Make "light" helicopters more durable/competitive

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AH-6M, Gazelles, BO 105, HKP9A, Lahatut, …

Ever tried the very close air support experience with them, using rockets ?

Can’t survive more than 5 seconds on the Battlefield. You get hit by 1 .50 cal, your helicopter is sawn in half. 3 7.62mm hit you, you’re done. Stronger wind than usual on one of your avionics, can’t shoot anymore (some helis don’t even have their avionics modeled lol, meaning if you get hit anywhere, it’s back to hangar). Proxy HEs, autocannon, IRST + shell, you’re finished.

It’s actually very sad, because the very close air support helicopter experience would bring something interesting to the current gameplay.

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And Lynx as well

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APKWS needs its HEAT and Proxy variants, and we need to bring back heli PvP but with a proper BR system.

Aside from the Mi-28, helicopters don’t have much place in the game.

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Maybe in the infantry mode, they will get the place they deserve

Unless they put those autocannons against them, in that case they would be cooked from the first encounter

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There are so many useless helicopters in the game, unfortunately.

Right now I’m going to grind the Mi-8AMTSH-Vn, which I know in advance will be useless, but it’s one of the most beautiful helicopters ever designed.

It seems that God himself preferred to take an Mi-8 rather than board an ark, as evidenced by the picture above:

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I mean they are light for a reason…

Most of them are civilian helicopters with weapons installed.