.

 

[Hiromoon]

And here I thought it was describing the turret....

 

[BuShips]

the strutmovik (excuse spelling) was also in WW2 refered to as the flying tank damn russians.

The Il-2 Shturmovik was a great tank, er plane! :wink: On the German side I liked the Henschel Hs 129 with the B-3 being a real flying tank armed with a 75mm gun (but I digress)... :wink:

 

[Cailet]

Didn;t they use a Hind as an ambulance on Firefly?

Anyway, I reckon the Hind would be an African Warlords unit, wouldn;t really fit the current factions well.

 

[Col_stone]

*If* theres a russian faction coming, i'd like to believe they're still using the Krokodil, although it'll be the mi-24P (N) with Havoc rotors etc, there are *Plenty* of HINDs in service today and they're cheap (A new Mi-24PN costs less than half as much as the AH-64) Rugged, easily maintained(relatively)
And it can drop BOMBS!!!!!!!

Did i mention i'm in love with this bird

 

[BuShips]

*If* theres a russian faction coming, i'd like to believe they're still using the Krokodil, although it'll be the mi-24P (N) with Havoc rotors etc, there are *Plenty* of HINDs in service today and they're cheap (A new Mi-24PN costs less than half as much as the AH-64) Rugged, easily maintained(relatively)
And it can drop BOMBS!!!!!!!

Did i mention i'm in love with this bird

Hinds rule. 8)

 

[Larac]

Time to write up the Anti Chopper mines.



Lee

 

[Hiromoon]

And fun to shoot down with tanks!