>>63950284
>why is anti-sub heli is so small and agile?
size and cost
>shouldnt the meta be big like chinook so it could drop more sonar buoys and loiter more
to an extent, yes
this is the Merlin, which the Royal Navy uses for hunting submarines. it's more than twice the weight of the Wildcat. the Wildcat is for general purpose use on smaller non-ASW ships