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In today’s session, we will take a look at the Top 10 attack helicopters in service
today
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Number ten Denel Rooivalk The Rooivalk of South Africa is developed
based on the French Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma.
As a result, the design is heavily reliant on French technology and components.
The Rooivalk, equipped with highly sophisticated indigenous Mokopa ATGMs, outclasses everything
South Africa could encounter in its geopolitical region.
In addition, the Rooivalk is a far-reaching concept, with only 12 instances created and
financial challenges looming over operational readiness.
In relation to its design, the Rooivalk has been designed to operate for prolonged periods
without sophisticated support.
All that is needed to keep the Rooivalk flying is a medium transport helicopter equipped
with a basic spares supply plus four groundcrew.
This helicopter was generally fitted with a nose-mounted 20 mm cannon and can also carry
air-to-air missiles, anti-armour missiles and unguided rockets.
It also has a fire control system for target acquisition and tracking as well as an advanced
navigation system using Doppler radar and GPS.
Number nine CAIC Z-10 The Z-10 is an attack helicopter developed
by the People's Republic of China, which has been designed with extensive technical assistance
from Eurocopter and Agusta.
Other sources mentioned that the development of this attack helicopter has been assisted
by the Russian Kamov helicopter design bureau.
It is a new design that was introduced in 2012 and already fulfils the needs of the
Chinese military forces numerically.
This helicopter is designed primarily for anti-tank missions, although it has secondary
air-to-air capability as well.
In regard to its design, the fuselage of this helicopter has sloped sides to reduce radar
cross section.
All vital areas are believed to be protected by armor plates.
This helicopter was equipped with 30 mm cannon, HJ-9 anti-tank guided missiles, newly developed
HJ-10 anti-tank missiles, and TY-90 air-to-air missiles.
Number eight Mil Mi-24 Hind The Mi-24 is one of the most well-known assault
helicopters.
It saw widespread combat action during wars and military conflicts.
This helicopter has heavily-armored, stepped cockpits ant an undernose gun turret.
The Mi-24 also has a secondary troop transport capability.
It can carry a full infantry squad of 8 fully equipped troops, which makes this gunship
a flying infantry fighting vehicle.
Because of the troop carrying capability, this helicopter is used in a slightly different
manner than other attack helicopters.
This helicopter was mass-produced for the Soviet Army and Soviet allies in considerable
numbers.
Since the 1970s, about 2,300 of these helicopters have been constructed.
However, In 1991, production of this attack helicopter came to an end.
Despite its antiquity, the Mi-24 is still in service with at least 50 countries throughout
the world.
It is also estimated that 1,500 of these gunships are still in service.
Number seven Agusta A129 Mangusta The Agusta A129 Mangusta is an attack helicopter
originally designed and produced by Agusta in Italy.
It was the first attack helicopter to be designed and produced in Western Europe.
The A129 Mangusta is the first European attack helicopter, as such it has several original
aspects to its design, such as being the first helicopter to make use of a fully computerised
integrated management system to reduce crew workload.
It was decided that much of the helicopter's functionality was to be automated, as such,
parts of the flight and armament systems are monitored and directly controlled by onboard
computers.
Number six TAI T129 ATAK The TAI/AgustaWestland T129 ATAK is a twin-engine,
tandem seat, multi-role, all-weather attack helicopter based on the Agusta A129 Mangusta
platform.
This aircraft was developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) with partner AgustaWestland.
The helicopter is designed for advanced attack and reconnaissance missions in hot and high
environments and rough geography in both day and night conditions.
This helicopter equipped with Hunter Kaska integrated control system specially designed
for the helicopter.
The system enables the automatic orientation of target detection and weapons systems to
the pilot's line of sight with its high tracking accuracy.
The helicopter also equipped with a dedicated electro-optical FLIR system ASELFLIR-300T
for multi-purpose missions manufactured by Turkish company Aselsan.
Number five Eurocopter Tiger The Eurocopter Tiger is a four-blade, twin-engine
attack helicopter which first entered service in 2003.
