subject: Apache Helicopter - The Tank Killer [print this page] Apache Helicopter - The Tank Killer Apache Helicopter - The Tank Killer
Advancements in science have brought great breakthroughs in our lives, from simple equipments and technology we use at home to sophisticated inventions used by our defense forces and the brilliant breakthroughs on energy production. However, it has often been said regarding new innovations in technical fields that there is very little advances in what is actually new. What is meant by that, of course, is that somewhere, sometime, along the era of revolutionary breakthroughs, an idea considered to be today's original concept has already been thought of. This may be true about some things but not all. For instance, the development on aviations, there are quite a lot of original inventions on military aircraft nowadays like the Apache Helicopter.
Military helicopters come in various designs and functionalities and they are categorized according to their primary uses. The classification of United States Military helicopters mostly used include A- attack, C- Cargo transport, H- search and rescue, R- reconnaissance, S anti-submarine warfare, M- multi-mission, T- trainer and U- utility. The AH-64 Apache helicopter is among of the AH group which is known as the group of military attack helicopters and generally the most recognized group.
The Apache helicopter is called the tank killer and also known as the primary attack helicopter of the U.S. army. It is a twin-engine and four-bladed helicopter with highly stable aerial weapons-delivery platform that is best for multi-mission attacks. The Apache can carry 30mm cannon and either 16 HELLFIRE laser guided missiles or 76 70mm wrap-around fin aerial rockets (WAFAR) specifically for enemies' light armor vehicles and other soft skinned targets. This one of the great combat features of the Apache helicopter and certainly makes it the first choice of the U.S. Army. The latest version of AH-64, which is the AH-64D Apache Longbow is 400 times accurate that the AH-64. This is actually based on the first test they have done in 2009. No wonder the Apache helicopter is more lethal than other attack helicopters.
