Forces of Valor – Bell AH-1W Super Cobra , ‚39/165932‘ USMC , Iraq 2008

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                    AH-1 SeaCobra / SuperCobra

The Bell AH-1 SuperCobra is a twin-engine attack helicopter based on the United States Army’s single-engine AH-1 Cobra. The twin Cobra family, itself part of the larger Huey family, includes the AH-1J SeaCobra, the AH-1T Improved SeaCobra, and the AH-1W SuperCobra. The AH-1W, the backbone of the United States Marine Corps’s attack helicopter fleet for decades, is being replaced by the next generation Bell AH-1Z Viper.

AH-1T

Improved SeaCobraImproved version with extended tailboom and fuselage and an upgraded transmission and engines.

General characteristics

• • Crew: 2: pilot, co-pilot/gunner (CPG)
  • Length: 58 ft (17.7 m) (with both rotors turning)
  • Rotor diameter: 48 ft (14.6 m)
  • Height: 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
  • Disc area: 1809 ft² (168.1 m²)
  • Empty weight: 10,200 lb (4,630 kg)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 14,750 lb (6,690 kg)
  • Rotor systems: 2 blades on main rotor, 2 blades on tail rotor
  • Fuselage length: 45 ft 7 in (13.9 m)
  • Stub wing span: 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
  • Powerplant: 2 × General Electric T700-401 turboshaft, 1,690 shp (1,300 kW) each

Performance

• • Maximum speed: 190 knots (218 mph, 352 km/h)
  • Range: 317 nmi (365 mi, 587 km)
  • Service ceiling: 12,200 ft (3,720 m)
  • Rate of climb: 1,620 ft/min (8.2 m/s)

Armament

• 20 mm (0.787 in) M197 3-barreled Gatling cannon in the A/A49E-7 turret (750 rounds ammo capacity)
• 2.75 in (70 mm) Hydra 70 or APKWS II rockets – Mounted in LAU-68C/A (7 shot) or LAU-61D/A (19 shot) launchers
• 5 in (127 mm) Zuni rockets – 8 rockets in two 4-round LAU-10D/A launchers
• TOW missiles – Up to 8 missiles mounted in two 4-round XM65 missile launchers, one on each outboard hardpoint
• AGM-114 Hellfire missiles – Up to 8 missiles mounted in two 4-round M272 missile launchers, one on each outboard hardpoint
• AIM-9 Sidewinder anti-aircraft missiles – 1 mounted on each outboard hardpoint (total of 2)