Top 5 best attack Helicopters in the World.

Attack Helicopters have become a very important machine of any air force in the world. Hence every country in world wants to induct best attack helicopter so that it can perform to its best during any extraordinary situation.  

Below are the list of Top 5 attack helicopters in the world. 

5. Eurocopter Tiger. 

This helicopter was developed by Eurocopter Airbus Helicopter back in 1991 and is one of best attack helicopters in the world. It is 5000 kg Helicopter that gets power from MTR MTR390 turboshaft engines, 972 kW each. 

Max Speed: 290km/h

Range: 800 km

Fuel capacity : 1080 kg 

Armaments 

The Tiger is available in attack and escort version. The attack version is fitted with HOT-3 anti tank missile and unguided missiles. It also carries Stinger air-to-air missile but has no cannon. 

The escort version is fitted with 30 mm cannon and unguided missile and also equipped with  Mistral air-to-air missile. 

This machine is used by France, Germany, Spain, Australia. 

4. Mil Mi-28 Havoc. 

It is a Russia originate Helicopter developed by Mil in year 1982 and is used in small numbers by Russian Air Force. It is 10,700 kg Helicopter powdered by 2 Klimov TV3-117 turboshaft engine, 1636 kW each. 

Max Speed: 320 km/h

Range: 435 km

Fuel Capacity: 1337 kg

Armaments 

It is fitted with Eight Ataka anti armor missiles along with unguided rocket pods. The gunship is also is fitted with 30 mm Cannon. 

Its major operators are Russian Air Force, Iraq Air Force, Algeria Air Force. 

3. Kamov Ka-50 Hokum-B.

It is a single seated attack helicopter developed by Kamov in Russia. It is also the worlds first helicopter with a rescue ejection system. It was first introduced in 1995 and its one unit cost about $16 million. It is a 9,800 kg Helicopter powered by 2 Klimov VK-2500 turboshaft engines, 1800 kW each. 

Max Speed: 315 km/h

Range: 545 km

Fuel Capacity: 500 lt

Armaments 

This gunship is armed with a 30mm Cannon and up to 12 Vikar anti-tank missile.It can also carry unguided rockets and igla-V air-to-air missiles. 

It is fitted with a battle management system and can share data with other helicopter and also to a third party. 

This gunship is in service for Russian Air Force and Egyptian Air Force. 

2. Bell AH-1Z Viper. 

It is twin engined American Originated helicopter developed Bell Helicopter introduced in year 2010. It is twin engined helicopter and is inspired from AH-1W SuperCobra. Its main features include four blade, composite main rotor system and a new tirget sighting system. It is a 5,580 kg Gunship powered by 2 General Electric T700-GE-401C turboshaft engines, 1340 kW each. 

Max Speed: 296 km/h

Range: 685 km

Fuel Capacity: 1565 lt

Armaments

The Viper is armed with 20mm three barrel cannon. It can carry up to 16 Hellfire anti tank guided missile. It can also carry pods with unguided rockets and two Sidewinder fire-and-forget air-to-air missile. 

This are operated by Bahrain, Czech Republic, USA. 

1. Boeing AH-64 Apache. 

This is the best attack helicopter in the world developed by Boeing Defence in America. This is twin seated gunship with a Nose Mounted Sensor suit for target acquisition and night vision system. It was first introduced in 1986 and it has significant system redundancy to improve combat survivability. It is a 8,006 kg Gunship powered by 2 General Electric T700-GE-701 turboshaft engines, 1,409 kW each. 

Max Speed: 293 km/h

Range: 476 km

Fuel Capacity: 984 lt

Armaments 

This has 30mm Cannon and can fire 2 Hellfire 2 Anti Tank guided missiles in fire-and-forget mode. Some upgrades were done in Targeting, communication, cockpit, battle management systems, weapons, and navigation system. 

It is operated by USA, South Korea, Japan, India, Saudi Arabia and many more. 

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