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    Apache Helicopters: Tank Helicopter

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    The Apache helicopter is a revolutionary attack helicopter designed for combat. It has advanced flight, weapons, sensor, and armor systems that make it extremely lethal, allowing it to identify and destroy targets day or night even in poor weather. Key weapons include Hellfire missiles and Hydra rockets, along with a chain gun. The Apache relies on speed, maneuverability, sensors, and evasive tactics to avoid detection and damage in combat situations.

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    Apache Helicopters: Tank Helicopter

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    The Apache helicopter is a revolutionary attack helicopter designed for combat. It has advanced flight, weapons, sensor, and armor systems that make it extremely lethal, allowing it to identify and destroy targets day or night even in poor weather. Key weapons include Hellfire missiles and Hydra rockets, along with a chain gun. The Apache relies on speed, maneuverability, sensors, and evasive tactics to avoid detection and damage in combat situations.

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    The Apache helicopter is a revolutionary attack helicopter designed for combat. It has advanced flight, weapons, sensor, and armor systems that make it extremely lethal, allowing it to identify and destroy targets day or night even in poor weather. Key weapons include Hellfire missiles and Hydra rockets, along with a chain gun. The Apache relies on speed, maneuverability, sensors, and evasive tactics to avoid detection and damage in combat situations.

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    Apache Helicopters: Tank Helicopter

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    APACHE HELICOPTERS

    • The Apache helicopter is a


    revolutionary development in the
    history of war. It is essentially a
    flying tank -- a helicopter designed
    to survive heavy attack and inflict
    massive damage. It can zero in on
    specific targets, day or night, even
    in terrible weather. As you might
    expect, it is a terrifying machine to
    ground forces.
    • In this edition, we'll look at the
    Apache's amazing flight systems,
    weapons systems, sensor
    systems and armor systems.
    Individually, these components are
    remarkable pieces of technology.
    Combined together, they make up
    an unbelievable fighting machine
    -- the most lethal helicopter ever
    created.
    HELICOPTER-BASICS
    • Helicopters are the most versatile
    flying machines in existence
    today. This versatility gives the
    pilot complete access to three-
    dimensional space in a way that
    no airplane can. If you have ever
    flown in a helicopter you know that
    its abilities are exhilarating! The
    amazing flexibility of helicopters
    means that they can fly almost
    anywhere. However, it also means
    that flying the machines is
    complicated. The pilot has to think
    in three dimensions and must use
    both arms and both legs
    constantly to keep a helicopter in
    the air! Piloting a helicopter
    requires a great deal of training
    and skill, as well as continuous
    attention to the machine.
    POWER AND FLIGHT
    • An Apache works pretty much
    the same way as any other
    helicopters. It has two rotors.
    • The newest Apache sports
    twin General Electric T700-
    GE-701C turboshaft engines,
    boasting about 1,700
    horsepower each.
    • The Apache is just a high-end
    helicopter
    HELLFIRE MISSILE
    • The Apache's chief function is to
    take out heavily armored ground
    targets, such as tanks and
    bunkers. To inflict this kind of
    damage, you need some heavy
    fire power, and to do it from a
    helicopter, you need an
    extremely sophisticated targeting
    system. TheApache's primary
    weapon, the Hellfire missile,
    meets these demands. Each
    missile is a miniature aircraft,
    complete with its own guidance
    computer, steering control and
    propulsion system. The payload
    is a high-explosive, copper-lined-
    charge warhead powerful enough
    to burn through the heaviest tank
    armor in existence.
    ROCKETS & CHAIN GUN
    • Apaches usually fly with two
    Hydra rocket launchers in
    place of two of the Hellfire
    missile sets. Each rocket
    launcher carries 19 folding-fin
    2.75-inch aerial rockets,
    secured in launching tubes. To
    fire the rockets, the launcher
    triggers an igniter at the rear
    end of the tube. The Apache
    gunner can fire one rocket at a
    time or launch them in groups.
    The flight fins unfold to
    stabilize the rocket once it
    leaves the launcher.
    CONTROLS & SENSORS
    • The Apache cockpit is divided
    into two sections, one directly
    behind the other. The pilot sits
    in the rear section, and the co-
    pilot/gunner sits in the front
    section.
    • The pilot flies the Apache
    using collective and cyclic
    controls, similar to ones you
    would find in any other
    helicopter. The controls
    manipulate the rotors using
    both a mechanical hydraulic
    system and a digital
    stabilization system
    EVASION & ARMOR
    • The Apache's first line of
    defense against attack is
    keeping out of range. As we
    saw earlier, the helicopter is
    specifically designed to fly low
    to the ground, hiding behind
    cover whenever possible. The
    Apache is also designed to
    evade enemy radar scanning.
    If the pilots pick up radar
    signals with the onboard
    scanner, they can activate a
    radar jammer to confuse the
    enemy.

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