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Originally Posted by stormlion1
I find the Little Bird to be perfect is a few ways for a Recon team. There small yes, but if you think about it, they can actually be stored inside a Bolthole with all there maintenance gear. Every other helicopter will need a larger hanger.
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I am not sure what you are talking about here - are you suggesting that this helicopter be issued as an auxiliary vehicle for Recon teams in addition to their regular MPV? In addition to their other skills, they are supposed to have a couple of experienced helicopter pilots? Chopper pilots don't exactly grow on trees, you know.
And it has twice the footprint of a Stryker, so I am not sure how you figure fitting one into a bolthole is going to be easy, but then again boltholes aren't standardized
anyway.
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Originally Posted by stormlion1
Most teams are only four members large anyway and a Little Bird can carry six, two up front and four in the rear and with cargo pods attached they can carry all the excess gear. An advantage is that with a four man team you need two pilots and the other two can man guns in the rear and have excess room for gear inside and weapon pods on the outside.
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That doesn't change that it is one of the least versatile helicopters out there. It can carry a six man team, but only 4 can then dismount and fight (2, if you insist on the helicopter being protected as it leaves), and they can't really bring anyone or anything back with them. Even without passengers it has a minimal cargo capacity. Unless the Morrow aerial inventory is large enough to permit this kind of specialization, something that can do all this stuff
and carry an actual team or their MPV or large sensor pods or serve as a medevac might be a better choice.