• Armoured gunship • Tank destroyer • Infantry close-support
Equipped with video-type electronic aiming devices, Hellfirc missiles and rapid-fire cannon, the AH-64 Apache is a new kind of warrior bringing a powerful punch to the battlefield.
When a ground commander wants support he summons the Apache, a miracle helicopter which can rush into the fray in any weather, day or night, to pin down the foe and help friendly troops to fight and win.
A Chain Gun
The helicopter’s powerful 30-mm cannon is linked to the crow’s helmets, aiming where the pilot or gunner is looking.
◄ See through fog
The Longbow Apache is cquippod with miltimetnc radar which can see through ram. fog and snow.
▼ Into action
The Apache was one of the stars in the Gulf War, its high-tech weaponry proving lethal to a wide range of Iraqi targets.
FACTS AND FIGURES
► The Apache is designed to survive hits from 23-mm cannon, and the cockpit to withstand hitting the ground at 13 m (42 It.) per second.
► The Apache uses a super-heated ceramic block to deceive heat-seeking missiles.
► Apache operators include Egypt, Greece, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the USA.
► The Apache’s 16 laser-guided НеППго missilos can destroy a tank 20 km oway
>• The Apache uses digital technology to pinpoint targets lor commandors, other helicopters, tanks and vehicles.
> The Apache’s Chain Gun weighs 56 kg (123 lb.) and lires 625 rounds per minute.
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AH-64A Apache
Type: :wo-3©at all-weather attack holtcopior
Powerplant: two 126S-kW (1696-hp.) General Bee tne T700-GE-701 turboshalt engines
Maximum speed: never-exwed speed 365 knVh (227 m. p.h.); maximum ennse spoeo 297 krtvh (185 m. o.h.)
Initial Climb rate: 428 km (266 ml.)
Weights: empty 5165 kg <11.400 lb.|: normal mission wtsght 8000 kg (17.637 to.): maximum take-off 9525 kg (21.000 lb.): maximum internal luefwcsghl 1157 kg(2.551 to)
Armament: one ЗО-mm M230 Chain Gun cannon with 1,200 rounds, up lo 16 AGM-114 Heflliie laser-guxJed missiles or up to 76 tolding-fin rockets
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