re: #359 Dark_Falcon

If you’ve got someone who has taken a position on a high point of land, using a helo to flank them would be a smart tactic. And if they’re already firing on you and no friendlies are near, there’s no point in doing things by half measures: Arm the helicopter with machine guns.

Though I’d combine our discussions and add a loudspeaker:

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No smart tactics here. Sounds like desperate tactics. From the linked article:

An American man who lives in the Esmeralda Resort complex on Sandy Beach told the Star today that he was awakened at about 4:30 or 5 a.m. by the sound of gunfire.

“An absolutely unreal experience,” said Stephen Heisler. “Whoever they were going after must have had a tremendous amount of power … To actually see a helicopter gunship firing into a dense residential area will haunt many for a very long time.”