[aircraft-WIP] AC-130 Spooky

[richyrich55]

Make/use a map like the Test Airfield or Wake Island and put this beast on it and you're good to go.

[Hunt3r]

An interesting model would be an AC-130 type gunship platform, but in Chinook form. Which is to say, just put a ton of M134s on the side, or possibly some Mk19s.

ACH-47A, anybody?

[Rhino]

It did very badly in Vietnam....

[ShockUnitBlack]

Now just put that on a Stryker....

[Stemplus]

You can always take the guns away and make it a static so I can put it on my map

[SShadowFox]

Would be awesome a 40mm cannon to be used by the Taliban against the coalition helicopters...

[40mmrain]

Rhino;1805739']

It did very badly in Vietnam....

lies, it was awesome, and in fact would be perfect for the vietnam mod, ia drang is too small with too short a draw distance for the skyraider..

6 m2s, grenade launcher and a rocket pod, how could it be stopped?

[Doc.Pock]

with a well placed AA?

[40mmrain]

Doc.Pock;1815067']with a well placed AA?

haha what static AA in vietnam, there isnt even handheld.

all of it is vehicle based or pre placed

[rushn]

well the chinook was a big target and wasnt that fast

speed is the key

[Rhino]

well the chinook was a big target and wasnt that fast

speed is the key

A Chinook has a much higher top speed than an Apache

[AfterDune]

Around 300+ km/h, not that slow tbh

(unless you're talking about the Vietnam variant, but I don't know the topspeed of that one)

[PLODDITHANLEY]

A Chinook has a much higher top speed than an Apache

Ive been told that the Medvac Chinooks have at times got to make a hard choice between going slow for the Apaches or going fast but having no cover for extract.

[Rhino]

[Xander[nl]]

Ive been told that the Medvac Chinooks have at times got to make a hard choice between going slow for the Apaches or going fast but having no cover for extract.

That's true, all the documentaries featuring the air support in Afghanistan mention that the Apaches are never able to keep up with the Chinooks. Besides the basic better performance, the two rotors also make it less prone to the harsh conditions than the Apache.

[Doc.Pock]

SOLUTION? make a two rotored superfast apache/chinook hybrid

[Rhino]

Doc.Pock;1815401']SOLUTION? make a two rotored superfast apache/chinook hybrid

At the moment the USMC are trying to solve the V-22 escort problem with a an armed version of the V-22 but don't think its working out too well

[=HCM= Shwedor]

Wasn't the V-22 originally designed to be armed with a single MG turret in the front lower nose section? And then that was removed?

[Stemplus]

V22 + cannon... So much Crysis VTOL