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Eh, no worse than the Russian Mi-24 which had a heavily armored cockpit, but the tail could be easily damaged by small arms.

People will find a way, intentionally or not, around your defensive design. True for code and military engineering alike.

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At least they learned from the heavily armored helicopter whose gigantic windshield was made of non-bulletproof glass.

I was trying to find a reference for that! Any pointers?

I believe he was referring to Rambo III. :)

There was a reference to the Russian helicopters windshields not being bulletproof in Afghanistan in a sci-fi or geek-y book I read a few years ago. I haven't seen Rambo III, so I know it's not that:) Possibly a Neal Stephenson book? Not sure. Also couldn't find any facts about it online.

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