The AH-64 Apache is an armament developed by the U.S. Army to replace the AH-1 Cobra
It is currently the undeserved king of the world's armed forces - the reason why China's Z-10 cannot match it is mainly because the Z-10 is positioned as a medium-sized armed force and the technical limitations of the engine, so it is not yet able to compete with the heavy Apache ***.
Apache has served in the U.S. Army since the 1980s. Currently, it has been developed to type E. It is alleged that 634 AH-64D*** units of the US military will be upgraded to the standard of AH-64E.
In addition to the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, India, Indonesia, Iraq and South Korea have also ordered and equipped Apache.
The total length of the aircraft is 1773 meters, rotor diameter 1463 meters, the height of the aircraft is 387 meters, maximum speed of 293 kilometers per hour, combat radius of 480 kilometers, cruising range of 1,900 kilometers, maximum ceiling of 6,400 meters.
The AH-64 Apache is equipped with a mast-type radar antenna and an upgraded Longbow fire control radar, which has greatly improved target positioning, combat command capabilities, flight, communications, and navigation.
Armed with more than 1,200 rounds of 30mm cannons, the AH-64 can fire Fire-and-Forget Hellfire anti-tank missiles for enhanced strike capabilities.
The Hellfire missile, which entered service in 1984, and the improved Hellfire II missile, which was introduced in 1994, has been the most popular U.S. missile among officers and soldiers. Since 2001, there have been more than 180,000 Hellfire missiles were launched during exercises or actual combat, and more than 3 have been produced so far20,000 pieces. Hellfire missiles cost about $100,000 each, depending on the warhead and guidance system.
The most important innovation of the AH-64D and E models is the AN APG-78 Longbow multi-function millimeter wave, which has multi-target search and engagement capabilities, and gives pilots a wider area of perception (Situation Awareness, SA) capabilities.
Millimeter waves were chosen because radar waves with longer wavelengths can bypass large obstacles, so they are consumed at a slower rate in the atmosphere, making them suitable for long-range detection. Short-wave radar, on the other hand, has higher resolution in detecting small objects because its electromagnetic waves reflect off smaller objects. Attack*** requires effective detection of objects of all sizes at close range, so radars with longer wavelengths are less able to meet such needs. Under this premise, millimeter wave has become a better choice.
The Longbow millimeter-wave radar, paired with the Hellfire II missile, which also uses a millimeter-wave detection head, has become the most powerful firepower combination of the Apache armed forces at present.
Comments:
1. American**, the best - 3,000 guests and 3,000 drunk.
2. It's been so many years since it came out, and it's still so good, we really have to work hard. --Koumu is naturally staying.
3. Forget it, ground infrared air defense, radar air defense, individual air defense and air superiority aircraft can easily take out the Apache, this thing bullies some ground forces that do not have complete field air defense and air superiority at most, if they fight with Russia and China, the air defense missile will teach them to be human in minutes. --Reliable Zhukov.
4. It is currently the undeserved king of the world's armed forces - the reason why China's straight 10 cannot match it is mainly because the straight 10 is positioned as a kind - suddenly qwy
5. The upgrade has not yet been completed, and comrades still have to work hard -- Han Shui Yi Chen.
6. Our straight ten can't be compared with Apache, even with Super Cobra. --Grandpa Bao's Spring.
7. Apache ultra-low-altitude flight is not scanned by general air defense radars -- listen to the wind and 201201