"Black Hawk" became an attack helicopter

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Sikorsky has announced the completion of the “comprehensive hawks” comprehensive weapon suite development program, and now Black Hawk S-70M and S-70i American multi-purpose helicopters can now fully perform the tasks of the percussion vehicles.

"Black Hawk" became an attack helicopter

Black Hawk S-70 with "a comprehensive set of weapons"




The final tests of the Black Hawk helicopter armament package took place at the end of last year, completing the six-year development cycle. Sikorsky has announced that it has already begun supplying weapons for the S-70M and S-70i percussion modifications of one of the foreign countries. According to unofficial information, the first heavily armed Black hawks will receive the UAE.

The Lockheed Martin Corporation, which includes Sikorsky, indicates that the Black Hawk shock modification will suit countries that do not need a specialized heavily armed helicopter. It is known that the Black Hawk S-70M and S-70i with the comprehensive weapon suite package will be able to carry and use AGM-114 Hellfire, Hydra 70 missiles, as well as Gatling GAU-19 heavy machine guns.

The Black Hawk S-70 helicopter is an export modification of the Sikorsky UH-60, which entered service with the American army in 1979 year. It is known that in service with the American army is about 2500 helicopters UH-60 in various versions. In addition, Black Hawk is exported and licensed in other countries. The helicopter holds up to 14 people (including three crew members), can carry small arms, missile and bomb weapons, as well as reconnaissance modules, reports "Warspot"
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  1. +5
    6 February 2018 14: 22
    Firepower is not weak either.
    1. +13
      6 February 2018 14: 32
      Yes. And the news is not pleasant. However, the car is still quite successful, and you could think of making this birdie shock 20 years ago.
      1. +2
        6 February 2018 14: 49
        Not a frail thing for hunting for Tuageg! belay
      2. +2
        6 February 2018 20: 12
        Quote: Romka47
        However, the car is still quite successful

        nobody argues. Only terribly dear
        Quote: Romka47
        and you could think of making this birdie shock 20 years ago

        The Hawks were carrying weapons. “Black Hawk” carried a pair of machine guns (a krupnyak or minigun), “Pave Hawk” (MH-60G Pave Hawk) for quick reaction forces - miniguns, GAU-19 / A, 20-mm guns and NAR.

        In general, if you load the helicopter with all this junk, then either "or-or": either you carry troops, or you suspend weapons. All at once he will not pull

        Generally Americans on all turntables (except for heavy vehicles) hung ATGM
        Here on the resource was a very interesting series of articles "Aviation against tanks"
    2. +2
      6 February 2018 14: 37
      Quote: Spartanez300
      Firepower is not weak either

      And overload hoo.
    3. +22
      6 February 2018 14: 44
      Black Hawk S-70M and S-70i American multi-purpose helicopters can now fully perform the tasks of attack machines.
      Mow under Mi-8-oh ... We demand compensation for copyright infringement laughing But seriously, for me this is news in the sense that they didn’t do this before and it always wondered why hawks in American films without serious shock weapons. After all, the thought on the surface is to support it with fire when a tactical landing
      1. +7
        6 February 2018 14: 50
        Quote: KVU-NSVD
        Black Hawk S-70M and S-70i American multi-purpose helicopters can now fully perform the tasks of attack machines.
        Mow under Mi-8-oh ... We demand compensation for copyright infringement laughing But seriously, for me this is news in the sense that they didn’t do this before and it always wondered why hawks in American films without serious shock weapons. After all, the thought on the surface is to support it with fire when a tactical landing


        Here's the grandfather of The Terminator.



