Inventory of the world's 10 armed countries The United States and Russia have been dominating the main market of armed forces. There are really two of them, but they are only barely on the list.
1st place: American AH-64 "Apache" armed ***
Fuselage length: 1773 meters. Fuselage height: 387 meters. Wingspan: 1463 meters. Empty weight: 5165 kg. Top speed: 293 km/h. The main ** of the AH-64*** is 1 30mm M230 "Viper" chain cannon with 1200 rounds of ammunition. The aircraft has 4 ** hardpoints, which can carry 16 AGM-114 "Hellfire" missiles, or 76 rockets (4 19-tube rocket launchers), or a mixed loadout. In addition, the improved model can also use AIM-92 "Stinger", AGM-122 "Said Eminem", AIM-9 "Sidewinder", BGM-71 "Towing" and other missiles. Any part of the AH-64*** rotor can fight 12A 7 mm bullet, most of the surface of the fuselage, after being hit by a 23mm shell, guaranteed a continuation of flight for 30 minutes.
2nd place: Russian Ka-52 "Alligator" armed ***
It adopts a coaxial reversing twin-rotor parallel two-seat structure, and is also equipped with ejection seats, which is the biggest feature of the Ka-52. The maximum take-off weight is 114 tons, empty weight 83 tons, the power system is two VK-2500 turboshaft aero engines, each with a power of 2500 horsepower. It has a rotor diameter of 1443 meters, the length of the aircraft (including rotors) is 1596 meters with a height of 493 meters. It has a maximum level flight speed of 310 km-h and a cruising speed of 250 km-h. The fixed ** is a 2A42 30mm single-barreled cannon with a reserve of 280 rounds. It has three hardpoints on each side of the short wings on both sides of the fuselage, which can be mounted with a variety of missiles, rockets and bombs. The most important of these is the "Whirlwind" anti-tank missile, which is a type of anti-tank missile with a speed of up to 1A Mach 8 missile with a range of up to 10 kilometers and a penetration of 800 mm of homogeneous steel armor can be used against modern main battle tanks. In addition, it can also mount R-73 air-to-air missiles, Kh-35 anti-ship missiles, B-8 rocket launch nests, etc.
Third place: American AH-1Z "Viper" armed ***
The AH-1Z Viper is a twin-engine attack based on the AH-1W Super Cobra, designed and produced by the American company Bell. Full length: 178 meters. High: 437 meters. Empty weight: 55 tons. Maximum take-off weight: 84 tons. Maximum speed: 300 km/h. Range: 715 km. Airborne**: One 3-barreled 20mm Gatling cannon with 3 hardpoints on each wing, two AIM-9 air-to-air missiles on the wingtips and the remaining four ATM missiles or rockets. Viper combines the RT-1824 integrated radio, UHF VHF, COMSEC and modem into a single unit. The navigation kit includes an embedded GPS inertial navigation system, a digital mapping system, and Meggitt's low-airspeed aerodynamic data subsystem for ** launch while hovering.
Fourth place: Russian Mi-28 "Havoc" armed ***
Main rotor diameter: 172 meters. Tail rotor diameter: 385 meters. Captain: 1705 meters. Combat radius: 500 km. Practical ceiling: 5600 meters. Maximum take-off weight: 115 tons (m-28nm). Crew: 2 people. External load: up to 1605 kg. Powertrain: VK-2500P-01 PS turboshaft engine. Maximum level flight speed: 324 km/h. Maximum ceiling: 5600 meters. Rate of climb: 1000 m min. **System: 30mm cannon under the nose that can carry a variety of anti-tank missiles, such as the Attack, Storm and Raid-B series. It can also be equipped with unguided rockets and aerial bombs, optoelectronic and night combat equipment: N025 search fire control radar, with meteorological radar function, forward-looking infrared system, Doppler automatic navigation system, day and night visual system. Protection system: The cockpit and engine compartment are protected by armor using titanium alloys, ceramic armor and bulletproof glass.
Fifth place: French and German "Tiger" armed ***
The Tiger Armament is a type of four-rotor, twin-engine multi-mission armament, which is the world's first armed Tiger-type armed force that incorporates air supremacy combat into the design idea and puts it into practice70 meters, the fuselage length is 14 meters, and the height of the aircraft is 381 meters, wingspan 432 meters. The basic empty weight is 3300 dry grams, the mission take-off weight is 5300 5800 kg, and the maximum take-off weight is 6000 kg. Cruising speed 250 280 dry meters per hour. **System: 130 mm GIAT or 2268 mm SNEB unguided missile, or 8AGM-114 Hellfire missile, laser-guided missile.
