Source: HBB Defense Military
The British Army’s Apache attack helicopters have fired potent Hellfire missiles inside the Arctic circle for the first time. Facing temperatures dropping to -30°C and white-out flying conditions, 656 Squadron 4 Regiment Army Air Corps is training in the far north of Norway.
Source: the Military Lovers
The Ah-64E Guardian Apache attack helicopter premiered in 2012.
The Apache AH-64E Guardian is controlled by two crew members and its main armament is a 30 mm M230 machine gun capable of firing as many as 625 rounds per minute, has an effective range of 1,500 meters and a maximum distance of 3 km., located under the nose of the AH-64 Apache.
The AH-64E Guardian is equipped with a variety of special features to support its ability to carry out combat missions, including target-trace radar systems and Longbow firing control, M-TADS target detection systems, AGM 114 Hellfire surface-to-air missiles capable of destroying tank targets, both mobile and stationary with an effective range of 8 kilometers, 70-millimeter Hydra rockets with an effective range of 3 km to 5 kilometers and a maximum distance of 7 km, and have a lethality distance of 20 meters, pylon air-to-air missile launchers that can be armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder, Stinger, Mistral and or Sidearm missiles
Specifications :
- Crew : 2 (pilot, and co-pilot/gunner)
- Length : 58 ft 2 in (17.73 m)
- Fuselage length : 49 ft 5 in (15.06 m)
- Height: 12 ft 8 in (3.87 m)
- Empty weight: 11,387 lb (5,165 kg)
- Gross weight: 17,650 lb (8,006 kg)
- Max takeoff weight : 23,000 lb (10,433 kg)
- Powerplant : 2 × General Electric T700-GE-701 turboshaft engines, 1,690 shp (1,260 kW) each (upgraded to 1,890 shp (1,409 kW) T700-GE-701C for AH-64A/D from 1990)
- Main rotor diameter : 48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)
- Main rotor area : 1,908.5 sq ft (177.31 m2) 4-bladed main-rotor and 4-bladed tail-rotor in non-orthogonal alignment
- Blade section: root: HH-02 ; tip: NACA 64A006
Performance :
- Maximum speed : 158 kn (182 mph, 293 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 143 kn (165 mph, 265 km/h)
- Never exceed speed: 197 kn (227 mph, 365 km/h)
- Range: 257 nmi (296 mi, 476 km) with Longbow radar mast
- Combat range: 260 nmi (300 mi, 480 km)
- Ferry range: 1,024 nmi (1,178 mi, 1,896 km)
- Service ceiling: 6,400 ft (2,000 m)
- Disk loading: 9.8 lb/sq ft (48 kg/m2)
- Power/mass: 0.18 hp/lb (0.30 kW/kg)
Armament :
- Guns: 1× 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 Chain Gun with 1,200 rounds as part of the Area Weapon Subsystem
- Hardpoints: Four pylon stations on the stub wings. Longbows also have a station on each wingtip for an AIM-92 Stinger twin missile pack.[72]
- Rockets : Hydra 70 70 mm, CRV7 70 mm, and APKWS 70 mm air-to-ground rockets
- Missiles: Typically AGM-114 Hellfire variants; AIM-92 Stinger and Spike missiles may also be carried.
Avionics :
- Lockheed Martin / Northrop Grumman AN/APG-78 Longbow fire-control radar