BF3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Battlefield 3 will feature a total of 6 helicopters, with 2 attack helicopters per side, 2 transport helicopters, and 2 recon helicopters for the US and Russian side, respectively.
AH-1 Super Cobra
The Super Cobra was the main attack helicopter in Battlefield 2, and will reprise its role in Battlefield 3. The Cobra was introduced back in 1971, and is still in use today across several US armed forces.
Mi-28
The Mil MI28 is the Russian counterpart to the Super Cobra in Battlefield 3. It has been used since 1996 in the Russian army and was featured in previous Battlefield games.
UH-1Y Super Huey
The Bell UH-1Y Venom, a.k.a. Super Huey, is the main transport helicopter for the US side in Battlefield 3. The chopper can transport 5 soldiers: 1 pilot + 4 passengers.
KA-60
The Kamrov KA-60 will make its Battlefield debut in Battlefield 3. The chopper is a new Russian design that was introduced in 1998 as a fast reconnaissance helicopter, and for transporting air-assault forces.
AH-6J Little Bird
The Little Bird in Battlefield 3 is a fast attack and recon helicopter for the US faction, and seats 1 pilot + 1 gunner.
Z-11
The Z-11 is a Chinese-made fast attack and recon helicopter, used across China among police and special forces. In Battlefield 3, the Z-11 will be the Russian counterpart to the Little Bird.
AH64 Apache
Introduced in 1975, the Boeing AH64 Apache has been in service ever since and is the main attack helicopter of the United States. It’s one of the first vehicles to be confirmed in Battlefield 3. The Apache is used around the world by nations such as the United Kingdom, Japan, Egypt, among others. UPDATE: it has been confirmed that the Apache won’t be in Battlefield 3.
Mil MI24
The Mil MI24 is Russia’s most popular helicopter, and the main helicopter gunship. It has two pilots who can engage a variety of targets, and also seats 4 passengers. UPDATE: it has been confirmed that the MI24 won’t be in Battlefield 3.
UH60 Black Hawk
The UH60 Black Hawk is the main transport helicopter of the US military units, and has been confirmed for Battlefield 3. It can seat 5 soldiers, with a pilot, two gunners and two passengers. UPDATE: it has been confirmed that the Black Hawk won’t be in Battlefield 3, however it is still possible that we’ll see it in the Back to Karkand expansion.
the only choppers?
and the Z-10 and AH1Z cobra than?
yeah, where is the AH-1Z, that is the US high tech helicopter, i also don’t like that there isn’t the F-35B on the jet list.
The f-35b isnt a chopper ….
Maybe that’s why he said on the jets list… Huh, Mr. Smart Guy?
asshat.
Wow dude you’re stupid he said in the jet list idiot.
Even though the AH-1W can use AAM, its not a very common config, as you give up serious AGM firepower. However on the AH-1Z you can mount AAM on the outer ends, and would probably create a balance issue in the game.
The AH-1Z is the USMC’s high tech helicopter, and only because they can’t get funding for an AH-64 variant.
The USMC had a hard enough time geting funding for the AH-1J back in the day, infact intial delivery was the army AH-1G
Nice math:
1 pilot + two gunners + 3 passengers = 5 people total
im pretty sure it only seats 2 passengers
One plus two equals three.Three plus three equals six. So not five, but six passengers in all.
lol
thats exactly what he was saying, lol…
i hope the pilot is friendly anough to say bail befor he bails
Yeah, still searching for the rare guy who flies a squad into a fight and then keeps flying and providing close air support.
yeh im that guy im a team guy
Well, i don’t know if it’s because it has been edited. But now it says 1 pilot, 2 gunners and 2 passengers
LOLOL Check ur own math einstein 1 plus 2=3+3 more passengers haha
1+2+3=6
The Black Hawk can sit up to 11. Due to the fact if you shoot down a black Hawk with 11 people in game you just kill a large portion of the team. That and its not fair for MEC Russians and who ever else you are playing against with their Hind which doesnt seat many people. Also theres UH-1 Venoms. Later I am sure they will add classic Cobras MH-53s and god help us all V-22.
Mi-24
Crew: 2–3: pilot, weapons system officer and technician (optional)
Capacity: 8 troops or 4 stretchers
They should have the chinook, the CH-53 and the V22 osprey
you do realize the ch-53 is retired
i agree, the v-22 would be an awesome addition. But unfortunately i just don’t see it happening
They put the Osprey (MV-22) in the campaign! Why cant they put it in multiplayer? Actually i have a theory…
Woah, don’t switch channel’s, this outta be good!
-Haggard, Bad company 2.
I’m guessing that the heli’s in multi are awful slow compared to jet fighter’s, right? Well if the Osprey was in there it would make the game unbalanced because it is American, The Russian’s and PLR would be outmatched cos they’d have a fast aircraft coming in and dropping off 12 or so Marine’s, then fucking off before they can STRELA-3 it’s ass! Leaving them to contend with the US marine corps noobs!
it was nice if the chinese Z-10 and AH1Z are in the game:D
The Teaser shows definately the Bell Textron UH-1Y!!! Hope piloting won`t be too easy.
The MH-6 Little Bird is shown in one of the screenshots.
I’d like to see some choppers besides these: KA-60, Russian counterpart to UH-60, AH-1, AH-6 and, of course, HUEY
BF 1942 Has some good Helis that never came back
Heli’s were not Part of 1942, they were actually in the MOD Desert Combat, the mother of modern warfare fps.
I like realism, if a black hawk seats more players then it seats more players, if a teams organized then theyll tell the other passengers, ”too risky” and only allow2-4, other way around your on a team with a bunch of randoms and you see its getting packed, get off haha
* I know Comanche is not being built, but i would like to see him in an BF3 Air Battle.
The Chinese Z-10 is essentially a Comanche ripoff, although it combines features of the Eurocopter/Tiger and the Mi-28 Havoc.
The Cobra nees to be in here, its the essential Marine Assault Helicopter, i dont see that being any different 5 years from now
Please add Joystick support.some of us are accomplished Flightsim pilots
but just can`t use the helicopters without it.Of course I can land in almost any forrest-clearing,but only if I got a proper stick.If you like,I can tell you something about how they should behave true-to-life if you put in joystick-support so I can make a comparison.
Love Johan
I’m pretty sure there will be joystick support for BF3 as it is a sequel to BF2 which had wonderful joystick support I still hop on every now and then just to fly the cobra. I dont like the no flight stick support of bad company 2 oh it sees my flight stick but makes it the default movment for in and out of vehicles
ya but wat if the joy stick makes it easier and obviously not everyone is not gonna have a joy stick so it will be like cheating u stupid retard
No need for the stupid retard part. And it comes down to preference, they might be good with a joystick, but another person might be better using a keyboard and mouse
I flew the apaches to a very high standard in bf2 for years , ask anyone who gunned for me
seat switched also , all with a logitech joypad and had the precision of any mouse keyboard player.
Theres chinooks featured in one of the gameplay trailers
will it be featured in multiplayer
i mean imagine driving your humvee onto it and the pilot fly u around the map
Once again The MH-6 Little Bird is shown in one of the screenshots AND the new fault line 3 trailer.
It would be good if there was CV-22-Osprey helicopter in the game.
what would be so good about it? It’s essentially a small cargo plane that with vtol. I could see it playing a role in the single player, but not in multiplayer.
it would be great if there was a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to transport people. or if there was a Mil Mi-26 helicopter.
I can agree on that darkpyro I love to see a Chinook to transport people and vehicles
My picks: a gunship/attack version of the HIND (i.e., actually able to use rocket pods and missiles), the Ka-50 “Alligator”, the Cobra, Z-10, and/or Eurocopter. Maybe the KH-58 Kiowa as well. Granted, I am saying add these to the ones already featured in the Bad Company series and/or the main Battlefield series.
As a side note, I would like it if they would figure out a way to keep helicopter dogfights to a minimum. The only recorded or known helicopter dogfights occured in the Iran-Iraq War in the 80′s, so it would be nice if I could fly a helicopter without having to have a dogfight every 5 minutes while I’m trying to destroy ground targets.
I also forgot to mention the MH-60L DAP. It’s the Blackhawk attack helicopter configuration, and it is terrible to behold!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ0B47vfCTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcGscVHfpV8&feature=related
Honestly I can’t say I agree with you about helicopter “dogfights.” if an all-out war would break out, which is the case in battlefield, both sides are going to field their full equipment/vehicles. So with that being said, their choppers would be fighting our choppers.
First of all, KA-50 named “Black Shark”, “Alligator” is a name for KA-52. Both choppers are looking great, but only 15 KA-50 and 12 KA-52 were built (according to Russian wikipedia) and KA-50 is no longer produced, obviously, due to it’s single-seat configuration that looks quite unreliable on the battlefield. Both choppers are ultra-popular among gamers, but somehow not so great for Russian air force and for DICE.
And about dogfights. Well, all modern gunships can be equipped with air-to-air missiles and can engage both ground and air targets from a great distance, that makes any ‘dogfighting’ completely unnecessary and relatively rare in real life. The only reason you have to dogfight other choppers so often in action games is that the real-life range of almost all of the gunships’ weaponry is far greater than map sizes, that created a need for a hundredfold decrease in range ‘for gameplay balance purposes’.
KA-50 black-shark, RAH-66 Commanche and CH-47 Chinooks would be a nice addition to the battlefield
the rah-66 program was canceld at 2004 so i dont think it will be in the gam
If you look at the wake island concept art I think you can see what looks like a few Commanche’s next to the air field. It may have been brought back since it is 10 years later and the world is in WW3 or on the verge of it so it could be a vital weapons system if brought back.
oh 6 was in full length trailer. It woild be nice to pilot an oh 6 in multiplayer, killin people with mounted mg’s and rocket pods all able to activate by you only so noobs dont miss the god damn target!!
AH1Z cobra ?????
needs to have the american classic UH-1H the cobra the chinook/seaknight and the oh 6
In BFBC2 flying heli was like either your good at it or your bad at it and always get shot down so they should maybe introduce the something where you have to earn your right to fly like Battlefield free2play(only saying chopper Noobs)
Oh and must importantly i think they should make real crash scenes but also where you can control the heli a bit and maybe survive the crash instead of jumping out :p
If you kind of think about it.. Battlefield or any game.. should introduced scenish crashes to their multiplayer. Like for example if your heli or jet gets hit and see if you can survive the crash or die. And Jet bailing will introduce the seat that you fly out of and then parachute down
i hope they will include the ka-50/ka-52 in the game because i just love this chopper and it looks amazing