The UH-1H is a utility helicopter featured in both ArmA 2 and ARMA Reforger.
ArmA 2[]
The UH-1H is used by both Takistani Army forces and anti-government rebels in ArmA 2. It was added with the release of the Operation Arrowhead expansion pack.
Overview[]
- Roles:
- Utility helicopter
- Troop transport
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Design[]
The UH-1H is a twin-bladed, single-engine rotary-wing light helicopter. It is primarily deployed for air assault missions as well as transporting personnel and materiel.
Armament
It is armed with twin 7.62 mm medium machine guns fitted to side doors located on each side of the passenger cabin.
Each of the M240 MMGs are fed from 100-round cloth boxes and have a further two boxes spare (for a total of 300 rounds per gun). The UH-1H by itself does not have any armament as it lacks stub wings.
Mobility
The UH-1H has a fairly small and nimble airframe, which lets it dart in and out of areas easily compared to the bulkier Mi-8 and is also able to land in areas with minimal clearance such as on the roof of villager huts or on the top of structures in Zargabad.
Despite only using a single engine, the UH-1H has surprisingly decent power and can accelerate to airspeeds up of to 300 km/h, which far exceeds its usual limit of 270 km/h. However, this is still dependent on the UH-1H's current heading and elevation.
Drawbacks
Unlike the larger Mi-8 and its modern USMC counterpart, the UH-1H is unable to transport as many passengers as possible in its cabin. It is also quite fragile compared to the Mi-8 and is more vulnerable to small arms fire which can easily penetrate the cockpit's glass and door-less cabin. Landing in particular, can be quite challenging for novice pilots as the UH-1H is extremely prone to incurring damage if the pilot misjudges their angle even just slightly.
Crew Capacity
Excluding the pilot and the two side door gunners, the UH-1H has a maximum transportation capacity of five passengers, one of which can be the co-pilot.
Camouflage[]
- Desert: Standard two-tone desert tan/olive green camouflage scheme with a sky blue painted underbelly. Used by all Takistani Army UH-1Hs.
- Olive: Flat olive green paint scheme. Exclusive to rebel UH-1Hs.
Protection[]
The UH-1H has a base armour value of 25.
Hull[]
The hull can withstand just 25 points of damage.
Engine[]
The engine will be disabled if it takes more than 6.25 points of damage.
A damaged engine outputs less power, preventing the UH-1H from being able to attain its top speed.
Instruments[]
The cockpit's flight instruments can only take 3.75 points of damage before failing.
Main rotor[]
The main rotor can only withstand 7.5 points of damage.
Disabling the main rotor will prevent the pilot from being able to maintain lift. 30% of damage is always transferred onto the main "health" pool of the UH-1H.
Tail rotor[]
The tail rotor is limited to incurring just 5 points of damage.
Disabling the tail rotor will prevent the pilot from being able to control the main rotor's torque. At least 10% of damage will be shared with the UH-1H's "health" pool.
Armament[]
Both gunners handle the side door-mounted M240 machine guns:
M240[]
| Base damage value | Aerodynamic friction | Initial velocity (m/s) |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | -0.0009324 | 834 |
7.62 mm medium machine guns.
They can attain fire rates of up to 800 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 834 m/s. It takes at least 5 seconds to reload it with another box of ammo. Accuracy-wise, they have a fixed dispersion of 0.0012 rad regardless of distance.
Avionics[]
MAWS[]
The UH-1H has a Missile Approach Warning System and will warn the pilot whenever there are incoming missiles flying towards the helicopter.
RWR[]
The UH-1H possesses a Radar Warning Receiver and will alert the pilot of being locked-onto by radar-based targeting systems.
IWR[]
The UH-1H has an Infrared Warning Receiver and will warn the pilot of when they are being targeted by infrared-based weapon systems.
Trivia[]
- The UH-1H is actually referred to as the "UH-1D" in the game files.[1]
- Oddly enough, the pintles on the UH-1H's side doors are fitted with the M240 instead of the PKM machine gun. It would have been more appropriate for the side door gunners to utilise the PKM as it is actually used by both Takistani Army machine gunners and on the Mi-8 as well (in the form of the PKT).
- Prior to the latest Steam version patches (as part of the CorePatch updates), UH-1Hs did not have any defensive avionics. This was corrected by the release of CorePatch, which granted the UH-1H access to all three avionic systems.[2]
Gallery[]
ARMA Reforger[]
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The UH-1H is used exclusively by U.S. military forces in ARMA Reforger.
Overview[]
- Roles:
- Utility helicopter
- Troop transport
Design[]
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The UH-1H returns in Reforger and now serves as the primary transport helicopter of the U.S. military.
Features
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Protection[]
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Armament[]
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Trivia[]
- UH-1Hs were not originally featured at launch and were only added after the release of Update 1.0.[3]
- Reforger's UH-1Hs were initially unarmed in Update 1.0. Machine gun-armed UH-1Hs were eventually added after Update 1.2's release.[4]
- Although the UH-1H currently does not have access to them, a rocket pod-armed sub-variant is also intended to be added in the Final Strike milestone.[5]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead 2010 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., \ca\air_e\uh1h\data\uh1d.rvmat
- ↑ Mazzon, M et al. 2019, CorePatch, GitHub, viewed 17 November 2023, <https://github.com/Goliath86/CorePatch/blob/master/Changelog.txt>.
- ↑ Bohemia Interactive a.s., 2023, Official 1.0 Release, Arma Reforger, viewed 17 November 2023, <https://reforger.armaplatform.com/news/update-november-16-2023>.
- ↑ Bohemia Interactive a.s., 2024, 1.2 Update, Arma Reforger, viewed 26 June 2024, <https://reforger.armaplatform.com/news/update-june-26-2024>.
- ↑ Bohemia Interactive a.s., 2023, Roadmap, Arma Reforger, viewed 14 October 2023, <https://reforger.armaplatform.com/roadmap>.
External links[]
See also[]
Variants[]
Aircraft of comparable role and configuration[]
- Mi-8 (Soviet/Alternate Takistani Army counterpart)
- WY-55 Hellcat (AAF counterpart, ArmA 3 only)
 Takistani Army - Vehicles (ArmA 2)
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|---|---|
| Wheeled | 9P117 SCUD-B • BM-21 Grad • BTR-60 • BRDM-2 • Military Offroad • Motorcycle • SUV • UAZ-469 • Ural • V3S |
| Tracked | BMP-2 • BVP-1 • M113 • T-34 • T-55 • T-72 • ZSU-23-4 |
| Rotor-wing | Mi-8 • Mi-24D • UH-1H |
| Fixed-wing | An-2 • L-39ZA • Su-25 |
| Operation Arrowhead | Army of the Czech Republic | |
 Takistani Rebels - Vehicles (ArmA 2)
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|---|---|
| Wheeled | BRDM-2 • BTR-40 • Offroad • Pickup • Ural* • V3S |
| Tracked | BVP-1 • T-34 • T-55 |
| Rotor-wing | UH-1H |
| * only the ZU-23 variant is specifically used by the rebels. Operation Arrowhead | Army of the Czech Republic | |
| Vehicles of ARMA Reforger | |
|---|---|
| Wheeled | BRDM 2 • BTR-70 • LAV-25 • M151A2 • M1025 • M923A1 • S1203 • S105 • UAZ-452A • UAZ-469 • Ural-4320 |
| Rotor-wing | Mi-8MT • UH-1H |
| Italics denote vehicles confirmed to become available in future updates. | |
 United States - Vehicles (ARMA Reforger)
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|---|---|
| Wheeled | M151A2 • M1025 • M923A1 |
| Rotor-wing | UH-1H |