      2. +2
        6 February 2018 15: 29
        Quote: KVU-NSVD
        it was surprising why hawks in American films without serious shock weapons. After all, the thought on the surface is to support it with fire during a tactical assault landing

        After the bulletproof body kit for armament remains half a ton for 30 minutes of work. And it will swing back, for it is not designed.
        And without bulletproof - Hollywood is full of pistol shots. Is quite real.
      3. +2
        6 February 2018 20: 15
        Quote: KVU-NSVD
        After all, the thought on the surface is to support it with fire during a tactical assault landing

        because "Cobras" or "Denfenders" worked for support. An airborne assault force is still an overload. Americans shared functions between cars. And the "miniguns" in the doorways of the Hoki were carried
    4. +3
      6 February 2018 15: 51
      The glory of the crocodile apparently haunted. Already 14 chalobots will not fit into the shock version
  2. +3
    6 February 2018 14: 28
    This is called misuse of the tool!
    1. +1
      6 February 2018 14: 31
      Quote: Navigator 1
      This is called misuse of the tool!

      What?
      1. +2
        6 February 2018 14: 40
        Quote: Nasr
        What?

        Using jewelry crossheads instead of hand chisels.
    2. +5
      6 February 2018 14: 47
      Quote: Navigator 1
      This is called misuse of the tool!

      It is called "when the Apaches aren’t enough at all". smile
      Our Mi-8, since the time of Afghanistan, in the same way more and more loaded with weapons - right up to this:
      1. +4
        6 February 2018 14: 52
        They will kill him. The Eight will always remain the Eight. It does not matter what to hang on it.
    3. +7
      6 February 2018 16: 12
      Quote: Navigator 1
      This is called misuse of the tool!

      No, when planting fighters, covering them and supporting them with fire is logical. We also equip our MI-8 with an arsenal.
      And if you are talking about a helicopter duel, then a hawk is not suitable for this, like our MI-8 ... there completely different machines for this are created both with us and with mattresses.
  3. +1
    6 February 2018 14: 28
    Black hawk AMTSH
  4. +10
    6 February 2018 14: 30
    Black Hawk has always been a chic car. 70 saved everyone everywhere. It’s not her fault that it’s not ours. An excellent helicopter!
    1. +6
      6 February 2018 15: 00
      Sikorsky, however, is a little ours!
      1. 0
        6 February 2018 15: 16
        Quote: novel xnumx
        Sikorsky, however, is a little ours!

        Sikorsky was a Ukrainian.
        1. +8
          6 February 2018 15: 21
          and Gogol? and nationality was in the passport7
          1. +3
            6 February 2018 15: 32
            Quote: novel xnumx
            and Gogol? and nationality was in the passport7

            Do not argue. Sikorsky left.
          2. +5
            6 February 2018 15: 57
            Quote: novel xnumx
            and Gogol?

            All were Ukrainians, and even the first fish that crawled onto land was also Ukrainian.
            I will even say more - the very first organic molecules were Ukrainians.
            1. +2
              6 February 2018 15: 59
              I don’t know - is it zrad or is it too much? lol
              1. +6
                6 February 2018 16: 04
                Quote: novel xnumx
                I don’t know - is it zrad or is it too much?

                This is the Wheel of Genoa.
                God drove the Ukrainians out of paradise because they bit it all.
                1. +2
                  6 February 2018 18: 38
                  Listen, it’s true - after the Svidomites, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ordered to live long!
                  1. +3
                    6 February 2018 19: 26
                    Quote: novel xnumx
                    Listen, it’s true - after the Svidomites, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ordered to live long!

                    They bit the snake too.
                    1. +3
                      6 February 2018 19: 30
                      terrible people ... laughing
            2. 0
              6 February 2018 16: 04
              If seriously - a tradesman from Bessarabian malorosov Occupation - an intellectual. This is not me, this is the police.
      2. 0
        6 February 2018 16: 12
        hi Just a little bit. drinks You know Romanitch yourself. Not the first year in Aviation. drinks
        1. +2
          6 February 2018 17: 36
          require repatriation of sikorsky kb laughing drinks
          1. +1
            6 February 2018 17: 54
            require repatriation of sikorsky kb Romych! It’s not our fault with you that a genius has dumped in America.
            1. +1
              6 February 2018 18: 06
              so Yes! request but! it's a shame crying
              1. +2
                6 February 2018 18: 35
                They concocted ours. That's the same Mil., Kamov. There is no alternative to Kamov. But I met him a couple of times on the stage for my service. I still did not understand his system. On Mishki, everything is simple.
    2. +1
      6 February 2018 17: 34
      Quote: VERESK
      Black Hawk has always been a chic car. 70 saved everyone everywhere. It’s not her fault that it’s not ours. An excellent helicopter!


