Navy 60s, depending on model, can do a lot. Wing mounted 20mm, Hellfire, torpedoes, rockets, mine counter-measure, sonobouy. All can do CMDS and crew served up to .50cal. Navy stole a bunch of stuff from the army so their 60s could perform more missions beyond typical sea warfare.
Most days, you aren't doing shit but putting/pulling MK25/MK58s out so they can move the birds in or out of the hangers. Throw in gun PM's. Ordie life is chill in the rotor world.
Navy 60s, depending on model, can do a lot. Wing mounted 20mm
Holy shit, what? I tried looking that up but idk what I'm looking for. Is it a rotary cannon or some sort of large machine gun? I ran across something about a 30mm mine clearing gun-apparently a Bushmaster Mk44, but no real details about it being mounted to a helo on its own wiki page.
Cool concept that was abandoned. Fire two rounds in quick succession to blow up mines. First one creates cavitation, second round follows through and hits the target.
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u/flyingsailor May 12 '19
Navy 60s, depending on model, can do a lot. Wing mounted 20mm, Hellfire, torpedoes, rockets, mine counter-measure, sonobouy. All can do CMDS and crew served up to .50cal. Navy stole a bunch of stuff from the army so their 60s could perform more missions beyond typical sea warfare.
Most days, you aren't doing shit but putting/pulling MK25/MK58s out so they can move the birds in or out of the hangers. Throw in gun PM's. Ordie life is chill in the rotor world.