Moderd Attack Helicopters - side-by-side comparison

Modern Attack Helicopters

side-by-side comparison
helicopter make / model Kamov Ka-50 "Black Shark" Mil Mi-28N "Night Hunter" Mil Mi-24P "Krokodil" Boeing AH-64A "Apache" Boeing RAH-66 "Comanche" Bell AH-1W "SuperCobra" Eurocopter Tiger HAP / UHT / HAC

detailed information manufacturer site collection of links Kamov gallery major versions

detailed information manufacturer site collection of links Mi-28 gallery

detailed information manufacturer site collection of links Mi-24 gallery dozens of variants existed;

detailed information manufacturer site collection of links Apache gallery

detailed information manufacturer site collection of links Comanche gallery so far the only variant exists - the YRAH-66 prototype

detailed information manufacturer site collection of links Cobra gallery several variants of the original HueyCobra exist;

detailed information manufacturer site collection of links Tiger gallery variants include the HAC French anti - tank modification;

Ka-52 "Alligator" with two side - by - side pilot seats;

Mi-28 original model without the extended night operations capabilities and with less powerful engines; this model won the first stage of the Swedish tender upstaging the two AH-64A Apaches competing against it; Mi-28D (Dnevnoy or Daylight) is an advanced version of Mi-28 designed for daylight operations Mi-28NE is an export modification of the Mi-28N

Ka-50-2 "Erdogan" modification of Ka-50 for the Turkish army also offered to India and China

latest models include the Mi-35M with rotors and transmission from Mi-28, 9K114-9 Ataka ATGMs, Sextant Avionique avionics and displays, and Thomson - TTD Chilio FLIR system;

AH-64D "Apache Longbow" featuring improved avionics positioned in the enlarged cheek fairings, the Northrop Grumman mast - mounted millimiter wave radar;

one of the latest model is the AH-1RO Dracula manufactured by IAR Brasov in Romania;

UHT multirole anti-tank / support version for Germany Tiger HAP air-to-air and fire support helicopter

WAH-64D modification of Longbow for the UK the Mi-24VM with new weapons and fixed landing gear

AH-1Z King Cobra offered for export to Turkey

Ka-50N modification of Ka-50 with improved night operations capability, FLIR and NVG - compatible cockpit the Mi-35 with new weapons and NAV equipment country of origin operators Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia, Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Iraq, Libya, Mozambique, Peru, Poland, Rwanda, Slovakia Syria, Ukraine, USA, Yemen 1973 USA USA, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Saudi Arabia UAE USA USA USA USA, Turkey France; Germany none

first prototype flight

1982

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1996

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1993

powerplants 2 * 1635kW Klimov TV3-117VMA max speed, km/h max cruising speed, km/h 310

2 * 1838kW Klimov TVS-117VK 300 270

2 * 1635kW Klimov TV3-117 335 270

2 * 1410kW GE T700-GE-701C 293 293

2 * 1068kW LHTEC T800-LHT-801 324

2 * 1285kW GE T-700-GE-401 282 278

2 * 960kW MTU / Turbomeca / Rolls-Royce MTR 390 269 230

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Moderd Attack Helicopters - side-by-side comparison

economical cruising speed, km/h max initial rate of climb, m/s hovering ceiling out of ground effect, m service ceiling, m ferry range with reserves, km max range with standard fuel, km combat radius with standard fuel, km combat radius with external fuel, km flight endurance with standard fuel max flight endurance empty weight, kg normal take-off weight, kg maximum take-off weight, kg main rotor diameter, m overall length rotors turning, m fuselage length, m height, m rotor disk area, m^2 armaments 4.93 165.1 (each) single-barrel 30-mm 2A42 gun, two hardpoints on each wing for 80 S-80 80-mm unguided rockets or up to 12 Vikhr-M (AT-12) laser-guided ASMs, AAMs, gun pods, etc. 9800 1 hr 40 min 4000 13.6 217 278 148

12.5

12.7

7.2

5.2

3603

1500

4572

4496

3200

5797 1100

4496 1000

6401 1900 2335

4270+

460

500

480

587

200 (10 min loiter and reserves)

160 (with max military load)

225 (with two external fuel tanks); 288 (with four external fuel tanks) 2 hr 30 min

4 hr

2 hr 8095 8200

3 hr 9 min 5165 3522 4807

3 hr 4635

2 hr 50 min 3300

10800

11660

12000

9525

7896

6690

6100

14.50 (each) 16

17.20

17.30 21.35

14.63 17.76

11.90 14.28

14.63 17.68

13.00

17.01 3.82 232.3 NPPU-28 30-mm cannon in undernose turret; four hardpoints for up to 1920 kg of ordnance. Typical weapons load: two rocket pods and up to 16 9P149 Shturm C (AT-6) radio-guided ATGMs.

17.51 3.97 235.1 one 12.7-mm four-barrel gun in undernose turret or twin 23-mm or 30-mm cannon; two anti-tank missiles on stub wing endplate; four underwing hardpoints for rockets, bombs, and guns.

14.97 4.66 168.1 one M230 Chain Gun 30-mm automatic cannon with 1200 rounds; four underwing hardpoints for up to 16 AGM-114 Hellfire ATGMs,or Stinger / Sidewinder AAMs, or rocket pods, or Sidearm ARMs

13.20 3.37 111.2 one 20-mm three-barrel GE cannon in undernose Giat turret; three Hellfire or Stinger missiles in each of the two internal weapon bays; four Hellfires or eight Stingers on each of the two optional stub wings.

13.87 4.44 168.1 three-barrel 20-mm M197 gun in nose-mounted turret; up to eight Hughes TOW or AGM-114 Hellfire ATGMs on outboard stations; rocket or gun pods on inboard stations; bombs, two AIM-9L Sidewinder AAMs or AGM-122A Sidearm ARMs

14.00 4.32 132.7 HAP - 30-mm Giat cannon in chin turret; four Matra Mistral AAMs and four HOT 3 AGMs, or eight Trigats and four Stinger / Mistral AAMs, or combinations of rockets and missiles. UHT & HAC - up to eight HOT 2 or Trigat ATGMs and four Mistrals or Stingers on two wing pylons, and rocket and gun pods.

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