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I still haven't seen an LCH with MAWS and Flare dispensers, as yet! Wonder where they'll fits those!

Depends on the type of bunker; bunkers can be built with various levels of thicknesses. A direct hit from tank round could destroy some bunkers. But heavily fortified bunkers like what the Iraqi army had built for themselves needed special kind of bunker busting ammunition - even the heavy and...

My apologies - that table was about the backblast, I quoted the wrong section (Thanks for pointing it out). But if you read the section about the 'Employment' of the ATGMs in general (in the same link) the text does say "Due to the design of the warhead and the narrow blast effect, these weapons...

@ezsasa @Flame Thrower found this in the US Army's field manual: (The warhead weight of TOW is somewhat equivalent to that of Helina's; Milan's warhead is somewhat equivalent to that of Dragon's)

Hellfire missile has multiple warheads - blast fragmentation being one of them, that is used for busting bunkers. Hellfire missiles are on order by IAF along with Apache helos (but not sure if the order comprises blast fragmentation warheads). In the current Indian inventory, I do not know of...

(Hope it's ok if I grabbed this question.....Kunal can still weigh in). Neither Milan nor Helina are ideal for hitting at the bunkers. Both these missiles have shaped charges as warheads that eject a stream of molten copper - that is ideal for boring a hole into thick metal (like that of a tank...

It's got all the right ingredients BUT, I think it's NOT RIGGED CORRECTLY to drop laser guided munitions! GPS guided munitions may still be an option. I'll have to refer back to my peeve about how the EO pod on the Rudra/LCH is not mounted in the right orientation (the pod should have been...

It's got all the right ingredients (like a laser designating pod etc.) to launch guided munitions, not sure how often it would take on that role though - especially given that Rudra/LCH have quite limited payload carrying capacity. But Rudra/LCH adopting this role does free the army from some...

Haven't seen Rudra or LCH carrying guided bombs. Has Rudra/LCH been tested with these any of the guided bombs? Should be fairly easy if they wanted to.

Seems unlikely. This appears like a long range pod, LCH may not need this kind of range; and further this long range is coming with more than doubling of the weight. LCH's ATGMs will have a range of 7 kms - the CoMPASS has a range of 20 kms, that's more than adequate. This pod (as you pointed...

The sensors are not custom made for LCH; Elbit's CoMPASS is an off-the-shelf pod (that comes as a package) that they chose to mount on LCH. Range finder has a ubiquitous role, the pilot can use it in conjunction with the cannon or for rockets. The laser designator may or may not be used in any...

All correct, except that I haven't heard of laser guided bombs or smart munitions in conjunction with LCH - although one might think it would be possible. Dropping bombs may not be LCH's primary role.

No radar. Just the CoMPASS Eletro-optic sensor. IR data from the CoMPASS is transferred to the IR seeker on the Helina (in Lock on before Launch mode); once launched, Helina will send its seeker data back to LCH via an RF link and the pilot has the option to re-select any other target (if required).

Not sure what you mean. Would love to explain when I understand your question better. Sure, several mountains are way bigger than what I could draw. Again, not sure what the point is? It's the angle of the mountainous slope that's the the issue (not the size per se). Exceptionally large...

There's a simpler solution. Just flip the existing EO pod 180 deg. I don't think the weight category of the helicopter has any bearing. All of them are geared for exactly same roles (anti tank, anti personnel, anti helicopter, anti UAV etc) - the difference is only in how much ordnance they...

The issue is not if the helo should look in front or below. EO pod oriented upwards or downwards will both provide the front view How quickly the helo can react to targets/threats below/behind it is a different question (even though attack helos can sometimes do a vertical dive and engage...

Amen to that! Couldn't help notice the mild contradiction in there. Up in those icy heights LCH will be the only option to go inspect/clear Kargil like situation (armed UAVs not withstanding). LCH is kinda of custom made for the heights, but I am skeptical as to how well it will be able to...

I quoted the Pathankot episode in response to several folks suggesting that an attack helicopter always looks ahead and never needs to look down at all!! My lament is that Rudra/LCH won't be able to do what Mi-35 did for us at Pathankot.

1. Nope. (unless when a helo does a vertical dive and shoots what it saw below it before the dive - but technically it's still shooting in-front of it) 2. This, I am assuming, is the same as the second half of the first question (shooting behind). Nope. Both of the above are because of the...

I am trying to figure too what would grab the pilot's fancy up in the sky!! I don't think it's the manufacturer who influenced them to install that way. There's a variant of Dhruv that's unarmed and has an under slung EO pod (not at the nose, but at the chin).