BoeingAH-64 Apache and Kamov Ka-50. Name: Boeing AH-64 Apache Kamov Ka-50; Type: Attack helicopter: Attack helicopter: Origin: USA: Russia: Produced: 1983: 1990: Unit cost: 35.5 milion $ 16 million $ (2011) Full description: Description, operators: Description, operators: Specifications. Range: 476 km: 545 km: Max speed: 365 km/h (227 mph) 315
theres not a tremendous difference in capabilities, vis-a-vis what people tend to care about in DCS, between a modern Cobra and an AH-64 without the longbow or guardian stuff. That, and up until recently a Cobra was actually in development (the phrasing I recall was "no longer in (ED's) immediate plans").
TheApache’s stub wings each mount two pylons typically carrying a mix of pods carrying nineteen 2.75-inch rockets for use against personnel and light vehicles,
M60main battle tanks work with a pair of AH-1 Cobra helicopters in a combined arms field training exercise. Image: NARA. The semi-rigid rotor produces a stark one-to-one vibration as you power up the aircraft. It’s a weird feeling. Once you get the aircraft up to speed, however, it is a joy to fly.
Inthe early 1980s, the Mil Mi-24 Hind and the Bell AH-1 Cobra were the major attack helicopters on either side of the Cold War. Had the Russians tried to storm the Fulda Gap, these two choppers would've butt heads — often — in between efforts to blast the other side's tanks and troops to hell. The Mi-24 Hind not only carried anti-tank
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ah 1 cobra vs ah 64 apache