Country of Origin. CIS (formerly USSR).
Similar Aircraft.
Mangusta A129,
AH-64 Apache,
AH-1F Cobra.
Crew. Two.
Role. Attack.
Armament.
AAMs, antitank missiles, cannon, rockets.
Dimensions. Length: 57 ft (17.4 m). Rotor diameter: 56 ft (17.04 m).
Wings. Five-blade main rotor mounted above the body midsection. Short, wide, tapered,
weapon-carrying wings mounted to the rear of body midsection.
Engine(s). Two turboshafts in pods mounted alongside the top of the fuselage. Downturned exhausts.
Fuselage. Slender and tapers to the tail boom and nose. Tandem, stepped-up cockpits. Cannon mounted beneath the belly. Fixed landing gear.
Tail. Tapering tail boom to swept-back fin. Flat high-mounted on the fin. Rotor mounted on right.
CIS.
Updated: 27 January 2008 | Born 10 September 2000 |