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Information
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The Sikorsky MH-60R “Romeo” Seahawk is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission helicopter based on the United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk and a member of the Sikorsky S-70 family.
In November 2012, Denmark selected 9 MH-60Rs to replace its 7 outdated Lynx helicopters. In October 2015, the US Navy accepted two mission-ready MH-60R helicopters for Denmark. In October 2018, Lockheed Martin was in the process of delivering the ninth and final MH-60R to Denmark.
The MH-60R is capable of firing AGM-114 Hellfire Fire-and-Forget missiles:
There have been questions regarding whether the Danish MH-60Rs can fire Hellfire missiles, and unfortunately, Denmark has not purchased any AGM-114s, so there is no photo/video/record proof that they can, and the helicopters were purchased for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) rather than anti-surface warfare (ASuW), so it is unlikely they will purchase any. However, the only modifications made to the helicopters to better fit the ASW role were limited and primarily included a software update, meaning there likely weren’t any changes to the weapon systems. While the stub wings on the Danish MH-60R seem to be shortened, the same thing can be seen on ones from other countries, and it is actually done to better hold the heavier torpedoes closer to the helicopter, and as far as I can tell is reversible.
Note: While it is very likely that the weapon system can be reverted to be able to carry Hellfires, I have not been able to find any photo or video evidence that Denmark has the parts to so, (as they may have been purchased in their current state), nor anything indicating that any of the Seahawks Denmark owns have the longer stub wings nessesary.
TL;DR, there is no evidence that the Danish MH-60R Seahawk is currently able to carry or fire the AGM-114 Hellfire missile, as this weapon system is not equipped on this specific variant.
In War Thunder
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The MH-60R would give Denmark (and probably by extension Sweden) access to FNF missiles in the form of AGM-114 Hellfires. It would play like any other helicopter, probably utility. I’m not sure what else to put here, there isn’t much to say.
This could also be given to other nations that operate the Romeo or any other variant of the Seahawk.
Specifications
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Length: 64.83 ft (19.76 m) / Folded: 41.05 ft (12.51 m)
Width: 53.66 ft (16.35 m) / Folded: 11.00 ft (3.35 m)
Height: 16.70 fr (5.10 m) / Folded: 12.92 ft (3.94 m)
Main rotor diameter: 53.66 ft (16.35 m)
Main rotor area: 2,262.3 sq ft (210.17 m2)
Tail rotor diameter: 11.00 ft (3.35 m)
Mission gross weight (SUW): 21,290 lb (9,657 kg)
Maximum takeoff gross weight: 23,500 lb (10,682 kg)
Powerplant: 2 x General Electric T700-GE-401C turboshaft engines, 1,890 shp (1,410 kW) each
Mission endurance (SUW): 3.30 hours
Maximal cruise speed: 140 kn (260 km/h)
Service ceiling: 19,000 ft (5,800 m) or 13,000 ft (3,960m) or 11,280 ft (3,438m) [differing sources]
Rate of climb: 1,650 ft/min (8.4 m/s)
Armaments:
Up to two Mark 54 lightweight air-launched torpedoes
Up to eight AGM-114 Hellfire missiles
.50 calibre guns
Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS)
Other Features
Optics
Raytheon AN/AAS-52 (AAS-44C(V)) Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS)
- Fov:
- Wide: 34° x 45°
- Medium-wide: 17° x 22°
- Medium: 5.7° x 7.6°
- Medium-narrow: 2.8° x 3.7°
- Narrow: 1.2° x 1.6° (IR and TV)
- Ultra-narrow: 0.6° x 0.8° (IR)
- Ultra-narrow: 0.21° x 0.27° (TV)
- Six-axis stabilised mount
RWR
- AN/ALQ-210 electronic support action (ESM) system
MAW
- ATK AN/AAR-47V(2) missile Warner
Countermeasures
- IEWS AN/ALQ-144V(6) infrared countermeasures set
- AN/ALE-39 Countermeasure Dispensing System
Other
- N/AQS-22 Airborne Low-Frequency Sonar (ALFS)
- AN/APS-153(V) Multi-mode Radar
- Long and short-range search
- ISAR imaging (Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar)
- Small target/periscope detection
- Short-range SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
- Navigation
Sources
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https://www.anao.gov.au/sites/default/files/PDSS-5-to-9/6_PDSS_Future%20Naval%20Aviation%20Combat%20System.pdf
Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk Royal Danish Navy Air Force
Combat Mission Equipment for Black Hawks — Skycore Aviation
MH-60R-Seahawk | Royal Australian Navy
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/rms/documents/electronic-warfare/AN-ALQ-210-brochure.pdf
DANISH ROMEOS
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/04/royal-danish-navy-enhancing-mh-60r-helicopters-asw-capabilities/
https://www.navy.gov.au/capabilities/weapons/agm-114n-hellfire
Couple things from here, but sources were double checked:
Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk
