Originally Posted by
TOGA LK
Dude, seriously? It's not an OH-6 rotorhead, unless they mounted it on a tail! For what it's worth, the HIRSS does a fairly decent job of masking the IR signature in almost all aspects but from behind (yes even the 701C). The point in masking the TR IR signature is to prevent an engagement from a shoulder fired IR guided missile from some other aspect than directly behind. That's the most amount of detail Ill cover on an open thread.
Someone slept during ground school and TTPs!
There is no IR shoulder fired missile that targets anything in the low teperature range of a tail rotor. All IR missiles target temperature spectra of engines. Tails and tail rotors are in jeopardy because they are in the way.