Whats the difference between a blackhawk helicopter and an apache helicopter? Which one is better?
the UH-60 "Blackhawk" was made by Sikorsky to replace the Bell made UH-1 "Huey" (Officially the 'Iroquois') as the Army's multi-purpose rotor-wing airplane aka helicopter. Just as with the UH-1, it is primarily used as a troop carrier, hence the "U" in UH-60, which stands for Utility Helicopter. However it, like the UH-1, is also converted as a Medical Evacuation airplane as well as can be outfitted as a gunship to fire the Hydra 70 rocket pods (firing 70mm (2.75in.) rockets), or up to 16 Hellfire II anti-tank missiles. Now the standard armament on a UH-60 is now the M240G 7.62 machine gun (which replaced the old Vietnam era M-60 7.62 machine guns) in the crew chiefs windows. These are intended solely for defense of the airplane. In a few special units, such as the 160th Nightstalkers, they get to use General Electric Mini-Guns, but thats not standard.
Both the rocket pods and missile systems mentioned above are two of the three weapon systems used on the AH-64 Longbow "Apache", which also employs an M230 30mm cannon. It was designed to be an anti-tank helicopter capable of destroying multiple enemy armored vehicles due to the threat of a Soviet invasion of western Europe. It was the Army's Attack Helicopter ("AH") replacement for the older AH-1 Huey Cobra of the Vietnam era.
Both airplanes have 2 pilots, however the UH-60's Crew Chiefs ride along in the aircraft while the AH-64's do not. The cockpit of a UH-60 in side-by-side while the Longbows in tandem. I could go into the weight, speed, service ceiling, climb rate, length, engine type ect, but thats just a bunch of numbers.
As far as which is better..well every Longbow pilot will tell you he flies a better airplane, and we Blackhawk pilots will tell you ours is better. It's really up to the individual to decide.
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