is there a way to shoot down a helicopter?

[vurt]

i shoot the orca everytime with 7.62 with a mk 18 and mk 1
and for some reasons the orca dont get down
like someone shot down my huron with 30 rounds only with an ak 12
i dont know how

[Jaypinguin]

Shoot the rudder thing. or the main one. Or the fuelld tank, shoot it a couple times and KABOOM

[Rodi]

Hit the tailrotor, if you manage to hit critical parts (center of rotorblades) orcas start spinning like beyblades.

[vurt]

Originally posted by Rodi:

Hit the tailrotor, if you manage to hit critical parts (center of rotorblades) orcas start spinning like beyblades.

how many shots does it take to shoot it down?

[Tajin]

All really depends on where you hit.

A while ago you could even down a hummingbird with a single 7.62 bullet, if you hit the engine through a weakspot.

The tailrotor is always easy to hit. Good against AI but an experienced pilot can still fly and land well enough without it.

[El Berl]

Rotors are difficult targets when you account for ping, especially at distance. You can very easily bring a helicopter down by hitting the pilot, provided that your projectile has the caliber to defeat ballistic glass.

I have had experiences back in the Arma II days when the AI set to "Super" difficulty have taken out mobile UH-60s with handguns from several hundred meters away. I suppose if you're just that good, you can easily take out a helicopter with anything. Now, it's much more practical to engage a helicopter with .338 or 9.3x64mm unless it's a gunship or VTOL, in which case you better step it up to .408 or .50.

20mm and 25mm rifles make it a lot easier but they're only from a few mods.

[Tajin]

Meh, I remember getting shout out of an A10 from AI small arms fire in Arma1.

Tailrotors are not hard to hit at all. Much easier than the pilot anyway.

[El Berl]

Originally posted by Tajin:

Meh, I remember getting shout out of an A10 from AI small arms fire in Arma1.

Tailrotors are not hard to hit at all. Much easier than the pilot anyway.

Depends on the angle of the shot really.

[Bob of Mage]

This is also one of the few cases were full auto-fire can be better then semi-auto. Throw enough rounds and you are bound to hit something.

It can also bepend on the aircraft. Hummingbirds for example are fairly easy to take down with small arms since it is so poorly protected. There is that whole open area to the side, and the very weak glass protecting the pilots. They also have pretty much no armour protecting vital areas. Compare that to the heavier gunships which have fully enclosed cockpits with strong glass, and even a good deal of armour protecting vital systems.

So you need a powerful enough round, hitting the right area, enough times, to take down a heli.

[J. Elkroc]

If it's hovering, you can get it with the Metis AT-13 with one shot.