I've been looking for some trialled weapons on the bo-105 helicopter and I just can't seem to find any images of the stinger pods mounted on the chopper.
Any help would be appreciated.
Although the excellent AH1 Cobra was deployed to Europe in the 1970s and received TOW missiles to help it kill Soviet armour, noone else in NATO could afford it.
That left W Germany sticking six HOT missile launchers on its Bo 105 light observation helicopter and the British Army SS11 missiles...
1970s
alternate history
anti-tank
anti-tank missile
close air support
cold war
great britain
gunshiphelicopterhelicoptergunshiphelicopters
north atlantic treaty organisation
west germany
western europe
The US Huey Cobra was a formidable gunship helicopter. Unlike the later Apache which has found widespread use.with NATO, the Cobra did not get much NATO use.
West Germany should have been a major user. TOW equipped Cobras would have added much to Bundeswehr units. Instead the Boelkow B105...
Did George Orwell invent the concept of the helicopter gunship in his novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' which he wrote in 1947?
"April 4th, 1984. Last night to the flicks. All war films. One very good one of a ship full of refugees being bombed somewhere in the Mediterranean. Audience much amused...
air cavalry
anti-tank
bell aerospace textron
bell helicopter company
close air support
cold war
early 1960s
experimental
helicoptergunship
late 1950s
prototype
u.s. army
united states army
1950s
1960s
1970s
bölkow entwicklungen kg
bundeswehr
civil aviation
cold war
federal republic of germany
heer
helicopterhelicoptergunship
luftwaffe
mbb
messerschmitt-bölkow-blohm
west germany
‘Retractable Skidded’ AH-1 Cobra
When Bell first came up with the efficient and versatile Bell AH-1 Cobra combat helicopter design, it originally went one step further by incorporating a retractable skid arrangement. This arrangement featured the skid’s retracting into the narrow fuselage. I...
air cavalry
bell aerospace textron
bell helicopter company
close air support
cold war
helicoptergunship
late 1960s
prototype
u.s. army
united states army
vietnam war
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http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/frheft7x/FRHeft77/FRH7708/FR7708c.htm
PS: small edit made by Deino as the German name for that helicopter was not "Fleidermaus" but only "Fledermaus" without an "i" meaning "bat" !!
1980s
anti-tank
attack helicopter
cold war
federal republic of germany
france
french fifth republic
helicoptergunship
late 1970s
north atlantic treaty organisation
west germany
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