Polychop-Simulations are now an official third party developer. Rotor heads rejoice! Bring on the Sa-342M!

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I'll buy it..

But I wish someone would make a western attack helo. There are enough utility helos..

...still no EDGE huh. Weren't the other third party guys slowing work in order to transition to 2.0?

Tracer, I'm pretty sure you mean a purpose built western attack helicopter with tandem seats. The Sa-342M is a dedicated anti-tank attack helicopter. It has a SFIM APX M397 stabilized sight for firing Euromissile HOT. The stabilized sight will probably also be useful in an observation role as well. There are other versions of the Gazelle that are used for missions such as observation, training, liaison, utility, anti-aircraft (Mistral Missiles), and light attack (with 20mm cannon and rockets).

-Side note- Back in the mid 80's I would occasionally see a RAF Gazelle HT3's where I lived in England. It's a neat looking little helicopter.

of course the attack helicopter I really want is:

When I was living in New Mexico in 1993 I had a job working at Presto Products Mfg, I worked in the foundry making fry daddy's and other cooking devices. On my breaks I would usually sit outside the building in the much cooler outside air and relax for a bit. One day while I was sitting outside I heard the sound of rotors approaching. When I looked up I saw the exact helicopter in the photo above flying by... it was awesome. The army had three Hinds at Ft Bliss/Biggs AAF at the time one of which was that Mi-24P.

I much prefer late cold war aircraft so my preference for a western attack helo is the AH-1F Cobra.

I guess I should have said 'American' instead of 'western'

Give me an apache or cobra.

All others are meh.

They will also have a Bo-105 PAH-1A1 as well.

Hopefully we will see other rotorcraft from them as well... Merlin, Tiger, Cougar, Dauphin/Panther.