      And why do we need worse Mi-8?
      1. +2
        6 February 2018 17: 42
        And why do we need worse Mi-8 Are you going to buy Black? I envy you. Mi-8 and Black are actually completely different cars. I had to fly both this and that. The cars are both good. But the American is more comfortable than our eight. That's all for the crew. We have -Everything is not clear for what. Even they couldn’t really deliver a gas step. Sometimes you just have to tear the handle., disrupting the flow. The blades are already knocking on the air, a strong degree. The machine is lazy going. The gas step at a maximum of three centimeters would be closer. The second one has the left side in general. The left side is not enough. There are cases when the left one has no time. There have been cases.
        1. +3
          6 February 2018 18: 11
          our cause is right - do not disturb the left! lol
          1. +2
            6 February 2018 18: 38
            Romych-original! good drinks
            1. +2
              6 February 2018 18: 46
              yes her, Dim, the phrase is a hundred years old wink
              1. +2
                6 February 2018 18: 55
                I know, Romych. But it’s already been decommissioned as twenty years old. I can see the helm only on the Internet! Well, sometimes they let me into the cockpit. They look like an abandoned dog. And they don’t remember who taught them. Life is a lousy thing. It passes quickly. Like and flights. I have everything. Already, just melancholy.
                1. +3
                  6 February 2018 19: 05
                  higher nose - I'm generally a technician, my business planes to watch my eyes off! True, once they gave the An-12 a taxi. Well now crap and not live? the sky is with us !!!
                  1. +3
                    6 February 2018 19: 23
                    I'm an ADO techie. Achinsk. Flapping on the wing. Hi, from NK and BCC
                    AN-12.
                    1. +1
                      6 February 2018 19: 33
                      the silver liner Tu fell apart on the fly, because AVATU ... is releasing ... well, hereinafter! tongue
                      1. +1
                        7 February 2018 13: 24
                        silver liner Tu fell apart on the fly, because AVATU And it went with us. They were funny, stupid. AVATU was the best military school of technicians in the structure of the Defense Ministry. Yes, in 89th they opened the faculty of bortaches for the An-12. Alas, there is no more AVATU. One defeat in the school squares. Bricks they leave 1000 from the old barracks apiece. But it was a great time. My battalion commanders of those times may still be alive, I don’t know. I shredded my soul. I wander after the shift. I'll see. AVATU-has always been an elite.
          2. +1
            6 February 2018 18: 43
            Quote: novel xnumx
            our cause is right - do not disturb the left! lol


            Come on. Heather is already drained.
            1. +2
              6 February 2018 18: 47
              don't be mean! be simpler and people will reach for you ..... dirty greedy paws! be more fun!
        2. +2
          6 February 2018 18: 41
          Quote: VERESK
          And why do we need worse Mi-8 Are you going to buy Black? I envy you. Mi-8 and Black are actually completely different cars. I had to fly both this and that. The cars are both good. But the American is more comfortable than our eight. That's all for the crew. We -Everything is unclear why. Even they couldn’t really deliver a gas step. Sometimes you just have to tear the handle, breaking the flow. The blades are already knocking on the air, a strong degree. The machine is lazy going. The gas step at a maximum of three centimeters would be nearer.


