Showing posts with label Helicopter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Helicopter. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Ka-50 Black Shark

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The Ka-50 "Black Shark" is a single-seat Russian attack helicopter with the distinctive coaxial rotor system of the Kamov design bureau. Ka-50 is also known as Werewolf. It is a high-performance combat helicopter with day and night capability, high survivability and fire power to defeat air targets and heavily armoured tanks armed with air defence weapons. It entered service with the Russian Army during 1995 and is manufactured at the Sazykin Aviation Company Progress based in Arseniev Maritime Territory, Russia.

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Mi-28 Havoc

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The Mi-28 Havoc is a Russian all-weather day-night military tandem two-seat anti-armour attack helicopter. It carries a single gun in an undernose barbette, plus external loads carried on pylons beneath stub wings. It similar in nature to the American AH-64 Apache series. The Mi-28 definitely has some design features of the Mi-24 Hind series.

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Chinese Z-10

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The Chinese Z-10 is an attack helicopter under development in China, began in the mid-1990s. Prototype of the Z-10 maid it's maiden flight in 2003. It seems that initial production gunships were delivered to the Chinese army in 2009-2010. It will be the first dedicated modern Chinese attack helicopter. It has been designed with extensive technical assistance from Eurocopter and Augusta. It is believed that that the Z10 attack helicopter is in the same class as the AH-2 Rooivalk and the A-129 Mangusta, however it is not as capable as the AH-64 Apache.

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A129 Mangusta

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A129 Mangusta Cockpit

The A129 Mangusta is an attack helicopter originally designed and produced by Agusta in Italy. It was the latest variant of the A129 Mangusta (Mongoose) helicopter in service with the Italian Army. The TAI/AgustaWestland T-129 ATAK is an enhanced version of the A129, and its development is now the responsibility of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), with AgustaWestland as the primary partner.

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Denel AH-2 Rooivalk Attack Helicopter

| Sunday, July 24, 2011 | 1 comments


Denel AH-2 Rooivalk is an attack helicopter manufactured by Denel of South Africa. Rooivalk is Afrikaans for "Red Kestrel". The South African Air Force (SAAF) ordered 12 Rooivalk AH-2As, the first of which entered service in July 1999. The helicopters are flown by 16 Squadron, which is based at AFB Bloemspruit near Bloemfontein.

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Mi-24 Hind

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The Mi-24 Hind is a large attack and gunship helicopter with low-capacity troop transport (8 passengers) produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and operated from 1972 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and over thirty other nations. In October 2007, the Russian Air Force announced it would replace its 250 Mi-24 helicopter gunships with 300 more modern Mi-28s and possibly Ka-50s by 2015.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Eurocopter Tiger HAP

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The Eurocopter Tiger HAP is a medium-weight attack helicopter developed for the French Army as a close support and escort helicopter. Armed with 68 mm SNEB rockets, mistral air-to-air missiles and a 30mm GIAT cannon mounted in the nose, the HAP is designed to attack 'soft' targets such as men and unarmored vehicles. is a  air-to-air combat and fire support helicopter built for the French Army.

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Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow

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The Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter (uprated T700-GE-701C engines) with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and a tandem cockpit for two crews. The Apache was developed as Model 77 by Hughes Helicopters for the United States Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter program to replace the AH-1 Cobra. The AH-64 features a VNsight low-light television sensors (LLTV) that will allow ambient lighting such as street lights, beacons, headlights and laser light to be viewable in low-light conditions. The Apache is armed with a 30-millimeter (1.2 in) M230 Chain Gun carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage. It has four hardpoints mounted on stub-wing pylons, typically carrying a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The AH-64 also features double- and triple-redundant aircraft systems to improve survivability for the aircraft and crew in combat, as well as improved crash survivability for the pilots.

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Mil Mi-24

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The Mil Mi-24 is a large helicopter gunship (and attack helicopter) and low-capacity troop transport (with room for 8 passengers) produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and operated from 1972 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and over thirty other nations. It entered service with the Soviet Union in the late 1970s, and more than 2,500 have been produced. In October 2007, the Russian Air Force announced it would replace its 250 Mi-24 helicopter gunships with 300 more modern Mi-28s and possibly Ka-50s by 2015. The Mi-24 has been deployed in a number of conflicts including Afghanistan and in Chechnya.

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Saturday, May 21, 2011

MH-6/aH-6 Little Bird

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The MH-6 Little Bird, and its attack variant, the AH-6, are single-engine light helicopters used for special operations aviation in the United States Army. Originally based on a modified OH-6A, it was later based on the MD 500E, with a single five-bladed main rotor. The newest version, the MH-6M, is based on the MD 530F and has a single. The AH-6j / MH-6j "Little Bird" also known as "The Killer Egg" are light attack/utility helicopters operated by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The AH-6 are based around a civilian airframe (MD530F), six-bladed main rotor and four-bladed tail rotor, with extensive modifications in terms of avionics and provisions for the mounting of specialized equipment and weapons systems.

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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Bell 412

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This Helicopter is often dubbed as "Conditioned for all conditions". From searing desert to polar ice cap, the world’s most rugged and reliable medium twin-engine helicopter. A daily workhorse for the most extreme climates on the planet, yet refined in temperament and control. Offering an expansive cabin for flexibility in cargo and personnel, plus dual digital automatic controls for flexibility in future growth. There’s no such thing as mission impossible for the 412.
The 412 model was followed by the 412SP (Special Performance) version featuring larger fuel capacity, higher takeoff weight and optional seating arrangements.

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