Helicopters

The AH-60 Battlehawk is an Israeli development of the famed Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter, adapted for combat operations. With an exceptional air-to-ground armament in the form of 16 fire-and-forget SPIKE-ER missiles, the Battlehawk excels in ground engagements where it can devastate targets and overwhelm SPAAs with its SPIKEs while having the ability to dip behind cover to avoid any return fire.

The Bo 105 from the German company Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm emerged in the midst of the Cold War and became one of the harbingers of a new era of rotary-wing aircraft that were fast, lightweight, and versatile.

The Mi-8AMTSh is an upgraded attack variant of the Mi-8. It is equipped with a wide variety of weapons, ranging from extremely precise guided missiles such as the lethal 9M114 Shturm ATGM and the agile 9M39 Igla MANPAD to unguided ordnance like the compact S-8KO rocket and the massive FAB-500 bomb. The helicopter was also fitted with a large amount of countermeasures which can be helpful in some situations, despite the lack of an RWR, MAWS and LWS.

Kamov Design Bureau helicopters are easily recognizable by their signature feature: two rotors arranged in a unique coaxial configuration, rarely seen among competitors.

The Eurocopter Tiger is commonly known as a German and French project that was also exported to Spain and Australia, but the story doesn’t end there. For a time in 1997, the Eurocopter Tiger was tested in Sweden, and the Swedish military even considered buying a number of them.

Hello pilot! Do you wish to learn more about the AH-64 Apache Family? Well you’re in luck! This guide will cover everything you need to know: Their history, capabilities, differences between models, and of course, their usage in battle.

Hello everyone, and welcome to the War Thunder Wiki 3.0! In this video and my first article on Wiki 3.0, I will guide you through the Mi-24 "SuperHind"! We will be taking a look at the history, modules and armaments that the SuperHind has.

Last decades of the Cold War were a golden age for attack helicopters. Building upon everything learned from the previous generations of multirole vehicles, the US and the USSR military strived for even better performance and capabilities, and they had access to new technologies that could give them exactly that. It was the 1980s when engineers worked on the Soviet Ka-50 and Mi-28, the Italian Mangusta, the South-African Rooivalk and, of course, the French-German Eurocopter Tiger.

The story of the A129 Mangusta began during the late stages of the Cold War. The helicopter was developed at the request of the Italian Army, which saw the need to equip its air units with a dedicated attack helicopter equipped with anti-tank capabilities. The A129 was the first dedicated attack helicopter fully designed and built in Western Europe. Its project began in 1978, and its final design was ready only in 1982.

The world of helicopters isn't quite as diverse as that of tanks. But it certainly has its own starring cast. By no means, least among them is the legendary Mi-24, also knowns as the "Crocodile", and of course the "Hind" as it is known by its NATO classification. From its first flight in September 1969 and right up until production ceased in 1991, 3,500 units were manufactured which were also actively exported all over the world. In August 1978, the Czechoslovak Armed Forces obtained their first Mi-24.

Watch the video below for more about the Mi-24D in Czechoslovakian service!