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#3848194 - 10/09/13 04:43 PM Rooivalk going to war  
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Our Rooivalk attack helicopter is popping it's cherry in the DRC. Nice UN livery to boot biggrin

Go 16 Sqn, fly safe and make us proud.




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Gun free South Africa?
Suck my Glock!
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#3848199 - 10/09/13 04:49 PM Re: Rooivalk going to war [Re: RogueRunner]  
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Nice looking choppers!
#3848201 - 10/09/13 04:53 PM Re: Rooivalk going to war [Re: RogueRunner]  
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Kinda looks like a Cobra and a Hind mixed together!

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#3848208 - 10/09/13 05:05 PM Re: Rooivalk going to war [Re: RogueRunner]  
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I know the base is from a Puma.

Guns have a point and click interface.

Gun free South Africa?
Suck my Glock!
#3848289 - 10/09/13 07:21 PM Re: Rooivalk going to war [Re: RogueRunner]  
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#3848300 - 10/09/13 07:48 PM Re: Rooivalk going to war [Re: RogueRunner]  
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Hoping to see them in action against some AQMI or BokoHaram scum.

"Anyone can shoot you down if you don't see him coming but it takes a wonderfully good Hun to bag a Camel if you're expecting him."
Tom Cundall.
#3848312 - 10/09/13 08:17 PM Re: Rooivalk going to war [Re: RogueRunner]  
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I would not call it pretty but it definitely has a business end!
#3848417 - 10/10/13 01:32 AM Re: Rooivalk going to war [Re: RogueRunner]  
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I would..pretty damn ugly biggrin

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#3848591 - 10/10/13 04:24 PM Re: Rooivalk going to war [Re: RogueRunner]  
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Over the hills and far away.
In the lower picture it even has a bit of the looks of a Comanche (a bit I said!)

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#3849840 - 10/14/13 12:57 PM Re: Rooivalk going to war [Re: Kodiak]  
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Apparently they are the most ergonomic (Pilot friendly wise) of all the attack helicopters.

Its not the bullet with your name on it you have to worry about.
But the one addressed:
"To Whom It May Concern"
#3858592 - 11/05/13 10:29 AM Re: Rooivalk going to war [Re: RogueRunner]  
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Guns have a point and click interface.

Gun free South Africa?
Suck my Glock!
#3858601 - 11/05/13 12:01 PM Re: Rooivalk going to war [Re: RogueRunner]  
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Good news !

"Anyone can shoot you down if you don't see him coming but it takes a wonderfully good Hun to bag a Camel if you're expecting him."
Tom Cundall.

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