TheAH-64 Apache and Ka-52 are the most powerful gunship made for close air support; both have been used on battlefields extensively. The Guardian and Hokum-B have a specification that gives one of them an advantage over the other. Their most powerful variants are the Apache Guardian and the Alligator, used by the USAF and Russian Air
Comparedto the Z-Cobra Apache has a better gun, better payload capacity, better loiter time, more armor/better survivability, better computer/electronics package. Secondhand info here, but a buddy who'd flown both also said the -64's MTADS sighting systems smoked what the -1Z was fielding at the time. Can't confirm personally.
Versionsof the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter have been in service with the U.S. Army since 1986. The helicopter was designed to replace the Bell AH-1 Cobra as the Army's primary attack
TheAH-64A entered service in 1986, with 821 eventually delivered through 1996. These initially imposed heavy new maintenance demands on Army mechanics. First seeing action at night during the
TheAGM-122 Sidearm missile was first produced in 1986 and also briefly tested on the Army’s AH-64 Apache. After the existing inventory of the missiles was depleted, it was retired from service
TheBell AH-1 Cobra is an American aerial gunship produced by Bell Helicopters (with Japanese examples produced under license by Fuji Heavy Industries) which was first featured in the 1989
M60main battle tanks work with a pair of AH-1 Cobra helicopters in a combined arms field training exercise. Image: NARA. The semi-rigid rotor produces a stark one-to-one vibration as you power up the aircraft. It’s a weird feeling. Once you get the aircraft up to speed, however, it is a joy to fly.
Theaircraft has been designed to emit a low-radar signature (stealth features). The Comanche will perform the attack mission itself for the Army's light divisions. The RAH-66 will be used as a scout and attack helicopter to include an air-to-ground and air-to-air combat capability. The Comanche is slated to replace the AH-1 Series Cobra light
theres not a tremendous difference in capabilities, vis-a-vis what people tend to care about in DCS, between a modern Cobra and an AH-64 without the longbow or guardian stuff. That, and up until recently a Cobra was actually in development (the phrasing I recall was "no longer in (ED's) immediate plans").
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ah 1 cobra vs ah 64 apache
