Airbus Helicopters: EC725 Gun Firing Campaign 

México no tiene este helicóptero México tiene pura chatarra lo único nuevo es el avión de peña nieto

+Eduardo Rios deberías investigar antes de publicar alguna opinión

f5caballeroaguila así dejalo no pasa nada

​@@eduardorios3895 estás bien pendejo jajaja

They need to align the helicopter with the target. You can't direct gunpods by elevating or spinning them in the desired direction. But a nose-mounted machinegun/chaingun can move and turn without having to lign up the helicopter.

Upgraded Super Puma with 5 rotors and slightly longer fuselage

SuperCougar

yep the third of 10, in testing before delivery.

Si ec-725 de la fuerza aerea mexicana notece la silueta del triangulo la escarpela de baja visibilidad :D

I didn't notice any large population centers, just rural stuff. I don't think you could find any where in europe with less population in it than that. It is either over water or weapons ranges cramped in between villages. It isn't like we got wast area of previous unclaimed land as deserts to play around in over here. If we do find large areas without people it will more likely be made into protected wildlife reservation rather than a weapons range.

***** door gunners with a mini gun or .50 HBMG, is more effective and quicker reacting then forward firing pods. Turrets just add weight and complexity to a non-dedicated attack platform. Cost in weight and fuel is not worth it. For a force insertion platform, it is better to be lighter and carry more fuel, for route flexibility , safety, and to maintain mission security, then carying direct attack weapons. Just my opinion. When I was on active duty, I prefered to plan missions with maneuvers, rather then engagement. Sadly that did cost me respect from my peers, and points from my commanders, who prefered more aggressively minded officers.

VFX3D yeah. Rules of Engagement for Beginners: never outsmart your Commander :)

VFX3D this boy currently carry two M134´s mounted on doors.

Naos m Thats really NOTHING impressive.

you sir are correct, but alas welcome to the public sector where things are overpriced and employees are underworked thus companies are not self-sustaining. bold statement, i know.

or selfdefence if attacked while picking up allies in need.

mariano castro For selfdefence maybe we should invest more in shields.....that requires.......further development in electronics.......i guess.....

The caracals can carry an exocet anti ship missile if it wants

They're used on larger, more powerful helicopters to make ground transportation easier. This comes in handy when they need to be wheeled into hangers for maintenance, for example.

They're for ground taxi and running takeoffs.

More like Mi-24 Hind wanna-be, except worse in all aspects :D

***** Any Hind, even the oldest variant has very decent crew protection (basically anything smaller then a heavy machinegun will just piss it off), this has...nothing... even small fire arms can injure/kill the pilots, which is very bad if they are expected to fly the damn thing...also, the crew in the Hind is separated, so even if the cabin receives a penetrating hit, there will still be someone capable of flying it to safety... Most Mi-24s have the machinegun in a turret, so you don't need to turn the entire craft to aim it (that kinda' helps if you want to return fire instead of being shot at)... Mi-24s don't need fucking gun pods which are famed for all but accuracy and reliability... An Mi-24 actually has a passenger compartment that can fit 8 combat-ready troops, also with the capability of being equipped with armor for protection, this offers the protective capabilities of a tin bucket... An Mi-24 is built from the beginning to take some serious damage and still stay in the air, this is a transport helicopter, it's not designed to take hits... An Mi-24 can carry a wide range of weaponry, even bombs and anti-aircraft missiles, the most destructive thing the EC can mount are a few 68mm rockets...

This is not a fighting helicopter

+reagan jury It's a special configuration for commando (special force) who need to fly and be deploy behind ennemi front without air support

When I was in LAAD Bn (and FAAD Btry before that), we learned how to tell a Puma from an Mi-8. (Primarily the nacelles and cockpit.) Fast forward 25 years and here we are. On the other hand, remembering how dumb some of the gunners I trained with were, they will probably need the super-sonic, secret, silent ninja IFF and some crazy flare launchers and IR disrupters, too.

It's HIND, with variants HIND through HIND-F. MI-24, MI-25 and the MI-35 variants. Although the HIND is an older platform than what you see here. They look alike because they were both built with cargo/troop transport in mind, and feature twin turbines close together at the top. I'm not an expert on either, but would rather have a true attack chopper, rather than throwing missiles on a troop transport. Either way, cool video.

Kostja08a is just the looks.......its a old and heavy helicopter......their just testing...............

I meant "out of this"

This is made for the spécial force squad who must be able to operate on battleground without air support...