JP Vieira, I have always like the idea of NATO, inspired by the power and fear of the Mil Mi-24 Hind, developing a modified Westland Lynx 3, as the basis of a cost effective counter!
I have always envisaged the grafting/mating of a Bell AH-1S or Agusta A129 Mangusta forward fuselage and cockpit to that of the more powerful and more beefed up Lynx 3 fuselage, engine and rotor system. It would also have incorporated:
- Fuselage-mounted stub-wing to give added lift and hang weapons
- A gun/cannon turret in or under its nose (again AH-1S or A129 International style!)
- Able to carry and deliver an Infantry Section of eight-fully equipped troops, within the existing Lynx 3 main cabin.
- Use existing fixed landing gear of Lynx 3, so as to save cost, weight and complexity.
So what do you think JP Vieira?
M.A.D