BBI Kiowa armament?

Post by **aferguson** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:46 am

What armament does the BBI Kiowa come with? Specifically, what are the boxy pods with the pointed front? What armament is generally used in Iraq for the Kiowa?

thanks,

supersonicfifi · Post by **supersonicfifi** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:57 am

the bbi kiowa is coming with a minigun pod (with the ammo box on the side) and a rocket pod on the other side it was a tipical 2003 load but i'v just seen that in the excellent current issue of "WORLD AIR POWER" that the kiowas where now armed with 2 missiles pods (availiable in the bbi kiowa !)
i guess the pointy pod is the minigun pod (the ammo belt is in rubber and looks nice)

This helico is really great but i can see a difference on the landing skids attachment (round ones on BBI and squares ones onthe curent model ...)

anyway it's a great model

digger · Post by **digger** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:39 am

aferguson wrote:What armament does the BBI Kiowa come with? Specifically, what are the boxy pods with the pointed front? What armament is generally used in Iraq for the Kiowa?

thanks,

It is not a minigun but actually a .50 Cal. The helo also comes with rockets, and I believe TOW missiles EDIT Air-to-Air Stinger (ATAS), (thanks Googly), but is missing the Hellfire missiles. Unless fifi you are saying it now comes with them? In any case, it is perhaps a better $20 than the LB, and depicts an actual bird which is always cool. Only innaccuracies (the back doesn't open but it's not a BH so I don't really mind) are the lack of Hellfires - which I tried to stick on from my Apache but didn't quite fit, I'm sure with a little work they would though - and someone said the main rotor spins the wrong way I think?

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:10 pm

Here's a nice website outlining the Kiowa's various armament configurations.

http://www.cavalrypilot.com/weapons/kpdesc.html

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:16 pm

I dunno about the armament, but here is a photo of the actual aicraft from the profile album. I think bbi did a pretty good job on it....

http://community.webshots.com/photo/329 ... 4399xXsfXB#

-Ski

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:17 am

Kiowa is Ticketed to fire 2 HELLFIRES too.

Like anything though depends on what the ground crew stick on them Unofficially too

We know that happens.

Ja
Steel Bonnet