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== History == | == History == | ||
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| − | + | This aircraft is very similar to the AH-6, an upcoming vehicle to the US Helicopter tree. The MD500 tow is based on the MD500 aircraft platform, whose development started in 1960 based off a handful of undeveloped designs from the 1950's. The ingame MD500 is based off of the mid/late production MD500E's from the mid and late 80's. The Israeli MD-500 Tow is not an early production, (1970's,) MD-500E. | |
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== Media == | == Media == | ||
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{{Youtube-gallery|0uTPOTTUKxY|'''The Shooting Range #309''' - ''Pages of History'' section at 04:03 discusses the MD500.}} | {{Youtube-gallery|0uTPOTTUKxY|'''The Shooting Range #309''' - ''Pages of History'' section at 04:03 discusses the MD500.}} | ||
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* ''reference to the series of the helicopter;'' | * ''reference to the series of the helicopter;'' | ||
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Revision as of 22:16, 20 July 2022
Contents
Description
The MD500-TOW Lahatut is a rank V Israeli attack helicopter with a battle rating of 8.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Danger Zone".
General info
Flight performance
Max speed
at 1 000 m241 km/h
Max altitude3 475 m
EngineAllison 250-C20B
Power420 hp
Take-off weight1 t
Slow but highly manueverable.
| Characteristics | Max Speed (km/h at 1,000 m) |
Max altitude (metres) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AB | RB | ||
| Stock | ___ | ___ | 3475 |
| Upgraded | ___ | ___ | |
Survivability and armour
Crew2 people
Speed of destruction
Structural0 km/h
Gear320 km/h
The engine can take a beating, the rotors and crew cannot. There is no crew protection. Avoid being hit.
Modifications and economy
Repair costBasic → Reference
AB9 804 → 12 823 
RB2 848 → 3 725
SB4 777 → 6 248
Total cost of modifications267 000 
418 000
Talisman cost2 200 
Crew training140 000
Experts490 000
Aces1 800
Research Aces780 000
Reward for battleAB / RB / SB
100 / 300 / 430 %
202 / 202 / 202 %
| Flight performance | Survivability | Weaponry | ||||||||||||
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Armaments
Night vision devices
Improves visibility by enhancing natural light or active illumination.
Suspended armament
The Lahatut can be outfitted with the following ordnance:
- 14 x Hydra-70 M247 rockets
- 2 x BGM-71C Improved TOW missiles
- 4 x BGM-71C Improved TOW missiles
- 4 x BGM-71D TOW-2 missiles
Custom loadout options
| 1 | 2 |  | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydra-70 M247 rockets | 7 | 7 | |
| BGM-71C Improved TOW missiles | 1, 2 | 1, 2 | |
| BGM-71D TOW-2 missiles | 2 | 2 |
Usage in battles
This aircraft is small enough where the best way to play is to hide inside of the map behind a large hill, building, or structure, and fire your armaments against friendly or enemy players.
Pros and cons
Summarise and briefly evaluate the vehicle in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark its pros and cons in the bulleted list. Try not to use more than 6 points for each of the characteristics. Avoid using categorical definitions such as "bad", "good" and the like - use substitutions with softer forms such as "inadequate" and "effective".
Pros:
Cons:
History
This aircraft is very similar to the AH-6, an upcoming vehicle to the US Helicopter tree. The MD500 tow is based on the MD500 aircraft platform, whose development started in 1960 based off a handful of undeveloped designs from the 1950's. The ingame MD500 is based off of the mid/late production MD500E's from the mid and late 80's. The Israeli MD-500 Tow is not an early production, (1970's,) MD-500E.
The MD500E has seen ample combat action, and is almost identical to some variants of the MH-6 and Ah-6. You can actually buy one from the MDHelicopters website. The cheapest brand new one you can get one in real life from MD Helicopters is approximately 6,521,739,130 GE. (Around $3 million USD.)
Media
- Videos
The Shooting Range #309 - Pages of History section at 04:03 discusses the MD500.
See also
Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:
- reference to the series of the helicopter;
- links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.
External links
| McDonnell Aircraft Corporation | |
|---|---|
| Jet Fighters | F2H-2 · F3H-2 |
| F-4C Phantom II · F-4E Phantom II · F-4J Phantom II · F-4S Phantom II | |
| F-15A | |
| Export/Licensed | |
| Aircraft | ◄F-4F Early · ◄F-4F · Phantom FG.1 · Phantom FGR.2 · F-4J(UK) Phantom II · F-4EJ Phantom II · F-4EJ ADTW · Kurnass · Kurnass 2000 |
| Baz · F-15J | |
| ▄AV-8B Plus | |
| Helicopters | AH-6M · Lahatut |
| The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation merged with Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas. | |
| See Also | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Israel helicopters | |
|---|---|
| Attack | |
| MD 500 | Lahatut |
| Battle Hawk | AH-60 |
| Cobra | Tzefa D/E · Tzefa A · Tzefa B |
| Apache | Saraph · Peten · AH-64A Peten |
