The miniguns on the uh1 venom

[oscar19681 0]

Are the miniguns fixed or can the you give fire support vietnam style from the side of the chopper?

[lapa 1]

Are the miniguns fixed or can the you give fire support vietnam style from the side of the chopper?

They are operatable by the AI or the player, whichever you prefer.

[oscar19681 0]

No i mean are the miniguns fixed to face forwards or can a gunner man them

[SaBrE_UK 0]

Gunners can man them. Watch some of the YouTube videos :)

[walker 0]

Hi oscar19681

The start of this video may help explain.

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As with all ArmA crewed helicopters I presume guns can be under control of the players or AI in the Crew chief or Door gunners position or fired by the pilot when they activate Manual Fire mode in the pilots action menu.

Kind Regards walker

[Nicholas 5]

I think they start in a front-facing position in which you an turn on Manual fire and the pilot can fire them.

[Binary 0]

If no gunners are present they are in a front position and are great for suppressing infantry and light vehicles.

Edit: When using "manual fire", of course.

Edited June 14, 2009 by Binary

[sparks50 0]

Is there any relation to real life in this? I remember it was the same way with the BH in OFP.

[MBot 0]

Unfortunately the pilot can only fire one of the miniguns in fixed-forward position.

[oscar19681 0]

Hi oscar19681

The start of this video may help explain.

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As with all ArmA crewed helicopters I presume guns can be under control of the players or AI in the Crew chief or Door gunners position or fired by the pilot when they activate Manual Fire mode in the pilots action menu.

Kind Regards walker

Goddamn that gave me a rush! Oh sweet june 19th come to me . The 19th is also my birthday !

[Mavericko 0]

The question he is asking is if the miniguns are always fixed forward or if you can "unlock" them and say fire to the sides instead of simply forward.

As seen in the video, the gunners can move the miniguns, but in manual fire you can only fire forward.

[Helmut_AUT 0]

I think it's a really cool feature, and seem to remember the A1 Black Hawk could not move the guns fully forward? With the Venom, it's basically the loadout of a Little Bird, with the option to have two gunners firing sideways.

BTW, one thing I seriously like about the Venom: The Gunner Position for the FLIR targeting system means that there's always a pilot and copilot - no more unrealistic "Cargo gets in the front seat" situations.

[Mavericko 0]

BTW, one thing I seriously like about the Venom: The Gunner Position for the FLIR targeting system means that there's always a pilot and copilot - no more unrealistic "Cargo gets in the front seat" situations.

Indeed, always hated blackhawks in arma 1, that there were only 3 crew members. Always 4 IRL, hated that random soldiers jumped into a pilot seat.

Edited June 14, 2009 by Mavericko

[frederf 0]

Manual fire will fire the guns in which ever way they are pointing. I assume you can get in a turret, aim it where you want, and then move back to drive, switch on manual fire, and it will shoot how it was placed.

Personally I hate manual fire in 99% of vehicles. Wtf, why can I drive around in a HMMWV_M2 with manual fire on shooting out the side while doing doughnuts?

[Mavericko 0]

Manual fire will fire the guns in which ever way they are pointing. I assume you can get in a turret, aim it where you want, and then move back to drive, switch on manual fire, and it will shoot how it was placed.

Personally I hate manual fire in 99% of vehicles. Wtf, why can I drive around in a HMMWV_M2 with manual fire on shooting out the side while doing doughnuts?

Yeah that is a bit wierd, should only be applied in some of the choppers.

[Nicholas 5]

The question he is asking is if the miniguns are always fixed forward or if you can "unlock" them and say fire to the sides instead of simply forward.

As seen in the video, the gunners can move the miniguns, but in manual fire you can only fire forward.

Ok, i just tested it ingame, for the Huey, you can only fire the Crew Chiefs gunner, the one on the left. You can point it anywhere you like and turn on manual fire and it will stay there. Sadly it doesn't switch to the other minigun when you shoot all your ammo from teh crew chief one.

[Mavericko 0]

Ok, i just tested it ingame, for the Huey, you can only fire the Crew Chiefs gunner, the one on the left. You can point it anywhere you like and turn on manual fire and it will stay there. Sadly it doesn't switch to the other minigun when you shoot all your ammo from teh crew chief one.

Like the UH-60 in ArmA 1 then.