• electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    23 days ago

    Out of sheer curiosity, what kinds of rounds could feasibly take down a helicopter? Is .50 cal the minimum?

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      23 days ago

      Literally anything hits the tail rotor and it’s a spinning brick. .308, a drone, steel cable, Kevlar nets, whatever. Those things are hovering death traps

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      23 days ago

      Not necessarily. If they start taking any small arms fire I expect they’ll leave. 5.56 could crack the windscreen or injure the occupants. A bigger round would be more effective if you actually want to hit the engine or transmission and actually take it down, yes. You could probably do it with anything .300 or larger (7.62 NATO, etc.) if you hit it just right or multiple times. Or yeah go for something big like .50 BMG and hit it once somewhere in the meaty bits. But rifles in .50 are often bigger and more awkward to move around.