UH-60 Black Hawk

The UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-lift utility helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. The Black Hawk series helicopters appear in the Battlefield Series as the United States Armed Forces main transport helicopter. The UH-60 Black Hawk and the MH-60S Knight Hawk both appear in the Battlefield Series.

Battlefield 2


The MH-60S 'Knight Hawk' is featured in Battlefield 2 as the USMC's main Transport Helicopter. It has A Crew of 3 (1 Pilot, 2 Gunners) and can hold up 3 extra passengers (2 sitting on the edge of the helicopter, 1 facing the right-hand side door). It is referenced ingame and is commonly mistaken visually as the UH-60 Black Hawk which is incorrect due to the fact that only the United States Army in the U.S. military fields the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Visually the Knight Hawk and Black Hawk look very similar, with the Knight Hawk being based heavily off the UH-60L with several additional features found only on the U.S. Navy's SH-60 Seahawk helicopter series.

Battlefield: Bad Company
The UH-60 Black Hawk in Battlefield: Bad Company is seen in the single-player campaign, however the player cannot interact with it in any way.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2


The UH-60 can now be used by the player and is available for use in multiplayer. It has a crew of 3, (1 Pilot 2 Gunners), and can hold an additional 2 sitting over the sides firing their class weapons. The UH-60 appears in the maps Port Valdez, Isla Inocentes, and Valparaiso.

In the Demo for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, it appears that the Black Hawk can deploy flares. The flares may drop for a second or continuously for a short amount of time depending on how long the button to do so is pressed. In the full game the Black Hawk has this ability along with all the other helicopters using the Smoke Countermeasures vehicle specialization.

The Black Hawk is now armed with two main Dillon Aero M134 Miniguns attached to the side of the helicopter, and two positions for two players to fire their regular weapons out the side opening, or engineers can repair the helicopter midflight, though be aware that this is only possible if the helicopter is level. These weapons are fairly efficient in killing enemies, as long as the operator can aim and fire accurately. If the pilot can get a high enough altitude, other enemy helicopters such as the Apache can be easily shot down with the mini-guns, depending on the skill of the gunner. The UH-60 can also be used as a "Suicide Weapon", by attaching C4 to it, flying over the enemy base, jumping out, and as soon as the helicopter hits the ground, detonate the C4. This can prove to be lethal, but it has to land straight on enemy infantry. Even though this method is unusual, it is unexpected. To improve the explosives effectiveness against groups of infantry, spread the C4 across the helicopter's body.

Another good strategy would be to become a Mobile spawn point for the player's squad. The player can drive around the enemy base and drop off squad members behind enemy lines. This method is suggested on a Rush game, as it makes planting at the M-Comm station easier. It is not suggested to leave the vehicle in enemy territory, as the enemies could easily use it to their own advantage. Dropping from the helicopter at high altitudes requires opening a parachute which enemies usually notice and follow to kill the landing troops. Although they risk the chopper, high speed low altitude passes over the enemy base give dropping troops the greatest survivability because enemies are too focused on the helicopter to notice people dropping and arming an objective. The helicopter can also be used as a bomber or heavy support aircraft by passengers dropping C4 onto the enemy base or firing explosive weapons. The largest problem with firing from the Black Hawk is that its movement is to unpredictable to aim easily or track targets.

Destroying the Black Hawk The Black Hawk can be taken down in a variety of ways. One of which, is simply using the Stationary AT/KORN turret. This is hard since the player needs to lead the target, and the pilot gets a warning siren when fired at. Doing this, will give the player an achievement or trophy called Careful Guidance for "taking down an enemy helicopter with a stationary RPG".

Another way is to shoot it with a RPG after a tracer dart plant. It only takes a single hit to take down.

Also, the player can take it down with an anti-air tank from the ground using the secondary position's AA gun. These hit the targets quickly and doesn't give the pilot a warning siren. However, the only problem is that the player has to hit the helicopter many times for it to be destroyed, but this is a worthy sacrifice for the accuracy of using this method.

If the pilot is experienced and is doing the "circle strafing" or "circles of death" method, it can be extremely difficult to shoot the Havoc down seeing as it will be flying around in a 360 degree spin. The best method is to anticipate the helicopter' flight path by aiming down your rocket launcher's sight and firing a rocket off just before the helicopter flys into your rocket launcher's sight reticle. In this way, the helicopter will most likely fly right into your rocket. It may not destroy it in one hit, however it will knock the helicopter off course and potentially cause the pilot to panic and lose control, making it easier to finish it off.

Sniping the helicopter pilot is an effective, but very difficult method of taking down the Black Hawk. It is best done with an M95 or GOL Sniper Magnum seeing as they fire high caliber rounds that have less bullet drop than other sniper rifles. If the cockpit comes into view, aim directly above it and fire. The bullet will gradually drop while in the air and hopefully hit the pilot or gunner. The only way to know if the pilot is dead is if a "killed an enemy +50" comes up on the screen or if the helicopter falls out of the sky.

The Heavy MG is very effective against helicopters; fire in front of the Havoc so that the bullets will lead into its flight path and hit it with much greater accuracy.

Another almost 100% effective way of taking down the Black Hawk is flying a UAV1 into the Havocs perpelors. You wont get any kills or anything for it since itll just say the pilot commited sucide but it will get rid of the Havoc. Works with all helecopters. There is a small chance it wont destroy the UAV1.

Trivia

 * In Battlefield: Bad Company 2 when a gunner kills a player with the UH-60's minigun, the game shows the UH-60 as the AH-60.
 * If there are squad members in the Gunner Seat, for every kill they get the driver receives an assist of 50 points, the same amount as getting a normal kill.
 * A friendly engineer riding in a passenger seat can repair the Black Hawk, allowing players to stay up in the air for long periods of time. However, the repair tool only seems to function on certain panels.
 * If someone such as an Assault or Medic drops a Medkit/Ammo box while in the Black Hawk, it will fall through the floor to the ground.
 * The armor upgrade will allow the Black Hawk to survive a direct hit from the M2 Carl Gustav (the most common anti aircraft weapon) at full health.

= References = 1.↑http://steedagt.net/Pics/Battlefield%202%20Screenshots/BlackhawkLanding.jpg

2.↑http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2009/08/11/building-a-better-battlefield-vehicle.aspx