It is manufactured by Airbus Helicopters, the successor company to Aérospatiale's and
DASA's respective helicopter divisions, which designate it as the EC665.
Following their languages, in Germany it is known as the Tiger, while in France and Spain
it is called the Tigre.
The Tiger is capable of a wide range of combat missions, including armed reconnaissance and
surveillance, anti-tank and close air support, escort and protection of friendly assets.
It can operate at any time of day or night, in any weather, and has been designed to include
operations following nuclear, biological, or chemical warfare.
Additionally, in a typical European scenario, tiger helicopters are armed with eight Lockheed
Martin Hellfire II air-to-ground missiles.
The Hellfire II has a laser seeker that is semi-active and has a range of nearly eight
kilometers.
The Tiger is also equipped with four Mistral air-to-air missiles, one next er formerly
G at 30-millimeter cannon turret 70-millimeter rockets, the price of a single Eurocopter
Tiger helicopter is up to $39 million.
Number four Bell AH-1Z Viper The Bell AH-1Z Viper is an American twin-engine
attack helicopter, based on the AH-1W SuperCobra, that was developed for the United States Marine
Corps as part of the H-1 upgrading program.
It has improved survivability and can find targets at longer ranges and attack them with
precision weapons.
In regard to its design, the AH-1Z incorporates new rotor technology with upgraded military
avionics, weapons systems, and electro-optical sensors in an integrated weapons platform.
This attack helicopter also has improved survivability and can find targets at longer ranges and
attack them with precision weapons.
Number three Mil Mi-28NM Havoc The Mi-28 has been in development since the
late 1970s.
This helicopter was eventually accepted to service with the Russian Army in 2006.
Currently Russian Army operates only a relatively small number of these helicopters.
In regard to this helicopter, some sources report that it is also in service with Kenya.
This attack helicopter is fitted with two heavily-armored cockpits.
Probably it is one of the most armored attack helicopters to date.
The Mi-28 is also fitted with emergency escape system for the crew.
The Mi-28 is typically fitted with eight Ataka anti-armor missiles along with unguided rocket
pods.
This gunship is also fitted with a 30 mm cannon.
Comparing with the previous Mi-24 Hind it is better optimized for anti-armor role.
It lacks secondary troop transport capability.
However the Mi-28 has a small passenger compartment and in case of emergency it can carry three
passengers.
This feature allows to rescue downed helicopter crew.
Number two Kamov Ka-52 Hokum-B The Ka-52 is a further development and a two-seat
version of the famous Ka-50 Hokum.
This attack helicopter was first used by the Russian Army in 2008, and small-scale production
began in 2009.
Because of its two coaxial contra-rotating main rotors, the Ka-52 is one of the fastest
and most manoeuvrable attack helicopters.
This gunship's armor can withstand projectiles with a diameter of 23 mm, A 30 mm cannon and
up to 12 Vikhr anti-tank missiles are mounted aboard this gunship.
It can also carry unguided rockets and air-to-air missiles like the Igla-V. Additionally, the
Ka-52 is fitted with a battlefield management system and can exchange data with other helicopters,
as well as third-party sources.
This helicopter is also intended as an aerial command post for a group of helicopters since
it provides target detection and coordinates the attacks.
Number one AH-64E Apache Guardian The AH-64E attack helicopter is the most recent
version of the AH-64 utilized by the US Army.
The helicopter with another name of Apache Guardian experiences a number of improvements
and upgrades.
It includes more powerful engines, upgraded transmission and other improvements.
The US Army planned to upgrade a total of 634 AH-64D helicopters to AH-64E standard.
It is planned that another 56 helicopters will be newly built.
This attack helicopter has been approved for export, in which export operators include
India, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan.
India ordered 22 of these gunships.
The helicopter also has been ordered by other countries.
Indonesia ordered 8 of these gunships, Qatar 24, South Korea 36, and the United Arab Emirates
ordered for 30 units.
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