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Taking the army times article posted previously by Quellish at face value, it is stated that the stealthy blackhawks have the typical blackhawk door gunner window / mini gun arrangement for self protection (fair enough, makes sense, possibly these sliding windows are modified to generate lower RADAR returns and presumably the windows are only opened & the miniguns deployed when hovering in harms way).My question...... is the presence of windows in a helicopters cargo doors essential for the insertion of troops from a helicopter? (NB// cargo door windows, not the previously mentioned door gunners windows). If it is not essential then I might expect that a stealthy blackhawk would have simple, single piece composite doors (without windows) for RCS reduction purposes. The provision of windows just so the Spec Ops troops can have a nice view would seem..... unlikely?
Taking the army times article posted previously by Quellish at face value, it is stated that the stealthy blackhawks have the typical blackhawk door gunner window / mini gun arrangement for self protection (fair enough, makes sense, possibly these sliding windows are modified to generate lower RADAR returns and presumably the windows are only opened & the miniguns deployed when hovering in harms way).
My question...... is the presence of windows in a helicopters cargo doors essential for the insertion of troops from a helicopter? (NB// cargo door windows, not the previously mentioned door gunners windows).
If it is not essential then I might expect that a stealthy blackhawk would have simple, single piece composite doors (without windows) for RCS reduction purposes. The provision of windows just so the Spec Ops troops can have a nice view would seem..... unlikely?
