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BELL AH-1W SUPERCOBRA
1982
 
ATTACK HELICOPTER
  
     
 
 
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BELL AH-1W SUPERCOBRA
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 ATTACK HELICOPTER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 BELL HELICOPTER
FIRST FLIGHT :
 1982
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 1986
NUMBER BUILT :
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SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) - Excluding Main Rotor
LENGTH :
 45 ft 7 in (13.9 m); 58 ft 0 in (17.7 m) - Including Both Rotors
HEIGHT :
 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
ROTOR DIAMETER :
 48 ft 0 in (14.6 m)
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 10,200 lb (4630 kg)
WEIGHT LOADED :
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WEIGHT MAX :
 14,750 lb (6690 kg)
ARMAMENT :
 1 x 20 mm (0.787 in) M197 3-barreled gatling cannon in the
 
 A/A49E-7) turret (750 rounds ammo capacity)
BOMB LOAD :
 - 2.75 in (70 mm) Hydra 70 rockets - Mounted in LAU-68C/A (7 shot)
 
 or LAU-61D/A (19 shot) launchers variety of 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)
POWER PLANT :
 2 × General Electric T700-401 turboshaft, 1,690 shp (1,300 kW) each
CREW :
 2 - Pilot & Co-Pilot/Gunner
 
 
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 218 mph (352 km/h, 190 knots) at Sea Level
CLIMB RATE :
 1,620 ft/min (8.2 m/s)
RANGE :
 317 miles (587 km, 365 nmi)
SERVICE CEILING :
 12,200 ft (3720 m)
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Richardson, Doug. Modern Fighting Aircraft, Volume 13, AH-1 Cobra. New York: Prentice Hall, 1987. ISBN 0-13-020751-9.

  
 
     
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