HKP2

Description

The Helikopter 2 (HKP2) was the Swedish designation for the French SA 313 Alouette II. The first SA 313 arrived in Sweden in 1957, for use as a civilian crop duster. The helicopter was quickly adopted into the armed forces, serving with the army, air force, and navy. In total, Sweden operated 29 HKP2 helicopters, including 10 licence-built by SAAB in Norrköping, which remained in service until 1988 when it was finally replaced in army service by the HKP9.

Introduced in Update "Wind of Change", the HKP2 is a light and manoeuvrable helicopter, but lacks armour. Its main difference from the French Alouettes lies in its landing gear: instead of skis, it uses floats for water landings. The armament remains the same - RB 52A ATGMs (Swedish version of the SS.11) with a range of 3.5 km, which necessitates flying close to the battlefield for deployment, exposing it to risk from anti-aircraft fire.

General info

Flight performance

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Survivability and armour

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Modifications and economy

Armaments

Suspended armament

The HKP2 can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

• 4 x RB 52 A missiles

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Can mount 4 ATGMs that are fairly decent for the BR
• Can land on water and land with its pontoons, which also makes it unique from other Alouette variants
• Small profile, makes for a harder target to hit
• Agile enough to dodge some autocannon fire or the occasional ATGM fired by ground vehicles
• Gets airspawn due to being amphibious

Cons:

• No MGs, cannons, or rockets - limited to the 4 x ATGM loadout
• Low engine power, and the engine is not very responsive
• Fragile airframe which will not resist much more than glancing hits from MG caliber rounds

History

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Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the HKP2 from live.warthunder.com.

See also

• Alouette (Family)

External links

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