The picture is worth a thousand words. I miss my days riding through the West German countryside surrounded by the snell of hydraulic fluid.
“The project is separate from U.S. Special Operation Command’s Direct Action Penetrator (DAP) versions of the Black Hawk, which were overseen by SOCOM and include U.S.-specific elements that are non-exportable.”
that’s the one I wanna see. Must be heavily classified..
The Blackhawk always had the capability to carry weapons.
They had the ESSS (External Stores Support System) since they first entered service with the ability to carry 16 Hellfire missiles.
There is also the MH-60L DAP (Direct Action Penetrator) which is capable of carrying configurations of the M230 30 mm automatic cannon, 19-shot Hydra 70 rocket pod, AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, AIM-92 Stinger air-to-air missiles, GAU-19 gun pods, and M134 minigun pods, and M134D miniguns are used as door guns.