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TuOuF wrote:I think its realistic, nothing is overpowered that much...

anyways gazz, same thing with LBs, 1-2 saws, 1 aa rocket and 1 LAT rocket. we used to call it "attack LB" .

What are you opinions about overkilling?, just curious on other PR players opinions.

Snazz wrote:Well from my experience you either miss because the choppers flying fast and evading fire, or you get shot down for hovering/flying slowly near the enemy.

So if someone is doing it successfully then I can only give them credit for it.

boilerrat wrote:We have all seen photos like this, its a real thing so we shouldn't complain.

It is Project Reality right?

Bringerof_D wrote:it's not particularly unrealistic. its more improvising what PR doesnt give you. yes you can fire anti tank missiles from a helicopter, theres nothing stopping someone in real life doing it besides the fact that its rather unsafe.

[R-DEV]Eddie Baker wrote:"Rather unsafe" being that even if the weapon is pointed completely parallel to the main rotor of the helicopter with both doors open, that the back-blast will deafen, render unconscious or kill anyone not beside you and disrupt air underneath the main rotor of the helicopter. Fire-from enclosure launchers still have backblast, it is just reduced, and there is still a danger area. In the case of the game, they are pointing the weapons downward, meaning that the back-blast is being directed into the ceiling of the cabin and or the rotors. Your statement should read "Yes you can fir anti-tank missiles from helicopter if you want to die and take everyone else on board the helicopter with you." So, no, it is in no way realistic in-game to fire anti-tank missiles from the passenger compartment or assault benches of a helicopter and not kill everyone on that helicopter.

Sidewinder Zulu wrote:What about from a transport Littlebird, though?

I mean, the passangers in that are physically outside the cabin, so they wouldn't really be putting anyone in danger unless someone was sitting behind them.
Then again, a Littlebird weighs a lot less than a Blackhawk, so I suppose the recoil/backblast would have a greater effect on the control of the helicopter.
Certainly, it would be suicidal to fire a SRAW or Javelin from a Littlebird IRL, but what about an AT4?
Would that work?

'[R-DEV wrote:Eddie Baker;1177855']Not only no but f*** no. See above.

On the assault benches of the MH-6 the back of your launcher will be inches away from the fuselage of the helicopter and the main rotor no matter where you point it, where on the bench you're seated or even if you use a "modified" grip. Even with an AT4-CS (the fire from enclosure version) that is too close. The back-blast overpressure will slam into the fuselage of the helicopter and main rotor (back-blast is conical; it travels upwards, too). Your body and/or the fuselage will give, ripping you and probably your buddies off of the bench, the overpressure will enter the cabin through the removed side doors, shattering the windscreen and deafen if not outright kill the pilots.

Physics is not man's friend. It is a zoo or circus animal that is waiting for the opportunity to devour and rape (not necessarily in that order) its keeper.

Conman51 wrote:just a OT question about the seats....are you attached to them in anyway, because i always see people just slip off once they get close to the ground..and i always see taht arm thing sticking out the side, i thought that was some kind of seat belt attachment

[R-DEV]Eddie Baker wrote:Passengers (not crew-chiefs or door gunners firing mounted weapons) firing machine-guns and rifles from loaded helicopter passenger compartments is a non-issue with regards to authenticity or reality; it can be done. But it is a desperation behavior, since uncontrolled brass could spray into the cockpit; that's why door guns have a tube directing the brass downward and/or outside the helicopter, and why snipers in helicopters have brass catchers and/or just fire through the starboard door.

But in real-life you would have to be an extreme idiot to fire a recoilless launcher from such a position because of back-blast, even if both side-doors were open.

Bamtoman wrote:I mean overkilling assets by making a normal vehicle to a killing machine
Ex : Huey with a SAW and a HAT on each side = Ac 130, 3 rpgs on a transport car = mega anti-tank, transport cars with many grenade traps on them = HET bomb car (Forgot other overkills I will put them if I remembered them)

Some people argue that this is not realistic and people who do this should be perm banned from all populated PR servers, and some people say this is very effective and it helps out the team if done properly though, even if it is not "reality".

What are you opinions about overkilling?, just curious on other PR players opinions.

People who say this is should be disallowed are crazy