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  • in reply to: ARMY LUH & ARH, can they be combined?? #2547444
    Silly_Intern
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    The armed 117 was definately no longer on offer when MBB got together with Aerospatiale to form Eurocopter, and possibly got canned as early as 1989.

    OK good, I was right. I believe the EC-635 replaced the BK-117M but as I am still EXTREMELY new to this field I am getting slightly confused with nomenclature and when two platforms are identical or similar or completely different.

    in reply to: ARMY LUH & ARH, can they be combined?? #2547467
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    I am having trouble finding information on the BK-117M. I cannot figure out what its specifications are (were?) and how it differs from the BK-117 or EC-145. Furthermore I don’t think EADS is making the BK-117M anymore, but please correct me if I am wrong. But I do see your point that if the EC-145 and BK-117M are relatively the same platform, then yes; the UH-72A can be armed.

    The only data that I could find on the BK-117M is as follows:
    BK 117M: military version of A-1 proposed by MBB in 1985, and flying since 1988; fitted with taller skids, a Lucas turret mounted under the fuselage houses a Browning 12.7mm automatic machine-gun and 450 rounds of ammunition, controlled by a helmet-mouted sight; outrigger pylons can carry up to eight HOT II or TOW antitank missiles, air-to-air missiles, rocket-pods, or forward-firing cannons; a doorway gunners position with a 12.7mm gun can also be installed, or 11 troops can be carried
    (http://avia.russian.ee/helicopters_eng/mbb-117.php)

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