Autogyros and helicopter

[Düdel]

I don't know, whether autogyros and helicopters (like Flettner Kolibri) where involved in combat in WWII.
If they had enemy contact i would like to see them in AH, maybe for base defense - kill the drunks  
It could be a very interesting new aspect of fighting.
Please does anybody have more information about this topic?

I can recommand the following side:

http://home.earthlink.net/~gawebster/flettnerfolder/antonflettner.html

Düdel

[Karnak]

There was a very limited use of early helicopters as medivac units in 1945.

I am not aware of any armed helicopters during WWII though.

[Wilbus]

No armed choppers during the war, US used theirs for some medi vacs and germany used them for recorgnisance over fleets and similair.

[Tony Williams]

Not quite; there was the big two-rotor Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache (kite) transport helicopter, of which perhaps only a dozen or so were completed. It could carry four passengers or lift 900 kg, and was the first helicopter to carry a gun armament. A 7.9mm MG 15 could be fitted into the transparent nose for self-defence purposes, as it was intended to be used for potentially hazardous tasks such as rescuing downed pilots or inserting special forces.

Tony Williams
Author: "Rapid Fire: The development of automatic cannon, heavy machine guns and their ammunition for armies, navies and air forces"
Details on my military gun and ammunition website: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~autogun/index.htm

[M.C.202]

The Sikorsky R-4 was a development of the pre-war VS-300. the prototype first flew  on Jan 14, 1942.
The first pre-production test YR-4A's had larger main rotors and engines, followed by 27 YR-4B's with a larger cabin.
In '43 100R-4B's were ordered, and 45 went to the RAF.
The R4-B did see use in combat areas, being used for recon and medical evacuation in the Burma theatre.
As to being armed? The pilots were...
 
I would say a M-2 carbine is almost a weapon    (Yep, small numbers of full auto carbines were used in the last months of the war, with 30 round mags)

[juzz]

from: http://hep2.physics.arizona.edu/~savin/ram/a-7kamov.html

 

A-7-3A, TsAGI/N.I.Kamov
 
Drawing by M.Petrovski (124k) from 'Modelist-Konstructor' magazine March 1983;

Observation winged autogiro. Reward firing rockets were used together with machine guns for defence purposes! Squadron of five used in 1941 for reconnaissance and propaganda duties near Elnia during battle for Moscow.

Seven built(?).

[Düdel]

I think with the 1.0.8 strat system of AH the autogiros and helicopters could have a new task. For example as transporters for supplies.
So bring on the Flettner Kolibri to AH  

[Shane]

sheesh... plenty of modern era sims have choppers - go play them to get your fix.
 

[Düdel]

But i want it in AH <sniff>. I dont want  to play a mo... ...you mean AH isnt a modern era sim????? Oh my god