What is the most common way to bring down a chopper?

hussamsoft · 2013-09-06, 21:02

so what is your favorite way to shoot down a heli and you consider it the most effective and easiest way to do it?
1.shooting it with various fire arms (assault rifle, machine gun, automatic rifle (LMG)....etc)
2.anti-tank deployment (TOW, HJ-8, MILAN.....etc)/recoilless rifle deployment (SPG)
3.anti-tank weapons (anti-tank class) like (eyrx, MBT law)
4.light anti-tank weapons (rifleman anti-tank class) like (RPG-7, LAW, AT-4)
5.HMG deployment
6.mounted HMG (on technicals, tanks, APCs......etc)
7.anti-air cannons like (ZPUs)
8.anti-air deployments
9.anti-air vehicles
10.MANPADS
11.tank guns
12.ATGMs fired via tank's gun
13.tank's/APC's/IFV's/Recon-vehicle's co-axial machine gun
14.APC's/IFV's/Recon-vehicle's cannon/main armament
15.ATGMs carried by APC's/IFV's/Recon-vehicles
16.mounted ATGMs/SPGs (on technicals, Humvees.....etc)
17.any other ground based way to shoot them down?

Vista · 2013-09-06, 21:07

Shoot the chopper with an AP shell from a tank. No amount of flares can defend you from a well placed AP shell.

~~Henrique_Dalben~~ · 2013-09-06, 21:07

Nothing comes close to the feeling of bringing down a chopper with a KPV, i only wish we had them mounted on the techies.

SilentNoobAssasin · 2013-09-06, 21:22

Techie 50 cal. is my favorite

but only against Kiowas and Black Hawks

when fighting with an Apache, I can only think of man portable surface-to-air missiles. Though I have been succesful in taking one down with an RPG once. Back in old Karbala.

MaSSive · 2013-09-07, 01:39

BTR60 with KPVT. On Muttrah that was my main weapon against them. Some of my friends preferred HAT ( Eryx ) or LAT if its really low. Lethal for AH1 and Bell UH1.

Again it depends whos flying it, but eventually they all come down to range.

DesmoLocke · 2013-09-07, 01:55

Pilot error.

tankninja1 · 2013-09-07, 02:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by DesmoLocke

Pilot error.

+1 Just about to say the same thing myself when i read that

hussamsoft · 2013-09-07, 10:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by DesmoLocke

Pilot error.

do you mean like the pilot loses control of the chopper and crashes? if that what you mean then thats not the topic im saying how you are going to bring the guy down and you are on the ground you know like watching him transporting your enemies or shooting damn rockets on your comrades what ever happens you just want him down what would you use?

SShadowFox · 2013-09-07, 11:30

The "pilot error" can simply be crashing as you said, but it can also be flying really slow or towards enemy positions. And THAT is the most lethal weapon against choppers, it'll still lose tickets and the troops being transported won't magically survive, that's what matters.

Hurricane · 2013-09-07, 11:59

Personally, I think MBT main guns, IFV autocannons and ATGMs are most effective against helicopters. At least against transport choppers.

CAS helicopters such as the Apache, Cobra and Havoc are hard to take down with these unless the pilot is going low & slow, or flying towards you at a good angle - this is where actual AA assets (MANPADS, deployable AA, AA vehicle) should take over. If they can't destroy it, there's a good chance they will at least scare it away.

2013-09-06, 21:02	#1
hussamsoft Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 51 Jordan Location: Amman-Jordan	What is the most common way to bring down a chopper? so what is your favorite way to shoot down a heli and you consider it the most effective and easiest way to do it? 1.shooting it with various fire arms (assault rifle, machine gun, automatic rifle (LMG)....etc) 2.anti-tank deployment (TOW, HJ-8, MILAN.....etc)/recoilless rifle deployment (SPG) 3.anti-tank weapons (anti-tank class) like (eyrx, MBT law) 4.light anti-tank weapons (rifleman anti-tank class) like (RPG-7, LAW, AT-4) 5.HMG deployment 6.mounted HMG (on technicals, tanks, APCs......etc) 7.anti-air cannons like (ZPUs) 8.anti-air deployments 9.anti-air vehicles 10.MANPADS 11.tank guns 12.ATGMs fired via tank's gun 13.tank's/APC's/IFV's/Recon-vehicle's co-axial machine gun 14.APC's/IFV's/Recon-vehicle's cannon/main armament 15.ATGMs carried by APC's/IFV's/Recon-vehicles 16.mounted ATGMs/SPGs (on technicals, Humvees.....etc) 17.any other ground based way to shoot them down?

2013-09-06, 21:07	#2
Vista Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,262 Europe	Re: What is the most common way to bring down a chopper? Shoot the chopper with an AP shell from a tank. No amount of flares can defend you from a well placed AP shell.
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~~Henrique_Dalben~~ Banned Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 361 Brazil Location: Somewhere between Manaus and Florianopolis.	Re: What is the most common way to bring down a chopper? Nothing comes close to the feeling of bringing down a chopper with a KPV, i only wish we had them mounted on the techies.

2013-09-06, 21:22	#4
SilentNoobAssasin Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 58 Denmark Location: Copenhagen	Re: What is the most common way to bring down a chopper? Techie 50 cal. is my favorite but only against Kiowas and Black Hawks when fighting with an Apache, I can only think of man portable surface-to-air missiles. Though I have been succesful in taking one down with an RPG once. Back in old Karbala.

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2013-09-07, 01:39	#5
MaSSive Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 4,491 Yugoslavia	Re: What is the most common way to bring down a chopper? BTR60 with KPVT. On Muttrah that was my main weapon against them. Some of my friends preferred HAT ( Eryx ) or LAT if its really low. Lethal for AH1 and Bell UH1. Again it depends whos flying it, but eventually they all come down to range.
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2013-09-07, 01:55	#6
DesmoLocke Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,756 United States of America Location: North Carolina	Re: What is the most common way to bring down a chopper? Pilot error.
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2013-09-07, 11:30	#9
SShadowFox Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,073 Brazil Location: Aracaju, Sergipe	Re: What is the most common way to bring down a chopper? The "pilot error" can simply be crashing as you said, but it can also be flying really slow or towards enemy positions. And THAT is the most lethal weapon against choppers, it'll still lose tickets and the troops being transported won't magically survive, that's what matters.

2013-09-07, 11:59	#10
Hurricane Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 160 Germany	Re: What is the most common way to bring down a chopper? Personally, I think MBT main guns, IFV autocannons and ATGMs are most effective against helicopters. At least against transport choppers. CAS helicopters such as the Apache, Cobra and Havoc are hard to take down with these unless the pilot is going low & slow, or flying towards you at a good angle - this is where actual AA assets (MANPADS, deployable AA, AA vehicle) should take over. If they can't destroy it, there's a good chance they will at least scare it away.
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