help attacking helos plz

[imported_TheDragon]

getting good at chasing helos
both attack and transport
and we are just hosing them with guns and rockets
and causing all kinds of smoke and fire
but actually 'killing' them???
very rare for me
yes i know about engineer repair, dount that has been the issue, becasuse when I am lucky enough to make them crash or bail, only 1 or 2 deaths
and vs the attack helo
sometimes I am only 100 feet in trail for maybe 30-60 seconds
gunner getting constant gunsight bloom
(ie evidence of hits)
and they just do not go down
and my rockets
appear to just go right through!
i know - some form of illussion

it is fun, but frustrating to have air supeiority, to chase all the BH from flags, to make the gunships scamper, and after 30 minutes have nealry no points to show for it

so - can anyone provide some insight?
thanks

[Halious]

Concentrated fire. Find a humvee or a tank and get in the backseat. Fire away with those 50. cal rounds, if there are two of you in those gun positions relentlessly firing, a transport chopper will go down in less than ten seconds, doubtful they'd be able to get away in time.

Only until a lock-on missile can hit a stationary hovering target without somehow missing at no less than a meter away, stick with the cannons on your Linebackers and Tunguskas.

[imported_TheDragon]

yes - get FAR more kills vs helos using mounted gun fire - but get VERY few when hosing them from attack helo

[imported_Master Shake]

I found the jeep with the 360 deg. mounted gun to be the most effective. I will defend flags by parking the jeep in a spot that is some what concealed and that I can escape from rapidly, ussually about 50 yds from the flag so I fire back to the flag not from it. Shot down 3 black hawks and finally got that stupid transport badge in one game last night, it also helps if your anti-tank class so if you have to get out of the jeep you can still finish the chopper.

[imported_Spork]

If possible, hop in a jet and ram them. Anything else will be a long, slow process against a BH with a good crew, and those miniguns hurt.

[Musicalgibbon]

yes - get FAR more kills vs helos using mounted gun fire - but get VERY few when hosing them from attack helo

Use the secondary 'tv-guided' missile on the attack helo. You need to get resonably close but not that close really (esp. with the blackhawks which are a large fairly slow moving target). Kills choppers in 1 hit. Racked up kills on Dalian Plant hovering over the construction site and launching the guided missiles over toward the Blackhawks coming across the ocean from the aircraft carrier, 3-6 kills per missile :P.

[jerryopela]

Make a helo hunting squad. 2 or 3 support guys can take down a transport helo in no time with their main kit gun (M294?)

[The_Misfit]

I've been flying the attack helos quite a bit as of late, and I can feel your pain....

I've dumped loads of missles into both the BH and the MI28/cobra/etc.. The BH is basically a Tank with wings, and very difficult to take down.

My best weapon in-air is a good gunner. When I don't have a clanmate in the seat, I'm usually stuck with some pub player firing his gun like crazy, but never using the TV missle. Flat out - the TV missle will determine your success (or lack thereof. Use the main gun for infantry, guys mounting stingers, etc.. If you can hover, pull up the nose a bit, and have someone good on the controls you can take down either helo with 1 shot. Does the same for tanks and any land vehicle.

[DrMcleod]

If you are an Anti-Tank soldier, aim for the door gunner just behind the pilot, if there is one the missile will kill him and damage the chopper. If there isn't one, the missile will enter the cabin and kill the pilot - crash.

If you are Assault class, use the grenade launcher to hit the cockpit front window, the blast will kill the pilot - crash.

But yeah, they are very powerful in the hands of an organised squad.

[Joeskeppi]

Type it
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it

[PhearlessPhred]

getting good at chasing helos
both attack and transport
and we are just hosing them with guns and rockets
and causing all kinds of smoke and fire
but actually 'killing' them???
very rare for me
yes i know about engineer repair, dount that has been the issue, becasuse when I am lucky enough to make them crash or bail, only 1 or 2 deaths
and vs the attack helo
sometimes I am only 100 feet in trail for maybe 30-60 seconds
gunner getting constant gunsight bloom
(ie evidence of hits)
and they just do not go down
and my rockets
appear to just go right through!
i know - some form of illussion

I acutally kind of liked this; it reads like a BF2 haiku. Here's one of my own:
Love my P-K-M
Dealing death and destruction
Helos fee in fear :p

[jerryopela]

thread going down hill
battlefield poetry bad
must get gun kill kill

[||Animal||]

Use the secondary 'tv-guided' missile on the attack helo. You need to get resonably close but not that close really (esp. with the blackhawks which are a large fairly slow moving target). Kills choppers in 1 hit. Racked up kills on Dalian Plant hovering over the construction site and launching the guided missiles over toward the Blackhawks coming across the ocean from the aircraft carrier, 3-6 kills per missile :P.

Horrible idea! I've never had a copilot his an enemy chopper with these. It's a gigantic waste of time. The weapon is not made of r air to air combat and, unless the enemy is in a hover, you won't hit a damned thing. The guns mounted on the attack choppers are severely underpowered against enemy choppers as well. They need to fix this. I have been very successful at taking out an enemy chopper with the rockets from my attack chopper. Aim a bit high, right at the center of the rotor and unload. I feel bad for the gunners, though, because they deserve alot more kills than they are getting with the pea shooter of a cannon that these choppers have. They are capable of taking out a tank in real life...C'mon, give them some balls...

[kramit]

Horrible idea! I've never had a copilot his an enemy chopper with these. It's a gigantic waste of time. The weapon is not made of r air to air combat and, unless the enemy is in a hover, you won't hit a damned thing.

Are you kidding? The TV guided is the deadliest weapon in the game! You own tanks, apcs, stinger placements, tranport choppers, enemy attack choppers that dont TV guide, and even ground troops when needed. Out of everything, the blackhawks are by far the easiest asset to hit with the the TV. They are slow moving, slow to correct course, paint a huge target, and are easily seen form far away. Going up against another attack chopper, it helps if they are going away or towards you, but with the black hawk, it doesnt matter what direction they are headed. There is nothing more satisfying than hitting a fully laden blackhawk happy meal (mmmmm..... six kills) from halfway across the map. They usually chalk it up to luck and fly it again. Suckers.

[Wranger4400]

I just use anti-tank.