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Aircraft Details

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk (UH-60L)

 * Crew: 2 pilots (flight crew) with 2 crew chiefs/gunners
 * Capacity: 2,640 lb of cargo internally, including 14 troops or 6 stretchers, or 8,000 lb (UH-60A) or 9,000 lb (UH-60L) of cargo externally
 * Length: 64ft 10in (19.76m)

 * Fuselage width: 7ft 9in (2.36m)

 * Rotor diameter: 53ft 8in (16.36m)
 * Height: 16ft 10in (5.13m)
 * Disc area: 2,260sq ft (210sq m)
 * Empty weight: 10,624lb (4,819kg)
 * Loaded weight: 22,000lb (9,980kg)
 * Max takeoff weight: 23,500lb (10,660kg)
 * Powerplant: 2 General Electric T700-GE-701C turboshaft, 1,890hp (1,410kW) each

Performance

 * Never exceed speed: 193knots (222mph, 357km/h)
 * Maximum speed: 159kts (183mph, 295km/h)
 * Cruise speed: 150kts (173mph, 278km/h)
 * Combat radius: 368mi (320nm, 592km)
 * Ferry range: 1,380mi (1,200nm, 2,220km) with ESSS stub wings and external tanks
 * Service ceiling: 19,000ft (5,790m)
 * Rate of climb: 700ft/min (3.6m/s)
 * Disc loading: 7.19lb/sq ft (35.4kg/sq m)
 * Power/mass: 0.192hp/lb (158W/kg)

Armament

 * Guns:
 * 2 - 7.62mm (0.30in) M240H machine guns or
 * 2 - 7.62mm (0.30in) M134 minigun or
 * 2 - .50in (12.7mm) GAU-19 gatling guns
 * Can be equipped with VOLCANO minefield dispersal system. See UH-60 Armament Subsystems for more information.
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 * ESSS stub wings can be equipped with:
 * 70mm (2.75in) Hydra 70 rockets
 * AGM-114 Hellfire laser guided missiles
 * 7.62mm (0.30in), 20mm (0.787in), or 30mm (1.18in) M230 gunpods

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