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[172] [173] A total of 37 MH-60Ls were built and some 10 had received an in-flight refueling probe by 2003. [172] MH-60L DAP: The Direct Action Penetrator (DAP) is a special operations modification of the baseline MH-60L, operated by the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. [174]
The M230 Chain Gun is used on the MH-60L Direct Action Penetrator. It is also the Area Weapon System on the Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, mounted on the chin turret. It uses a 2 hp (1.5 kW) electric motor to fire 30 mm (1.2 in) linkless ammunition at a rate of 625±25 rounds per minute.
(Their unit in TF Sword was designated Task Force Brown.) [10] In the evening of 18 October into 19 October 2001, two SOAR MH-47E helicopters, escorted by MH-60L (Direct Action Penetrators) (DAPs), airlifted U.S. troops from the Karshi-Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan [11] more than 300 kilometers (190 mi) across the 16,000-foot (4,900 m) Hindu ...
They flew in two 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment MH-47E Chinook helicopters, escorted by two "DAP" (Direct Action Penetrator) MH-60L Black Hawks. Conditions were marginal due to the altitude and icing in the Hindu Kush. The Direct Action Penetrators were forced to turn back when they were unable to negotiate a pass.
English: A MH-60L DAP (Direct Air Penetrator) helicopter of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR). The DAP is a MH-60L Black Hawk which has been configured to act as a gunship. A range of ordnance can be fitted to the DAP's various hardpoints.
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On the night of March 19, 2003, US Army Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha 551 (ODA 551) from the 5th Special Forces Group was infiltrated via three MH-47Es accompanied by MH-60L DAP (Direct Action Penetrators) into an area 100 km from the Karbala Gap to provide eyes-on surveillance of the Gap, the mission became the longest in Green Beret history.