AH-64 vs P-51

"Tony Williams" wrote in message
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Isn't the AH-64 supposed to be armoured against 12.7mm ammo? The P-51
certainly wouldn't be protected against the 30mm HEDP fired by the
helo. It would be a question of whether the helo could land a hit
before being slowly chewed to pieces by multiple .50 strikes.

Tony Williams



You'd also wonder how many hits the rotor blades and hub could sustain
before coming apart.


Odds are the Mustang would be firing down on the helo, towards the more
exposed critical components. Most of the armour would be
positioned for protection from ground fire underneath.




Cheers


Dave Kearton

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"Tony Williams" wrote in message
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Isn't the AH-64 supposed to be armoured against 12.7mm ammo? The P-51
certainly wouldn't be protected against the 30mm HEDP fired by the
helo. It would be a question of whether the helo could land a hit
before being slowly chewed to pieces by multiple .50 strikes.

Tony Williams



You'd also wonder how many hits the rotor blades and hub could sustain
before coming apart.


Odds are the Mustang would be firing down on the helo, towards the more
exposed critical components. Most of the armour would be
positioned for protection from ground fire underneath.

If the helo was flying low/NOE, it'd be a brave Mustang pilot who made a
diving attack.

From: Abe


Odds are the Mustang would be firing down on the helo, towards the more
exposed critical components. Most of the armour would be
positioned for protection from ground fire underneath.

If the helo was flying low/NOE, it'd be a brave Mustang pilot who made a
diving attack.

It happened many times during WW2 and Korea just not against helicopters. Have
you never heard of a strafing run? P-51s made a lot of runs against low flying
aircraft as well as stationary targets.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

If the helo was flying low/NOE, it'd be a brave Mustang pilot who made a
diving attack.

It happened many times during WW2 and Korea just not against helicopters.
Have
you never heard of a strafing run? P-51s made a lot of runs against low
flying
aircraft as well as stationary targets.

Well at least one AN-2 has been shot down from a UH-1


Ron
Pilot/Wildland Firefighter

Well at least one AN-2 has been shot down from a UH-1

Well, with a strong headwind, you can out run an AN-2..........on foot!!
VL

"I believe Abe wrote the following;
If the helo was flying low/NOE, it'd be a brave Mustang pilot who made
a
diving attack.


Why do you say this? How in the world do you think we attacked ground
targets? And we weren't all brave.

Howard Austin