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Yes. But afaik some helicopters do have better armor than other aircraft, so while they are easier to hit, they might be harder to damage or take down.
by holowoodman 1y ago
Yes. But afaik some helicopters do have better armor than other aircraft, so while they are easier to hit, they might be harder to damage or take down.
- dsr_ 1y agoHelicopters all have a big unarmored target on top -- the rotor disk. Get a nice chunk of metal in there and they become falling armed rocks. You can't substantially armor a rotor; they are designed to survive approximately one hit by a 23mm round.
- holowoodman 1y agoA 23mm round is the size of a banana. An AA missile such as a Stinger is intended to explode near the target, not necessarily making contact, and to produce shrapnel to create a large enough "kill zone" such that precision and contact are unneccesary. But that shrapnel will be smaller and slower than the 23mm round, so I'm not sure that a non-direct hit would suffice.