The United Kingdom Elections 2010

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

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.

[gaelic cowboy]

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.

First that gibson film tells you staright off that air cav can only do so much the men still have to get out of the helo.

Mounting a gpmg is fine but the helo is far too valuable a battlefield resource to be left hanging on a battlefield where it might get clipped by a missile.

Whats essential in Afghanistan is consent of the locals and a strong mule otherwise forget it