          Let off the steam. For it is of course on the Internet, for the time being, you can pass yourself off as anyone, but you can see the bird on the flight, and the user on the words.
          For from what is said, if you flew on the same Mi-8, then no further than the cargo compartment and sometimes graciously allowed the crew to take the place of the on-board technician. For it follows from your words, which are nothing more than nonsense.
          Of course, I was already in parts on Mi-24, but was released on Mi-8T. So do not carry the blizzard. The Mi-8 cab is one of the most comfortable. The Mi-24 is noticeably closer.

          The second one has a left side altogether. There is not much left. There are cases when there is no time for the left.


          You sentenced yourself to this phrase. For the control of the helicopter that the left, that the right pilots identical. In the right hand there is a control knob, in the left lever is a step-gas.
  5. +4
    6 February 2018 14: 30
    I would like to compare it in more detail with the proven hard worker MI-24, in appearance it is no better.
    1. +4
      6 February 2018 14: 36
      Very different cars. Find on the Internet. And I like this helicopter.
      1. +3
        6 February 2018 14: 40
        According to the Iraqi government newspaper Baghdad Observer, in 1982, during the Iran-Iraq War, the Mi-24 shot down an Iranian F-4 Phantom supersonic fighter. Unfortunately, the exact details of that battle remain unclear. But it is known for certain that the pilots of Hussein on the Mi-24 shot down two dozen Iranian helicopters.
        1. 0
          6 February 2018 17: 34
          .
          But it is known for certain that
          these are ancient written fantasies of a certain Shityakov
      2. +1
        6 February 2018 15: 16
        Quote: VERESK
        And I like this helicopter.

        So yes, Sikorski has beautiful cars. But it will not fly to Pomegranate in winter. Alloy (magnesium alloys) frame and fiberglass on the sides - in all versions. Taki subtropics, and fly near the hut.
    2. +4
      6 February 2018 14: 43
      Quote: Father of a soldier
      I would like to compare it in more detail with the proven hard worker MI-24, in appearance it is no better.

      Mi-24 is a drummer with the ability to carry an assault. And the Black Hawk is a multi-purpose weapon with suspended weapons. So you need to compare the "Sikorsky" with the Mi-8AMTS.
      1. 0
        6 February 2018 15: 09
        Quote: Alexey RA
        So you need to compare the "Sikorsky" with the Mi-8AMTS.

        A plastic jar with an original iron reinforced?
        The Mi-8 has 4 tons of payload after full equipment, and the S-70 has 4 tons including gain, refueling,
        1. +2
          6 February 2018 16: 26
          Mi-8 4 Three. On the external sling-4.No-not applicable. The blades “clap” at this load begin.
          1. +1
            6 February 2018 17: 55
            Quote: VERESK
            Mi-8 4 Three. On the external suspension-4. But-not applicable.


            What kind of fantasies? The maximum load inside the cargo compartment is 4 000 kg, but Mi-8T has this because of the limited fuel supply, since it has a maximum take-off weight of 12 000 kg, then Mi-8МТ - Mi-8МТВ5 where the maximum take-off weight is 13NNX same load at full refueling.
            On the external suspension, lower the articulated pendulum, take the cable, 3 000 kg from the Mi-8T and Mi-8MT.
            Mi-8MTV5 is already 4 000 kg.


            The blades “clap” at this load begin.


            What is this news?
            1. +3
              6 February 2018 18: 49
              The full one is at 8T-11300. The maximum passport is 2500. Inside the cab. The load on the lift is a maximum of 3 tons. What does it mean flapping the blades is sorting with loading when the blades bend. There were precedents. The machine just could not take off. The blades did not break , but I had to change. The reason is the internal destruction of the honeycomb structure. I can tell you about the gearboxes. By the way, who knows how the thrust is transferred from the intermediate gearbox to the screw?
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              2. 0
                7 February 2018 09: 39
                Quote: VERESK
                Full at 8T-11300. The maximum according to the passport is 2500. Inside the cabin. The load on the lift is maximum 3 tons.


