SC GUARD ¥ EXPO Cayuse ''Loach''

SC GUARD ¥ EXPO Cayuse ''Loach''

Hughes OH-6 SC GUARD ¥ EXPO Cayuse ''Loach'' • The Hughes OH-6 "Cayuse" (popularly recognized as the "Loach") was a . Performance and Weights: revolutionary light helicopter mount pnmanly in service with the United States Army and Length: 30.84 feet saw combat in the Vietnam War. Width: 27.33 • Fewer than 2,000 of the type were produced though the original went on to. spaw~ a Height: 8.53 feet plethora of viable performers mcludmg the Maximum Speed: 175 mph Hughes 500 "Defend~~ ~nd the. s~~cial forces-minded MH-6 Little B1rd . Maximum Range: 267 miles • The United States Army initially selected two designs - one from Bell Helicopters and the Service Ceiling: 15,994 feet other from Fairchild-Hiller. However, the Hughes submission was later added to the fold Rate of Climb: 2,067 feet-per-minute and all three concerns were funded for development of five prototype vehicles. Can include a combination of the following across two fuselage wingstubs with some • With US Army evaluations of each I?rototype from cabin doors. ongoing the underpowered Bell offenng was formally dropped from contention and !he US 7.62mm M60 general purpose Army decision favored the Hughes design over machine gun the Farichild-Hiller. The Army charged Hughes 7.62mm M134 minigun pod for 714 units with the serial production 12. 7mm M2 Browning heavy machine contract formally announced in Ma~ of 1965. gun pod Sensing its growing battlefield reqmrement.s, 2.75" (70mm) Hydra 70 rocket pod the Army raised the production to 1,300 uruts. TOW Anti-Tank Guided Missie pod AGM-114 Hellfire Anti-Tank missle pod For more information, visit the scguard.com/expo website. .

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