Hughes H-6

bgcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"|MH-6 Little Bird
gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Description
ole colspan="2"|Utility and assault
rew colspan="2"|1 or 2
irst Flight colspan="2"|
ntered Service colspan="2"|
anufacturer colspan="2"|Hughes Aircraft and McDonnell Douglas
gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Dimensions
ength 9.8 m
eight 2.6 m
gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Weights
mpty 896 kg
oaded kg
aximum takeoff 1,610 kg
apacity colspan="2"|
gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Powerplant
ngines colspan="2"|One Allison T63-A-5A or T63-A-700 Turboshaft
ower 317 hp 236 kW
gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Performance
aximum speed mph 282 km/h
ombat range miles 430 km
a href="/encyclopedia/Service-ceiling" title="Service ceiling">Service ceiling ft 4,875 m
ate of climb ft/min 63 m/min
ower/Mass hp/lb kW/kg
gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Avionics
a href="/encyclopedia/Avionics" title="Avionics">Avionics colspan="2"|
gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Armament
a href="/encyclopedia/Gun" title="Gun">Guns colspan="2"|Two 7.62 mm machine gun; Two .50 cal (12.7 mm) MG pods
a href="/encyclopedia/Bomb" title="Bomb">Bombs colspan="2"|
a href="/encyclopedia/Missile" title="Missile">Missiles colspan="2"|Two TOW missile pods; Two Hellfire ATGM; Two Stinger AAM
a href="/encyclopedia/Rocket" title="Rocket">Rockets colspan="2"|Two 2.75 in (70 mm) Hydra 70 rocket pods
ther colspan="2"|Two 40 mm grenade launchers
The Hughes H-6 is a family of light utility and assault helicopters of the United States Army. Hughes developed the first variant, the OH-6 Cayuse, as a scout and utility aircraft for the Vietnam War. Later McDonnell Douglas developed the A/MH-6 Little Bird from Hughes' OH-6 Cayuse and its civilian model, the MD 500 Defender series. The A/MH-6 Little Bird is flown by units of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) at Fort Campbell. The assault variant can carry a pod on either side of the fuselage fitted with various guns, missles or rockets. In lieu of pods, the troop ship variant is rigged with a slick platfom on either side for carrying up to six men on the outside of the helicopter. It can cruise at speeds of 160 mph (257 km/h).

Japanese OH-6

In Japan, 387 OH-6s were produced under licence by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and used at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force(JGSDF), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force(JMSDF), Japan Coast Guard, and other civilian operators. Since 2001, OH-6s at JGSDF are being replaced by Kawasaki's new observation helicopter, OH-1s.

Trivia

OH-6 were used in the movie Capricorn One.

 

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