Helikopter tempur

Denel AH-2 Rooivalk

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004^[9]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2 (pilot & weapon systems officer)
• Length: 18.73 m^[10] (61 ft 5½ in)
• Rotor diameter: 15.58 m (51 ft 1½ in)
• Height: 5.19 m (17 ft 0¼ in)
• Disc area: 190.60 m² (2,052.1 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 5,730 kg (12,632 lb)
• Loaded weight: 7,500 kg (16,535 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 8,750 kg (19,290 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Turbomeca Makila 1K2 turboshafts, 1,420 kW (1,904 shp) each
• Internal fuel capacity: 1,854 L (489.8 US Gallons)

Performance

• Never exceed speed: 309 km/h (167 knots, 193 mph)
• Cruise speed: 278 km/h (150 knots, 173 mph) at sea level (max cruise)
• Range: 740 km (380 nmi, 437 mi) at sea level(max internal fuel)
• Ferry range: 1,335 km (720 nmi, 829 mi) at 1525 m (5,000 ft) (max external fuel)
• Service ceiling: 6,100 m (20,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 13.3 m/s (2,620 ft/min)

Armament

• 1 × F2 20 mm cannon, 700 rounds
• 8 or 16 × Mokopa ZT-6 long-range anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM),
• 4 × MBDA Mistral air-to-air missiles,
• 38 or 76 × 70 mm folding fin aerial rockets (FFAR)

AgustaWestland Apache

Westland Apache AH Mk1 at a UK airshow

Specifications (Apache AH1)

Data from AgustaWestland page^[32] Jane's Air Forces,^[33] British Army^[11]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 17.7 m (58 ft 4 in with rotors turning)
• Rotor diameter: 14.6 m (48 ft)
• Height: 3.87 m (12 ft 8 in)
• Disc area: 168.11 m² (1,809.5 ft²)
• Empty weight: 5,165 kg (11,387 lb)
• Loaded weight: 8,006 kg (17,650 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 9,525 kg (21,000 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca RTM322 turboshaft, 1,566 kW (2,100 hp) each

Performance

• Never exceed speed: 365 km/h (197 knots, 227 mph)
• Maximum speed: 293 km/h (158 knots, 182 mph)
• Cruise speed: 259 km/h (140 knots, 161 mph)
• Range: 1,700 km (1,121 mi)
• Service ceiling: 6,400 m (21,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 12.7 m/s (2,500 ft/min)

Armament

• Guns: M230 Chain Gun, 1156 rounds
• Missiles: Hellfire (and Stinger, Starstreak, Sidewinder/Sidearm proposed)
• Rockets: CRV7, Flechette (Tungsten dart) or High-Explosive Incendiary Semi-Armour Piercing (HEISAP)

Eurocopter Tiger

Eurocopter Tiger HAP at the Paris Air Show 2007

Specifications (Tiger HAP)

German Tiger UHT during a looping demonstration at ILA 2006

General characteristics

• Crew: 2 (pilot, weapon systems officer)
• Length: 14.08 m fuselage (46 ft 2 in)
• Rotor diameter: 13.00 m (42 ft 8 in)
• Height: 3.83 m (12 ft 7 in)
• Disc area: 133 m² (1,430 ft²)
• Empty weight: 3,060 kg (6,750 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 6,000 kg (13,000 lb)
• Internal fuel capacity: 1,080 kg (2,380 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce MTR390 turboshafts, 873 kW (1,170 shp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 290 km/h with mast, 315 km/h without mast (157 knots, 181 mph with mast, 170 knots or 196 mph without mast)
• Range: 800 km (430 nm, 500 mi) combat (with external tanks in the inboard stations: 1,300km)
• Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 10.7 m/s (2,105 ft/min)

Armament

• Guns: ** 1× 30 mm (1.18 in) GIAT 30 cannon in chin turret

On its two inner hardpoints and two outer hardpoints the Eurocopter Tiger can carry a combination of the following weapons:

• on each of its two inner hardpoints:
  • 2x 20 mm (0.787 in) machine cannons in a pod, or
  • 22× 68 mm (2.68 in) SNEB unguided missiles in a pod, or
  • 8x AGM-114 Hellfire laser guided missiles
• on each of its two outer hardpoints:
  • 2× Mistral air-to-air missiles, or
  • 12× 68 mm (2.68 in) SNEB unguided missiles in a pod

