Armanents used in Super Puma during Sea Exercise

• fkh

  5 Mar 05, 07:04

  I read the yesterday's ST newspaper.
  
  It is about 'rescue the ship from " terrorists' ".
  
  It said 2 Super Pumas were involved in training exercise to rescue the hijacked ship from a "terrorist group".
  
  One Super Puma pick out terrorist snipers and other transport a team of commandos to the ship.
  
  I like to know what weapon do Super Puma use to pick out terrorist snipers .
  
  It used GPMGs mounted on Super Puma ?
  
  Or a team of 2 snipers inside Super Puma taking out terrorists using sniper rifles?
  
  I am a big fan of assault helicopters..That's why I asked..
  
• SpecOps87

  5 Mar 05, 08:30

  Hmmmz...mebbe its fitted with twin door-mounted CIS 50 .50cal.machine guns.Saw that rig once during Army Open house...
• fkh

  5 Mar 05, 19:14

  Oh yeah, I remember seeing US Police chopper that is armed with door mounted GPMG fitted with telescope .
  
  Police Air Gunner used this type of GPMG for anti terrorist urban patrol .
  
  Hope RSAF consider fitting telescope on Door Mounted GPMG..
• I_love_my_toilet

  6 Mar 05, 03:42

  hmmm... CIS 0.5 HMG too long to be mounted on the SP ba.
  I think... It got to be GPMG with a fly-swapper like front sight.
• RussianPower

  6 Mar 05, 07:22

  That's the anti-aircraft gunsight. Not very useful in shooting people.
  
  

  Originally posted by I_love_my_toilet:

  hmmm... CIS 0.5 HMG too long to be mounted on the SP ba.
  I think... It got to be GPMG with a fly-swapper like front sight.

• spiderweb6969

  6 Mar 05, 19:07

  it could just be a sniper in the chopper firing.
• sg1960

  7 Mar 05, 01:47

  Originally posted by spiderweb6969:

  it could just be a sniper in the chopper firing.

  Only in TV / movies.
  
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• aerozapper

  7 Mar 05, 19:50

  Visited Sembawang Air Base recently.
  Gun used on Super Puma is called the Super Puma Door Gun, locally designed according to what the pilots told me.
  GPMG is no longer used with the Super Puma.
  As for the door gun being huge... Yes it is.
• fkh

  7 Mar 05, 21:00

  I have done a search on Super Puma Door Gun...
  
  Thank for your effort
  
  See the pic of this gun.. Quite impressive.
  
  http://www.staero.aero/services-super_puma.html
• spiderweb6969

  7 Mar 05, 21:34

  Originally posted by sg1960:

  Only in TV / movies.
  
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  not really, i read it in some magazine, it also show a picture of a sniper in the chopper. Must find the magazine 1st before i can scan it to show you guys. Ofcourse you can kill the enemy sniper with HMG but chances of hitting their hostage you want to res-q is also high.
• I-like-flings(m)

  7 Mar 05, 21:35

  power
• Joe Black

  7 Mar 05, 23:29

  I'm surprised by this because it is extremely difficult to hit accurate from a moving or hovering chopper no matter how good the sniper is. That is probably the reason why US like to armed their chopper with 6 barrels mini to give the max number lead at a target rather than trying 1 shot 1 kill.
• I_love_my_toilet

  8 Mar 05, 09:57

  Originally posted by fkh:

  I have done a search on Super Puma Door Gun...
  
  Thank for your effort
  
  See the pic of this gun.. Quite impressive.
  
  http://www.staero.aero/services-super_puma.html

  Ohh... I was wrong sia.
  They can mount a .5 on a SP.
  Very Impressive indeed
• fkh

  9 Mar 05, 05:43

  Off Topics:
  
  Did anyone heard about the plans to install .5 HMGs on Chinook ?
  
  Chinooks can be installed with 2 to 4 .5 HMGs.
  
  Well, Chinooks look impressive with machine guns.
  
• SpecOps87

  9 Mar 05, 08:33

  Told ya...
• sg1960

  9 Mar 05, 11:03

  Originally posted by spiderweb6969:

  not really, i read it in some magazine, it also show a picture of a sniper in the chopper. Must find the magazine 1st before i can scan it to show you guys. Ofcourse you can kill the enemy sniper with HMG but chances of hitting their hostage you want to res-q is also high.

  you belived that a sniper in a helicopter can do his job of one shoot - one precision kill :
  
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• kopiosatu

  9 Mar 05, 17:59

  Originally posted by fkh:

  I read the yesterday's ST newspaper.
  
  It is about 'rescue the ship from " terrorists' ".
  
  It said 2 Super Pumas were involved in training exercise to rescue the hijacked ship from a "terrorist group".
  
  One Super Puma pick out terrorist snipers and other transport a team of commandos to the ship.
  
  I like to know what weapon do Super Puma use to pick out terrorist snipers .
  
  It used GPMGs mounted on Super Puma ?
  
  Or a team of 2 snipers inside Super Puma taking out terrorists using sniper rifles?
  
  I am a big fan of assault helicopters..That's why I asked..
  

  Not from armament but we just refer it to SPDG (Super Puma Door Gun)
  
  Snipers on board... dun laugh at the guy who read it from the magazine
  
• kopiosatu

  9 Mar 05, 18:02

  Originally posted by aerozapper:

  Visited Sembawang Air Base recently.
  Gun used on Super Puma is called the Super Puma Door Gun, locally designed according to what the pilots told me.
  GPMG is no longer used with the Super Puma.
  As for the door gun being huge... Yes it is.

  I don't remember seeing any visits