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A helo rotor can sometimes move into extreme angels under certain flight conditions. In abrubt maneouvers / abnormal conditions a lot is possible.
But I guess it should generally work, and in near hover conditions, when the helo is actually hiding / looking, the blades won't be much in the way.
The german concept is to put the system on top of the mast (UH Tiger), the french, and the other customers, too, have those optics on the roof below the rotor. Vibrations in the mast may deteriorate image quality.

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I found these photos in another forum. Sorry no captions. Anyone care to ID this equipment???

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More PIX!!

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From left.,spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, Sr Col. Huang Xueping, Deputy Chief of the Staff of the PLA Navy, Rear Admiral Xiao Xinnian, and Director of the Navy Bureau of the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters PLA, Sr Captain Ma Luping, prepare to talk about China's plan to dispatch warships off Somalia during a press conference in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008.

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Rear Admiral Xiao Xinnian, Deputy Chief of Staff in the PLA Navy arrives for a press conference at the Miinistry of National Defense in Beijing on December 23, 2008, where China warned Somali pirates against attacking warships it plans to send to the Gulf of Aden, saying it was well prepared to interdict any potential piracy attempts in international waters. "When our naval vessels are ambushed by pirate ships we will resolutely fight back to protect our own safety," Rear Admiral Xiao said in a briefing on China's historic decision to send naval vessels to Africa.

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Director of the Navy Bureau of the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters PLA, Sr Captain Ma Luping answers questions about China's plan to send warships overseas during a press conference in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008. The Chinese Defense Ministry said three warships plan to depart Friday on a mission to protect Chinese vessels and crews from pirate attacks in waters off Somalia, in what will be China's first major naval operation abroad.

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Deputy Chief of the Staff of the PLA Navy, Rear Admiral Xiao Xinnian attends a press conference in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008.

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People's Liberation Army (PLA) recruits participate during a training session at a military base in Hefei, Anhui province December 23, 2008. China has prompted concern over its rising military spending in the United States and elsewhere, especially in Japan and in self-ruled Taiwan, which China claims as its own and has vowed to bring under mainland rule, by force if necessary.

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PLAN(?) Special Operations Team that will accompany the task force.

Note the mis-matched body armor

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Behind the 35mm grenade launcher there's another soldier wiping a really long weapon, what is that? Looks like some kind of anti-material rifle...

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or a heavy machine gun.

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the urban Camo Patten of the body armor and packs looks the same as the ones worn during the joint Indian Operation, the vests them selves look sort of like the US Marine Modular Tactical Vest but the early versions in that it's open around the kidneys. The US Vests closed this due too IED and Fragmentation wounds.
Also note that the Chinese Seem too have introduced the alterations too the Type 07 uniform as both the Blue Uniforms seen above and the Urban uniforms have shoulder Pockets the Joint operations uniforms have flat top opening style the blue one have slanted ones with Velcro Like the American ACU
also Note that only one of the troops has a telescopic sighted type 95 rifle.

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The PLAN Task Force to Africa has departed! :china: This is a momentous day for the PLAN! Best Wishes to these Sailors and Marines! :china:

Chinese Navy(PLAN) sailors send off a warship for the Chinese Navy's(PLAN) first overseas operation from Sanya, southern China's Hainan province Friday, Dec. 26, 2008. On Friday, warships armed with special forces, missiles and helicopters will sail for anti-piracy duty off Somalia, the first time the communist nation has sent ships on a mission that could involve fighting so far beyond its territorial waters.

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A helicopter that will join the Chinese Navy's first oversea operation flies over a port in Sanya, southern China's Hainan province Friday, Dec. 26, 2008.

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China Navy's destroyers, the Haikou, top left, and the Wuhan, bottom left, and supply ship the Weishanhu, right, are moored at port before leaving for the Navy's first oversea operation from Sanya, southern China's Hainan province Friday, Dec. 26, 2008.

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Navy's DDG-171 Haikou destroyer is seen in Sanya, capital of South China's Hainan Province Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. On Friday, warships armed with special forces, missiles and helicopters will sail for anti-piracy duty off Somalia, the first time the communist nation has sent ships on a mission that could involve fighting so far beyond its territorial waters.

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Xie Zengling, a co-leader of the special force on board of Chinese navy's DDG-171 Haikou destroyer, salutes as he poses for the camera in Sanya, Hainan province December 25, 2008.

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Navy special force members wave on the deck of a warship in Sanya, a coastal city of South China's Hainan Province on Friday, Dec. 26, 2008.

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Sailors check the materials on the decks of a Chinese Navy's supply ship in Sanya, Hainan province December 25, 2008. The fleet - two destroyers and a supply ship - would have about 800 crew, including 70 special operations troops and will join in the multi-national patrolling of the Gulf of Aden and waters off the coast of Somalia, the official Xinhua news agency said. Picture taken December 25, 2008.

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Chinese navy's DDG-171 Haikou destroyer is seen in Sanya, Hainan province December 25, 2008.

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