Quote Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy View Post
Helicopters are overated for a place like Afghanistan you still have to land it and then your fighting on your own instead of with a truck that has a 50 cal on the back and the afgans are well capable of using missle weapons too
You can mount a GPMG on a helicopter, and they don't need to land anyway, ever heard of rapple lines?

Come to think of it, have you not seen the Air-Cav in any Vietnam film?

Helicopters are essential in a place like Afganistan, you can fly over the mountains, instead of driving through them.