                Full take-off weight does not exist. There is a normal, there is a maximum:
                Excerpt from their instructions to the crew of Mi-8T:




                What does the clapping of the blades mean with busting loading, when the blades bend. There were precedents. The machine just could not take off. The blades did not break, but they had to change. The reason is the internal destruction of the honeycomb structure. I can tell you about gearboxes. By the way, who knows, how is the thrust transmitted from the intermediate gear to the screw?


                Can you give examples?
                1. 0
                  7 February 2018 13: 30
                  Can you give examples? No problem. Does NIAS-78 go to the topic? The carts have already worked their way. There are few of them left.
                  1. +1
                    8 February 2018 18: 19
                    Quote: VERESK
                    Can you give examples? No problem. Does NIAS-78 go to the topic? The carts have already worked their way. There are few of them left.


                    Well, listen, I don’t need to talk about the destruction of the blades. )
  6. +2
    6 February 2018 14: 40
    Not from a good life, or fun for the sake of? This is an aviation aircraft; it is not difficult to knock it off the ground! And with additional weapons, he will completely lose the maneuverability so needed by a helicopter so that it will not be shot down from the ground from the barrel artillery!
    1. 0
      6 February 2018 14: 44
      How would we have an analogue - Mi-8ATMSh. If applied wisely, then a very payload.
      1. +2
        6 February 2018 14: 50
        Mi-8ATMSh. Not an analogue. Amer has been cooked up in a ceiling. Although ours are more reliable.
      2. +3
        6 February 2018 14: 59
        Basic model - ambulance helicopter, lumenium with fiberglass, armored _only_ crew seats (3 people)
        "take-off weight: 9980kg, empty weight: 5735kg, maximum speed: 268km / h, cruising speed: 237km / h, static ceiling without taking into account the influence of the earth: 3170m, dynamic ceiling: 5790m, flight range: 600km, ferry range: 2220km" \ (with)
        Amplification - still 2-3t, no? it's just replacing fiberglass with iron. What remains of the payload? how to distribute? Take a lope of fuel ?!
        Type, patrol?
  7. +18
    6 February 2018 14: 40
    The Fall of the Black Hawk
    Heavy movie
    1. +2
      6 February 2018 15: 18
      Quote: Mamka pula
      Heavy movie

      For amers, yes.
    2. +1
      6 February 2018 20: 30
      Quote: Mamka pula
      Heavy movie

      reality for Americans was even harder than the film ...
  8. +1
    6 February 2018 14: 46
    "Black Hawk" became an attack helicopter

    Again?

    1. +1
      6 February 2018 14: 54
      Oleg! hi What is it for? Beautiful and strong car. From you again waiting for injections?
      1. +4
        6 February 2018 14: 58
        In addition, the Black Hawk has long had a shock version.
        1. +1
          6 February 2018 15: 02
          It has a shock version for a long time.
          I do not think that you are not aware of what we know.
    2. +1
      6 February 2018 20: 36
      Quote: professor
      Again?

      I also saw a photo of “Hawk” with “Hellfires” and “Stingers”. Israeli? I mean, combatant?
      1. 0
        6 February 2018 21: 46
        Quote: Gregory_45
        Quote: professor
        Again?

        I also saw a photo of “Hawk” with “Hellfires” and “Stingers”. Israeli? I mean, combatant?

        Experimental.
  9. +1
    6 February 2018 15: 26
    Quote: KVU-NSVD
    Mow under Mi-8-oh ... We demand compensation for copyright infringement

    ------------------------
    The same thought occurred to me. We put on an attack pack and the transporter turns into an attack helicopter.
  10. +1
    6 February 2018 15: 43
    The Americans already hung missiles on the "Black Hawk" and did the shock .... but apparently did not ask
  11. 0
    6 February 2018 16: 07
    Very comfortably. And he landed the landing and covered it himself, and the cost is far from Apache Longbow. Suitable wagon for thrifty customers.
    1. +4
      6 February 2018 18: 56
      Quote: Antisovok
      Very comfortably. And he landed the landing and covered it himself, and the cost is far from Apache Longbow. Suitable wagon for thrifty customers.

