TL-6 Attack Helicopter

BARD PAPER: VERA0503

An early attack helicopter. The crew of two share a fighter-style cockpit in the nose, just above the chin-turret. While can be quite dangerous during daylight, it's lack of advanced sensors makes this helicopter almost useless after dark.

The helicopter is armed with an high-velocity 4cm automatic grenade-launcher, with 500 rounds of mixed HE and HEAP ammunition. The stub-wing hardpoints are capable of carrying up to 1180kg of stores, and can be used to carry 30kg wire-guided ATGMs, 7.5cm*19 unguided rocket pods, or podded miniguns. 4 30kg tac-missiles, launch-rails and rack weigh 320 kg. A 19-round rocket pod weighs 261.25 kg.

The helicopter was designed with Fire Fusion & Steel with Antti Lahtinen's suggested adjustment of doubling rotor lift. The design is overpowered for extra speed.

TL-6 Attack Helicopter

General Data

Price: Cr 150180

Tech Level: 6

Size: Very Small (300m³) (100m³ with rotors folded).

Mass: 3072 kg empty, 3820 kg fuelled, 5000 kg max takeoff.

Power: 0.675 MW ImpIC driving MTR rotor assembly for 5.4 tonnes lift and 0.54 tonnes thrust. 0.022 MW ImpIC APU (0.0008 MW surplus power).

Maint: 2

Controls: Enhanced mechanical (0.01 MW), TL-6 flight avionics (0.01 MW)

Comunications: 30km radio (0.001 MW)

Sensor: 2 * PIR viewer (0.1 km; 0.0002 MW)

Electronic Countermeasures: None.

Life Support: None.

Cargo: None.

Crew: 2: Pilot/weapons operator in cramped crewstations. Armoured cockpit (AV 2).

Passengers: None.

Fire Control: Optic rangefinder (0.6 km). Control unit for semi-auto wire-guided missiles.

Armament: Fixed forward-firing 4cm high-velocity auto-GL with 500 rounds. Stub wings with four OWHP (500kg each). 1180 kg external stores.

Maxiumum Speed: 320 kph.

Cruising Speed: 240 kph.

NOE Speed: 40 kph.

Travel Move: 960 km.

Combat Move: 44, 6 at NOE.

Agility: 4

Fuel Consumption: 174.25 L HCD per hour (168.75 L for main engine; 5.5 L for APU).

Internal Fuel Capacity: 348.5 liters HCD

Endurance: 2 hours

Range: 480 km.

Weapon Stats

Round	ROF	Dam val	Pen Rtg	Short	Price	Weight
4cm HEAP-6	5	C:1 B:8	17C	200	Cr 6	0.4 kg
4cm HE-6	5	C:2 B:10	Nil	200	Cr 4	0.4 kg
4cm WP-6	5	C:2 B:8	Nil	200	Cr 8	0.4 kg

Guidance Mass Price m/turn AGL Range Pen Damage

Wire-guided ATGM-6 30 kg Cr 396 834 2 3.8 km 83C C:19 B:43

7.5cm unguided HEAP-6 10 kg Cr 67 3475 5 0.2 km 38C C:5 B:22

7.5cm unguided HE-6 10 kg Cr 49 3475 5 0.2 km 4C C:7 B:27

Design Worksheet

Mass (kg) Power (MW) Price (MCr)

Simple airframe (5T) 50.0 0.05

Enhanced mechanical controls 70.0 0.01 0.015

TL-6 flight avionics 0.1 0.01 0.05

2 cramped crewstations 400.0 0.0006

2 * cockpit armour (AV 2) 200.0 0.01

2 crew [200.0]

30km radio 100.0 0.001 0.0005

2 * PIR viewer 2.0 0.0002 0.002

Optic Rangefinder 20.0 0.001

Command guidance unit (wire; semi-auto) 15.0 0.0008

0.675 MW ImpIC 1687.5 0.003375

MTR rotor assembly (5.4 T/lift; folding) 379.7 0.007594

0.022 MW ImpIC APU 55.0 [0.022] 0.00011

HCD (2 hours) [348.5]

4 * OWHP 80.0 0.008

4cm HV auto-GL 12.0 0.0012

500 rounds GL [200.0]

Payload [1180.0]

Totals: 4999.8 [0.0008] 0.15018

Guidance	Mass	Price	m/turn	AGL	Range	Pen	Damage
Wire-guided ATGM-6	30 kg	Cr 396	834	2	3.8 km	83C	C:19 B:43
7.5cm unguided HEAP-6	10 kg	Cr 67	3475	5	0.2 km	38C	C:5 B:22
7.5cm unguided HE-6	10 kg	Cr 49	3475	5	0.2 km	4C	C:7 B:27

	Mass (kg)	Power (MW)	Price (MCr)
Simple airframe (5T)	50.0		0.05
Enhanced mechanical controls	70.0	0.01	0.015
TL-6 flight avionics	0.1	0.01	0.05
2 cramped crewstations	400.0		0.0006
2 * cockpit armour (AV 2)	200.0		0.01
2 crew	[200.0]
30km radio	100.0	0.001	0.0005
2 * PIR viewer	2.0	0.0002	0.002
Optic Rangefinder	20.0		0.001
Command guidance unit (wire; semi-auto)	15.0		0.0008
0.675 MW ImpIC	1687.5		0.003375
MTR rotor assembly (5.4 T/lift; folding)	379.7		0.007594
0.022 MW ImpIC APU	55.0	[0.022]	0.00011
HCD (2 hours)	[348.5]
4 * OWHP	80.0		0.008
4cm HV auto-GL	12.0		0.0012
500 rounds GL	[200.0]
Payload	[1180.0]
Totals:	4999.8	[0.0008]	0.15018