MH-6J Little Bird

	Little Bird
Faction	U.S. Army
Type	Light Transport Helicopter
Seats	6 seats: 1× Pilot; 1× Co-Pilot; 4× Passengers;
Item capacity	Max: 3× Weapons; 20× Magazines; 1× Backpack;
Top speed	~ 202 km/h
Service ceiling	~ 5,000 m
Fuel capacity	1000 fuel units
Primary armament	None
Secondary armament	Defensive: 60× Countermeasures (Chaff/Flare);
Variants	AH-6J Little Bird
Games

	MH-6
Faction	U.S. Army; RACS
Type	Light Transport Helicopter
Seats	6 seats: 1× Pilot; 5× Passengers;
Item capacity	Max: 3× Weapons; 20× Magazines;
Top speed	~ 220 km/h
Service ceiling	~ 3,800 m
Fuel capacity	1000 fuel units
Primary armament	None
Secondary armament	None
Variants	AH-6
Games

The MH-6J Little Bird is a light transport helicopter featured in both ArmA: Armed Assault and ArmA 2.

ArmA: Armed Assault

The MH-6 is used by both U.S. Army and RACS military forces in ArmA: Armed Assault.

Overview

Role:
- Troop transport

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Two special operations versions of the OH-6 are the AH-6 'Little Bird' armed variant, and the MH-6 utility version. The MH-6 is nearly identical to the AH-6, but instead of air support its designed to carry troops and has no armament. There are externally fold down platforms to carry team of four soldiers.

Library Description

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Design

Developed from the Vietnam War-era OH-6 'Cayuse' light reconnaissance helicopter, the MH-6 is designed to serve as a small, versatile transport helicopter that is used primarily for special operations.

Features
Like its armed counterpart, the MH-6 is a highly nimble helicopter that is both easy to fly and difficult to spot flying in from afar.

Its small size also makes it ideal for dropping or picking up troops in tight landing zones which would otherwise be too difficult for the larger UH-60 to fit on.

Mobility
Although the MH-6 is slower than both the UH-60 and the SLA's Mi17, its superb agility more than compensates for this weakness.

U.S. Army special forces inserting via the MH-6.

Drawbacks
Lacking armament, the MH-6 cannot defend itself and is very soft-skinned. A short burst of small arms fire from weapons chambered in 7.62 mm and above is more than sufficient to shoot the frail MH-6 out of the sky.

Just like the AH-6, both the passengers and pilot are left exposed to enemy fire due to their seating positions. Since the cockpit isn't sealed on its sides and the bubble canopy doesn't provide any ballistic protection, the pilot can be instantly killed by a well-placed round from enemy marksmen.

Crew Capacity
The MH-6 contains enough seats for the pilot themselves and up to five other passengers. The four passengers sit on the side benches affixed to both sides of the fuselage.

Camouflage

Black
Desert

Black: All-black paint scheme. Only used on U.S. Army MH-6s.
Desert: Desert tan paint scheme. Used exclusively by RACS-operated MH-6s.

Protection

The MH-6 has a base armour value of 30.

Hull

MH-6 hulls can withstand up to 30 points of damage.

Engine

The engine can only withstand 7.5 points of damage before failing.

Instruments

The MH-6's onboard systems can only incur a meagre 4.5 points of damage.

Main rotor

The main rotors can take 9 points of damage before breaking.

Tail rotor

The tail rotors can only withstand 6 points of damage.

Trivia

Despite their seating arrangement, bench passengers cannot fire their own weapons while riding the MH-6. Firing From Vehicles (FFV) capability would not become available until the release of the Helicopters DLC for ArmA 3.

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