Field guide
Every target in the game and what gives it away. Your record fills in as you play.
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How to recognise military helicopters
- A129 Mangusta / T129 ATAKSlim attack helicopter with stepped tandem cockpits, stub wings and a gun turret under a narrow chin.
- AH-64D ApacheTandem stepped cockpit, chin gun, stub wings; many carry a round Longbow radar dome above the rotor.
- AH-64E ApacheTandem stepped cockpit, chin gun, stub wings, four-blade rotor with tail rotor.
- AW101 MerlinLarge three-engine helicopter with a five-blade rotor, a third engine intake behind the rotor and a long tail with a high horizontal stabiliser.
- AW159 WildcatCompact helicopter with a squat nose, fixed wheels and a large tail rotor on a tall fin with a small stabiliser.
- CH-47 ChinookTwo big three-blade rotors in tandem, one at each end of a long boxy fuselage, no tail rotor.
- CH-53 StallionBig helicopter with a six- or seven-blade rotor, sponsons on the fuselage sides and a tail fin canted to one side on the E and K.
- Ka-27 / Ka-29Two contra-rotating rotors stacked on top, no tail rotor, a short boxy fuselage and twin tail fins.
- Ka-50Two stacked contra-rotating rotors and no tail rotor, narrow single-seat cockpit.
- Ka-52Two stacked contra-rotating rotors and no tail rotor, side-by-side cockpit.
- MH-60R SeahawkBlack Hawk shape in grey with a folding tail, a sensor turret under the nose, the tail wheel moved forward and sonobuoy launchers on the side.
- Mi-8 / Mi-17Five-blade main rotor, bulbous glazed nose, two engine intakes over the cabin, clamshell rear doors; tail rotor on the right on the Mi-8, on the left on the Mi-17.
- Mi-24VTwo separate bubble canopies, bulky troop cabin, drooping stub wings.
- Mi-26The largest helicopter in service: an eight-blade main rotor, a huge fuselage with rear clamshell doors and a high tail.
- Mi-28NTandem stepped cockpit with flat armoured glass, chin cannon, stub wings, five-blade main rotor.
- Mi-35MMi-24 layout with stepped bubble canopies, but fixed landing gear, shorter stub wings and a twin-barrel cannon under the nose.
- NH90Rounded, smooth composite fuselage with four-blade rotor, main wheels in short side sponsons and a rear ramp.
- TigerSmall, slim tandem cockpit, short stub wings, four-blade rotor, tail with end-plate fins.
- UH-60 Black HawkFour-blade rotor, long low fuselage, tail wheel at the very back and a large canted tail rotor on the right.
- V-22 OspreyTiltrotor: two huge rotors on engine nacelles at the wingtips that tilt from upright to forward, a high wing and twin tail fins.
- Z-10Narrow attack helicopter with stepped tandem cockpits, stub wings with missiles and a five-blade rotor.
- AW149Medium twin-engine helicopter with a five-bladed rotor, a large cabin with big sliding doors and retractable wheels; a larger AW139.
- Harbin Z-20Looks like a Black Hawk, but with a five-bladed main rotor instead of four and extra fairings on the spine.
