Battle Helicopter

Battle Helicopters are an Air Unit. They are one of the only air units that can target both air and ground other than the Stealth Fighter, Duster and Seaplane, although they cannot target planes. They are swift and highly effective against lightly armoured ground forces and other helicopters. Being helicopters, they are able to be targeted by a higher array of weapons than Bombers or Fighters, making them somewhat more vulnerable. Battle Helicopters under Sensei are superior in terms of attack.

Game Information

Battle Helicopters of each force from AW2.

Super Famicom Wars

Battle Helicopter Information

Primary Weapon	Ammo	Ammo Price	Range	Machine Gun?	Special Commands
Air to Surface Missiles	6	5G	1	Yes	None
Move	Fuel	Cost (G.)	Vision	EXP Value
6, Air	80 (-2)	8500	3	2

Matchups

Battle Helicopter Matchups

Opposing unit	Damage given		Damage taken
	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
	40	75	-	7
	50	75	-	9
	10	1	-	12
	25	4	-	11
	45	6	-	10
	55	9	-	10
Armored Personnel Carrier	60	10	-	9
New Model Tank	-	1	-	12
	65	40	-	-
	60	25	-	-
Rocket Launcher	65	35	-	-
	30	3	-	15
	60	25	90	-
	30	6	85	-
Anti-Air Missile Launcher	65	35	95	-
Fighter	-	-	95	65
Attacker	-	-	75	55
Bomber	-	-	-	-
Battle Helicopter	-	45	-	45
Transport Helicopter	-	60	-	-
Battleship	25	-	75	20
Escort Frigate	40	-	-	45
Lander	65	-	-	-
Submarine	-	-	-	-

Game Boy Wars 3

Battle Helicopter Information

Unit Group	Cost		Movement		Fuel	Initiative		Production
			Power	Type		Base	Loss
Air	5000	52	6	Helicopter	60 (-3)	24	3	Airport
Air To Surface Missiles								Special Commands
Attack					Details			None
					Ammo	Price	Range
25	18	-	16	-	5	20G	1
Gatling Gun A								Other abilities
Attack					Details			None
					Ammo	Price	Range
33	20	30	1	-	7	3G	1
Defense					Other
					Transport		Supply
					Type	Number
27	27	20	28	-	N/A	N/A	Helicopter

Battle Helicopter S Information

Unit Group	Cost		Movement		Fuel	Initiative		Production
			Power	Type		Base	Loss
Air	5500	55	7	Helicopter	70 (-3)	29	3	Battle Helicopter Promotion
Anti-Tank Missiles A								Special Commands
Attack					Details			None
					Ammo	Price	Range
-	32	-	-	-	2	13G	1-2
Gatling Gun A								Other abilities
Attack					Details			None
					Ammo	Price	Range
33	20	30	1	-	9	3G	1
Defense					Other
					Transport		Supply
					Type	Number
32	32	24	35	-	N/A	N/A	Helicopter

Advance Wars

Battle Helicopter Information

Weapon One	Ammo	Range	Weapon Two	Special Commands
Air to Surface Missiles	6	1	Machine Guns	None
Move	Fuel	Cost (G.)	Vision
6, Air	99 (-2)	9000	3

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

Battle Helicopter Information

Weapon One	Ammo	Range	Weapon Two	Special Commands
Air to Surface Missiles	6	1	Machine Gun	None
Move	Fuel	Cost (G.)	Vision
6, Air	99 (-2)	9000	3

Advance Wars: Dual Strike

Battle Helicopter Information

Weapon One	Ammo	Range	Weapon Two	Special Commands
Air to Surface Missiles	6	1	Machine Gun	None
Move	Fuel	Cost (G.)	Vision
6, Air	99 (-2)	9000	3

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

Battle Helicopter Information

Weapon One	Ammo	Range	Weapon Two	Special Commands
Air to Surface Missiles	6	1	Machine Gun	None
Move	Fuel	Cost (G.)	Vision
6, Air	99 (-2)	9000	2

Strategy

Battle Helicopters are a versatile unit, being able to attack many kinds of units. Against most vehicles, infantry, and other copters, they are devastating. Their offensive capability is greatly enhanced by their high movement and their relative cheapness. However, keep them away from anti-air units and air combat planes, as they can easily destroy copters in one or two hits.

Competitive Play

B-Copters are the most commonly used aircraft in the series. This is because they do lots of damage to ground units (such as Tanks and Artilleries) at a very affordable price.

Fighters are not prevalent in competitive play (Cruisers and Carriers are not allowed), so B-Copters don't have to worry about those threats. Anti-Air units are the only major threat to B-Copters, and they're only 1000G cheaper (so it's a near-even trade-off). Also, your Tanks can protect your B-Copters from Anti-Airs.

Trivia

• The Orange Star helicopter is based on the American AH-64 Apache helicopter.
• The Blue Moon helicopter is based on the American Bell-407, attack variant.
• The Green Earth (surprisingly), Lazurian and IDS helicopters (the latter two more correctly) are based on the Russian Mi-24 'Hind'.
• The Yellow Comet helicopter is another oddball out, based on the American Bell-47. In the real-life, Battle Helicopters were not yet produced during WWII and helicopters weren't used as gunships until the Vietnam War, by which time the Bell-47 was retired.
• The Rubinelle helicopter (Both 12th Battalion and NRA) is based on the American AH-1 Super Cobra.
• In Dual Strike, the information page says that Battle Helicopters are powerful against Cruisers and weak against other naval units. However, Battle Helicopters appear to do approximately the same amount of damage to Cruisers as they do to other naval units.