Attack Helicopters

AH-1W/AH-1Z Super Cobra
AH-1Z completes its first test flight on 7 December 2000.	The Super Cobra AH-1W is the United States Marines' attack helicopter.	Two Super Cobra AH-1W attack helicopters.
The H-1 program upgrades the US Marine Corps' fleet of AH-1W Super Cobra and UH-1N utility helicopters.	Super Cobra firing the AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missile.	Super Cobra firing the laser-guided AGM-114 Hellfire missile.
AH-1W SuperCobra is amongst the world's most versatile attack helicopters.	A new glass cockpit has been developed for the Super Cobra.	A Super Cobra AH-1F armed with TOW missiles.

AH-64A/D Apache Attack Helicopter
An Apache Longbow armed with 16 Hellfire missiles, eight under each wing.	The Apache has been designed for high survivability in combat.	The M230 provides a fire rate of 625 rounds per minute.
The AH-64D Longbow Apache entered service with the 1st Battalion of the 227th Aviation Regiment in October 1998.	Apache firing one of its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS), formerly known as Hydra, 70mm rockets.	Near real-time situational awareness schematic.
The AD-64D Apache Longbow is the most lethal, survivable, deployable and maintainable multimission helicopter in the world.	British Army Longbow Apaches are equipped with CRV7 70mm rocket systems.

AW129
The AW129 multi-role combat helicopter is the latest variant of the Agusta A129 Mangusta (Mongoose) helicopter.	The Mangusta has been successfully deployed in Somalia, Angola and Kosovo.	The AW129 is able to fire different types of point-target missiles and area-target rockets.
The Italian Army has 45 Mangusta helicopters which are being upgraded to the multi-role configuration.	The helicopter is also transportable by sea and is ship operational.	The five-bladed AW129 has more powerful engines than the four-bladed Mangusta.
The HIRNS includes a mini FLIR.

Ka-50 Black Shark
Ka-50 attack helicopter.	Ka-50 has small mid-mounted wings, fitted with four underwing suspension units and wingtip countermeasures pods.	A Ka-50 Black Shark escorting an Mi-24 helicopter.
Ka-50 Black Shark attack helicopter on patrol.	The coaxial rotor design provides a hovering ceiling of 4,000m.	Maximum combat weapon load of 2t is selected according to combat mission.
The single-seater Ka-50 Black Shark (shown) has led to the two-seater Alligator combat helicopter.	The Ka-52, the two-seater version of the Ka-50.

Mi-24P (Mi-25 and Mi-35) Hind
The Mi-24 attack / transport helicopter.	Over 2,500 Mi-24 helicopters have been produced.	The cockpit of the Mi-24P.
The helicopter has six suspension weapon units on the wingtips.	Mi-24P line drawings.	The Shturm anti-tank missile system.
The Ataka anti-tank guided missile.

Mi-28A/N Havoc
The Mi-28 combat helicopter is known by the NATO codename Havoc.	The mission is to destroy armoured and unarmoured combat materiel, low and slow airborne vehicles, and other targets.	The Mi-28N can be armed with air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, rockets, and podded guns.
The Mi-28N helicopter on show, with both its systems and sensors installed.	Mi-28 is equipped with a turreted 30mm cannon, the 2A42.	The g-loading of the Mi-28N exceeds 3g.
Guidance for missiles is provided by the Albalet millimetric-wave radar.

OH-58D Kiowa Warrior
Two Kiowa Warrior helicopters on patrol.	The Kiowa Warrior helicopter firing a Hydra 70 rocket.	The two universal quick-change weapons pylons.
The mast-mounted sight from Boeing situated above the rotor blades enables the Kiowa Warrior to operate by day and night.	The primary multifunction displays provide situation and navigation information, communications control, and the mast-mounted sight video.	Schematic showing the helicopter's main component suppliers.

RAH-66 Comanche
The Comanche RAH-66 reconnaissance and attack helicopter.	The Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche.	Comanche on exercise.
The Comanche is equipped with a stowable, three-barrel, 20mm Gatling gun from General Electric.	The missiles are mounted on the weapon bay doors, which open sideways.	The RAH-66 Comanche is almost four times less easy to observe and six times quieter than the Longbow Apache.
Comanche in desert livery.	Cockpit interior.	All Comanche maintenance areas are easily accessible without the use of ladders or stands.

Rooivalk
The Rooivalk combat helicopter carries a comprehensive range of weaponry selected for the mission requirement.	The Rooivalk is a two-seat, missile-armed attack helicopter from the Denel Aviation Division.	Rooivalk firing a Kentron Mokopa anti-tank missile.
Target detection, acquisition and tracking are carried out using the nose-mounted stabilised sight, TDATS.	The Rooivalk attack helicopter supports a diverse range of weaponry, including missiles, rockets, cannon and machine guns.	The first Rooivalk entered service with the South African Air Force in 1999.
The two centrally mounted multifunction displays (MFDs) and compact display unit (CDU) on the left-hand side.

Tiger
The Tiger helicopter.	EADS Defence Electronics is supplying the EWS electronic warfare suite for the Tiger.	Tiger helicopter missions will be managed via Eurogrid, a digital map system.
Mistral (left) and Stinger (right) air-to-air missiles.	The Tiger helicopter on exercise.	The Tiger helicopter is being developed in two configurations: a multi-role helicopter and a combat support helicopter.
Prototype PT1 in escort/combat support version 'Gerfaut' for the French Army.

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