OH-58D Kiowa Warrior

[boeing314]

Hey folks, I'm not sure how popular this airframe is with the PR community, but I think it might very well be a great addition to gameplay. Many people say the Loach airframes are superior to the Kiowa Warrior, and in it's defense, it's great at it's job, but it like any other airframe has it's limitations. Being that it's designed to be a small agile platform, it can't mount a large variation of weaponry without sacrificing this agility which many of us so thrive on with this platform in game. To compensate we have the AH-64D Apache Longbow. This airframe is meant to take on the big stuff and carries a hell of a lot of firepower. It's great for a lot of those big, intense, blow-everything-up-in-sight operations, but what about in-between?
The clear solution is the OH-58D. Being that it's a light-armed recce platform, it's a practical solution to fill the gap between the AH-6 and the AH-64D. It can carry a variety of weapons from the revered M96 .50 pod to AGM-114, with various options in-between this platform is a perfect compromise between the two other roles. This should aid in helicopter pilots having other dedicated roles aside from transport and attack. What asset could a commander want more than real-time intelligence on enemy movement? I believe that this asset could be used in a highly effective manner especially if the optics and equipment the helo has can be replicated. I also saw the co-pilot post and I believe the co-pilot could be effective used in this idea as the Camera could be used by the Co-pilot and could be used to aid with aircraft strikes as well other aircraft.
In the end, I believe the Kiowa Warrior to be a perfect solution to a need for a dedicated reconnaissance platform.

Thank you for your consideration.

[charliegrs]

this has been suggested a million times,

but yes i agree i would love to see a kiowa especially now that we got the US army, but i think in the past the devs said it wasnt going to happen. it would be a lot more realistic than littlebirds thats for sure.

[M4sherman]

aww I love the lil bird! it is a very mobile universal helicopter compared to the black hawk or huey. Hell I prefer it to the Apache. And it is rugged example last night on Ramel I was in a lil bird and I started bleeding out due to a AK so I droped to an alt of 30 and went RTB but saddly I died And thought I lost it but when I went back that way their it sat ready to fly

[pclipse_teh_owner]

I still prefer the Little Bird over the Kiowa.

[charliegrs]

i know everyone loves the lil bird so much, but do you have any idea how unrealistic it is to have it in alot of maps? the only unit that uses lil birds anymore is the SOAR unit which is special operations, and its a pretty small unit. its especially unrealistic to have the lil bird launched from aircraft carriers. i wish it would be removed already but i know it wont because its just so 1337.

[Eddie Baker]

This has been suggested before multiple times, Boeing. Please make use of the search function and the "Already Suggested" sticky thread at the top of this forum.