AH-1 Cobra, Super Cobra / AH-1Z Viper (Bell, USA)

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Nekem mindig kis kedvenc marad ez a "kis dög"...okosan összerakott kis potens gép...
 
Video shows close urban air support for US Marines conducted by Marine UH-1 Venom and AH-1Z Viper helicopters using their miniguns and rockets at day and night time during United States Marines training.
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"possible Foreign Military Sale to Bahrain of 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters for an estimated cost of $911.4 million."

The Government of Bahrain has requested twelve (12) AH-1Z attack helicopters, twenty-six (26) T-700 GE 401C engines (twenty-four (24) installed and two (2) spares), fourteen (14) AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles, and fifty-six (56) Advance Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS-II) WGU-59Bs. This request also includes fifteen (15) Honeywell Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) Inertial Navigation System (INS) (EGI) w/Standard Positioning Service (SPS) (including three (3) spares), twelve (12) Joint Mission Planning Systems, twelve (12) M197 20mm gun systems, thirty (30) Tech Refresh Mission Computers, fourteen (14) AN/AAQ-30 Target Sight Systems, twenty six (26) Helmet Mounted Display/Optimized Top Owl, communication equipment, electronic warfare systems, fifteen (15) APX-117 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), fifteen (15) AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning Systems, fifteen (15) AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispenser Sets, fifteen (15) APR-39C(V)2 Radar Warning Receivers, support equipment, spare engine containers, spare and repair parts, tools and test equipment, technical data and publications, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics and program support. The total estimated cost is $911.4 million.
 
Március 31-én helyi idő szerint 20.45 h körül lezuhant Arizona államban a Yuma légibázis közelében a tengerészgyalogság AH-1Z Viper helikoptere. Mindkét pilóta életét vesztette.

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AH-1Z Viper páncélzata. Csak a személyzet ülése kapott az üléseik köré épített kevlar páncélzatot.
Ez a metódus amúgy a legszélesebb körben elterjedt megoldás, lásd az AH-64-eseket, vagy a leendő magyar H145M-eket akár.

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