HG5M1 Kilgore II

The HG5M1 Kilgore II is the first new helicopter designed and built in Khertland for years(4 years and 3 months to be exact) and a lot of lessons had to be relearned as a result. The HG5 Kilgore II is a attack helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor powered by two turboshaft engines and a tail-wheel type landing gear arrangement. It features stub wings with two hardpoints on each side and a 30mm rotary autocannon. It also features a nose mounted sensor suite and a mast mounted radar. Development of the HG5 attack helicopter dates back to the first Kilgore attack helicopter which was the second helicopter to enter widespread use. The original Kilgore was intended to replace the aging Yossarian attack helicopter designed during the monarchy days. The Kilgore while an improvement was still severely lacking in performance by the standards of the day however. So a replacement program exploring larger and more potent designs began. The program failed to produce a successor that could perform better than the original Kilgore. Instead, it cost significantly more per unit leading to the program termination. This forced the original Kilgore to remain in service and supplemented by the few trial units of its supposed successor. The original Kilgore saw extensive service as a result but, the doctrine of the time in which it was designed for proved fatally flawed. The old Khertland doctrine which evolved from the monarchy days was mostly scrapped. Only some core principles were kept and this meant the roles of helicopters were questioned. Helicopters were found to be vulnerable in their original intended role. Meanwhile, the new doctrine didn't have any mission sets that needed helicopters to fulfill. Interest reignited under the year old modernization program at the time. Helicopters was envisioned as a mobile quick reaction force capable of going over any type of terrain. But this role didn't leave a clear design goal until Khertland saw a helicopter from its regional neighbor