Mil Mi-28

Mil Mi-28N in flight

Specifications (Mi-28N)

Data from Jane's^[16]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1 pilot (rear), 1 navigator/weapons operator (front)
• Length: 17.01 m (55 ft 10 in)
• Rotor diameter: 17.20 m (56 ft 5 in)
• Height: 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)
• Disc area: 232.35 m² (2,501 ft²)
• Empty weight: 8,600 kg (18,960 lb)
• Loaded weight: 10,700 kg (23,590 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 11,500 kg (25,350 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Klimov TV3-117VMA turboshaft, 1,636 kW (2,194 shp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 320 km/h (172 knots, 199 mph)
• Cruise speed: 270 km/h (145 knots, 168 mph)
• Range: 435 km (234 nmi, 270 mi)
• Combat radius: 200 km (108 nmi, 124 mi) ; with 10 min loiter and 5% reserves
• Ferry range: 1,100 km (593 nmi, 683 mi)
• Service ceiling: 5,700 m (19,000 ft)

Armament

• Guns: 1× chin-mounted 30 mm Shipunov 2A42 cannon with 250 rounds (±110° horizontal fire)
• Hardpoints: Two pylons under each stub wing to mount bombs, rockets, missiles, and gun pods. Main armament configurations include:
  • 16 Ataka-V anti-tank missiles and 40 S-8 rockets, Or
  • 16 Ataka-V anti-tank missiles, and 10 S-13 rocket, Or
  • 16 Ataka-V anti-tank missiles, and two 23 mm Gsh-23L gun pods with 250 rounds each.
  • Other ordnance: 9K118 Sheksna and 9A-2200 anti-tank missiles, 8 Igla-V and Vympel R-73 air-to-air missiles, 2 KMGU-2 mine dispensers

Kamov Ka-50

Kamov Ka-50 of the Russian Air Force (VVS)

Specifications

Kamov Ka-52 on display

Data for Ka-50, differences for Ka-52 noted.

Data from Ka-50 page,^[22] Ka-52 page,^[14] Donald and March^[8] Aerospaceweb^[23]

General characteristics

• Crew: One (for Ka-52: two)
• Length: 16.0 m (52 ft 6 in)
• Rotor diameter: 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
• Height: 4.93 m (16 ft 2 in)
• Disc area: 330.3 m² (3,555 ft²)
• Empty weight: 7,700 kg (17,000 lb)
• Loaded weight: 9,800 kg (21,600 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 10,800 kg (23,810 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Klimov TV3-117VK turboshafts, 1,641 kW (2,200 shp) each
• For Ka-52:
  • Loaded weight: 10,400 kg (22,930 lb)

Performance

• Never exceed speed: 350 km/h (189 knots, 217 mph) in dive
• Maximum speed: 315 km/h (170 knots, 196 mph) in level flight
• Cruise speed: 270 km/h (146 knots, 168 mph)
• Range: 545 km (339 miles)
• Ferry range: 1,160 km (720 mi) with 4 drop tanks
• Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 10 m/s (32.8 ft/s)
• Disc loading: 30 kg/m² (6 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 0.33 kW/kg (0.20 hp/lb)

Armament

• 1x mobile semi-rigid 30 mm Shipunov 2A42 cannon (460 rounds total, dual feeding AP or HE-Frag)
• A variety of payloads on the four under-wing hardpoints, including 23 mm UPK-23-250 gun pods (240 rounds each), 2 x APU-6 Missle racks, able to accommodate a total of 12 9K121 Vikhr anti-tank missiles, Vympel R-73 (NATO: AA-11 Archer) air-to-air missiles, 80 x 80 mm S-8 rockets and 20 x 122 mm S-13 rocket, Kh-25 semi-active laser guided tactical air-to-ground missiles, presumably S-25/S-25L high caliber rockets, 4x 250 kg (550 lb) bombs or 2x 500 kg (1,100 lb) bombs, 500 L (130 US gal) external fuel tanks. Reportedly, twin Igla light air-to-air missile launchers under each wingtip countermeasure pod (total 4 missiles). Maximum total payload 2,000 kg.^[17]
• Two pods on the wingtips with flare and chaff countermeasure dispensers, 4 UV-26 dispensers each (total 512 chaff/flare cartridges in each pod)