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Helicopter gunship to guard Malampaya gas project
Topic Started: Apr 4 2005, 11:27 AM (3,577 Views)
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:thumb: Nice shot. Cool
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Ang ganda ng chopper! atin ba talaga iyan


it looks new, parang helicopter ng isang first world country, mukhang hindi third world air force
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It's a VIP chopper, one of those assigned to the President and transferrred to were it is more needed. Upkeep is said to be done by the Dept. of Energy.

2 of these were destroyed by NPA attacks and another 2 lost during coups and another 1 lost in a film shooting.

http://www.hueybravo.net/Airforcepage/s-76....htm#Write-Offs
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There are two of these gunships assigned to the Malampaya natural gas region. The rest of the flyable ones are flown by the 505 ARG. They are valued for their overwater safety.
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Any nice photos of those assets and those of our Pumas and H-60s?
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Is there a room still for improvement with our S76, such as 50 caliber machine gun and missile or rockets.

I would like to see that chopper armed with either hellfire or spike ATG missile. no need to armed it with the bigger and more expensive harpoon, since it would be for anti piracy and terrorism only.
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Like the MG.520s, the S-76s, or correctly, the AUH-76As in the gunship role carried one .50 mg pod on one side and one 2.75 inch pod with seven rockets on the other.  Later, they would carry FN Herstal combination pods with a .50 cal mg and four 2.75 inch rockets on each side (the rockets fitted in a smaller pod beneath the .50 cal gun pod).  For some missions, an additional 7.62mm mg was carried on either side behind each pilot on a swinging pintle mount though this cut back on the useful load and constrained egress from the troop compartment if troops were carried.  One advantage that this configuration has over the MG.520 is that the gunners can cover the rear of the aircraft as it moves out of the target area .

Paint scheme is usually olive drab with low visibility markings.  SAR machines were all white with a day-glo strip running down from the main rotor and engine comparment and wrapping around.  "Rescue" lettering ran from the top to the bottom on both sides.  VIP machines were all white with sky blue undersides gradually fading to white from the bottom of the machine.

Service History

The S-76 is something of a disappointment in PAF service primarily because it is underpowered and is relatively short-ranged.  It is however valued as a rescue aircraft and for the safety margin that its twin engines give when operating over water.  Seventeen S-76As were acquired and delivered by 1984, with the total initially consisting of 12 AUH-76A gunships, two SAR (equipped with rescue hoists) and three VIP examples.


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hope they upgrade it like this one
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el_commandante
Apr 8 2006, 07:18 PM
Is there a room still for improvement with our S76, such as 50 caliber machine gun and missile or rockets.

I would like to see that chopper armed with either hellfire or spike ATG missile. no need to armed it with the bigger and more expensive harpoon, since it would be for anti piracy and terrorism only.

yes there is still more room for improvements for the S-76/AUH-76. my version for Spec Ops support:

1. install FN Herstal combination pods with a .50 cal mg and four 2.75 inch rockets on each side (the rockets fitted in a smaller pod beneath the .50 cal gun pod)
2. install nose mounted FLIR/NV sensors
3. replace engine with more powerful and fuel-efficient engine
4. install NVG for pilots
5. install chaff/flare dispensers and detectors

can carry a squad of SF troops and the helo can be used to support such troops for strike missions and the likes...
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