6th place: Russian Mi-24 "Hind" armed ***
Captain: 175 meters. Wingspan: 173 meters. Rotor diameter: 171 meter. Height: 65 meters. Empty weight: 85 tons. Maximum take-off weight: 12 tons. Maximum flight speed: 335 km/h. Maximum range: 1000 km. Combat radius: 288 km. Powertrain: two Klimov TV3-117MT turboshaft engines, each with a maximum power of almost 2000 horsepower. **System: 9M114 anti-tank missile, 9M30 "Needle" anti-aircraft missile, UB V-16, UB V-32 or S-5 57 rocket launchers, each rocket launcher can hold 32 57mm rockets, or auxiliary fuel tanks and conventional bombs, a double-barreled 30mm gun. Armor protection: The cockpit is protected by a bulletproof windshield and titanium armor, and important parts are also equipped with armor that is resistant to 127 mm heavy machine gun fire, even the rotor part of the aircraft was reinforced with titanium alloy. Ceiling: 6 km. Avionics system equipment such as radar altimeter, blind flight instrument equipment, ballistic computer, radio compass with map display, etc. Number of external pylons: 4-6 pcs.
7th place: Turkish "T-929" heavy armament***
T929 Heavy Armament*** Full weight 115 tons, including 15 tons of ** mounting. The maximum flight speed is 315 km/h, and the ceiling is about 6100 meters. The power system is the "Ukrainian Motor Corporation" TV3-117VMA-SBM1V engine. The avionics system includes the Aselflir-300T sight identification system, helmet display system, VMFD-68 color multifunction display and CDU-900Z** display unit, missile warning sensor, radio frequency jammer and directional infrared countermeasure (DIRCM) system. (mildar) millimeter-wave fire control radar. **Armed with UMTAS and L-UMTAS long-range anti-tank missiles and CIRIT 70 mm guided rockets. The nose of the T929 is equipped with a 30mm cannon of the T-30H type from the Aselsan company.
Eighth place: China's "Z-10ME" armed ***
Z-10ME is a new 6-ton medium-sized multi-purpose attack independently developed by China, with a single-rotor with tail rotor configuration, narrow fuselage, tandem cockpit layout. Full length: 1415m [including rotors] Height: 384m Width: 435m [with short wings]. The navigation system is a 3-axis Yrolaser Radio Altimeter Doppler Radar GPS. The glass near the cockpit is resistant to 762mm machine gun fire, armor under the fuselage resists 127mm machine gun fire. The Z-10ME is equipped with CM-502KG air-to-surface missiles, Tianyan-90 air-to-air missiles, Fire Snake 70A precision-guided navigation air-to-air rockets, FS70B air-blast fragmentation rockets and a large number of 23mm artillery shells.
Ninth place: China's "Wuzhi-19" armed ***
Wuzhi-19 (code: WZ-19, Chinese name: Thunderbolt-19) is an armed *** and reconnaissance *** crew developed, developed and manufactured by AVIC Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Company and a *** research institute: 2 people. Length: 12 meters. Height: 401 m. Empty weight: 2,350 kg. Maximum take-off weight: 4,250 kg. Engines: 2 turboshaft-8c turboshaft engines, 700 kW each (940 hp). Main rotor diameter: 1193 meters. Main rotor area: 11179 square meters. Maximum speed: 305 km/h. Cruising speed: 245 km/h. Flight ceiling: 4,500 meters. Range: 700 km. Aerial gun pod: 23 mm cannon. ** Tianyan 90 air-to-air missile, Red Arrow 8 anti-tank missile.
10th place: Italian A-129 "Mongoose" armament***
The A-129 is armed with a tandem two-seater cockpit with a left tail rotor, two Rolls-Royce GEM 1004 (A-129) or LHTEC T800-LHT-800 (A-129 International) turboshaft engines, wheeled fixed landing gear; It can mount and launch "Stinger" air-to-air missiles, Tao anti-tank missiles, 70mm rockets, and is equipped with 127 mm machine gun pod. The main anti-tank ** of the A-129 armament*** is the BGM-71 Tao anti-tank missile, which was later upgraded to the Tao-2 (BGM-71C) and Tao-2 (BGM-71D E) models. The Tao anti-tank missile has a maximum range of 3,750 meters, which was initially sufficient to be fired outside the effective range of early Soviet short-range air defense systems (such as the Sam-7 or 20 30 mm guns), but in the face of newer systems such as the SAM-15 (9M330 Doyle), SAM-18 (9K38) and Tunguska with a longer range.