      And the assault killed and he died. You will turn the Mi-26 into an attack helicopter. Everyone should do their own tasks.
      1. +1
        6 February 2018 20: 13
        This is sophistry. With the same success, a transporter and a drummer can die. It will only come out more expensive. Most third world countries cannot afford the luxury of specialized turntables; Americans are well aware of the needs of the market. Terminator should also sell well.
        1. +3
          6 February 2018 21: 52
          Quote: Antisovok
          This is sophistry. With the same success, a transporter and a drummer can die. It just comes out more expensive.

          Why Tu-160 or B-52? We take Jumbo (Boeing 747), instead of passengers and cargo bombs and go ... wink

          Quote: Antisovok
          Most third world countries cannot afford the luxury of specialized turntables; Americans are well aware of the needs of the market. Terminator should also sell well.

          ... and therefore third-world states are buying piston attack aircraft. Black Hawk costs more than $ 20 million, naked. fellow
          1. +1
            6 February 2018 22: 15
            As for strategists, this is an exaggeration. You are so dodgy, sir wink
          2. 0
            6 February 2018 22: 41
            Quote: professor
            Why Tu-160 or B-52? We take Jumbo (Boeing 747), instead of passengers and cargo bombs and go

            who did not have real bombers, they did so. What was at hand -
            for example, An-12/26. And even who had ... Hindus rolled their An-12 along with the Canberra during the war with Pakistan in 1971 and were quite happy with the first - 16 tons of bomb load.
          3. 0
            7 February 2018 07: 37
            And how is the B-52 fundamentally different from the B-747 (as an aircraft)? 747, even better.
          4. +1
            7 February 2018 13: 32
            We take Jumbo (Boeing 747), instead of passengers and the load of the bomb and forth ... wink However, Oleg, you are a comedian! It’s like to cook a passenger from a Tu-160!
      2. +1
        6 February 2018 20: 28
        Quote: professor
        Everyone should do their own tasks.

        as it were, that's just modern technology costs a little more than linen-2. Not every country can afford to have and maintain a fleet of specialized machines. Only two countries of the world have specialized jet attack aircraft in general - Russia and the USA. The rest are managed by some fighter-bombers and some by helicopters.
        So with rotorcraft. Modelers are being sculpted - yes, worse than the "specialist", but much more affordable. Better to have it than to have nothing at all.
        By the way, about the strike Mi-26. Ours did not think of such a thing, and the Americans from Chinook made a ganship helicopter.
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  13. +1
    7 February 2018 01: 43
    UH-60 for almost 30 years now.
  14. 0
    7 February 2018 07: 36
    Even in Afghanistan, ours tried to use the Mi8 with weapons. Up to 6 blocks with NAR and guns / machine guns. But then they recognized that in view of the low armor of protection, this idea is a failure.
  15. +1
    7 February 2018 10: 18
    Essentially:
    Like it or not, UH-60 is primarily a multi-purpose machine, that is, designed to solve such a range of problems as cargo delivery, personnel, landing, evacuation and so on.
    To sculpt from it a certain semblance of Mi-8TV, this is already the tenth matter.
    But here is how the multi-purpose UH-60 looks very pale against the background of the same Mi-8T. Which by the time the American was born, had already managed to prove himself. And in the eyes of the American generals in honesty.
    They say that seeing the discontent of the military, the developers tried to prove that their car is better, since it takes 600 kg more than the external load.
    To which the answer was given (not verbatim) that the soldier unfortunately could not be stacked.
    The fact is that the UH-60 cargo compartment is only 11.6 m3, while the Mi-8T 23 mNXX that is, twice as much.
    This flaw was sharply manifested in Afghanistan, because the Americans were forced to use their heavy CH-8 for those tasks that the Soviet Mi-47 was solving:


    Or use the Soviet Mi-8:
  16. 0
    7 February 2018 12: 03
    A good helicopter came out, it seems to me, eh Sikorsky

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