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Ahmed Yehia Follows the latest news via an appThe AH-46 Apache is the main combat helicopter of the US Army. The Apache made its first flight in 1975. It is a two-man crew and is well-armed to withstand fire from a short distance, and is adapted for use in day and night combat. The Apache helicopter was designed to be able to storm enemy positions and hit its targets from a short distance before withdrawing at a maximum speed of 362 kilometers per hour. The Apache carries several types of weapons that can hit different targets. It can carry 16 Hellfire missiles that can be aimed at targets such as tanks from a distance of eight kilometers. In close combat, the Apache crew can resort to launchers and a 30 mm automatic cannon with 1,200 rounds. Apache navigators use normal video and thermal sensor images to identify their targets, but the US military acknowledges that the thermal identification system has limitations. The new type of Apache is called "Long Bao" and it comes equipped with a fourth system, a radar to control fire. The modern system is designed with the aim of improving the ability of the cabin crew to identify targets and to overcome the difficulties of shooting that may result from bad weather or any other factors. The new model is also equipped with computers to share battle information with other aircraft and commanders on the ground. The Apache played an important role in Operation Desert Storm in the year '91, destroying more than five hundred Iraqi army tanks and hundreds of trucks and vehicles. Boeing AH-64 Apache Helicopter Armament of the Apache AGM-114 Hellfire or the AGM-114 Hellfire: History of the Hellfire missile program in 1971 AD, at the request of the US Army, an anti-tank missile that could be launched on combat helicopters, and it was the first missile named the AH-64 Apache Helicopter. Y AGM-114 Hellfire, which entered service in 1981 and began production in 1982, was armed with a laser seeker (sliding on laser beams). In 1985, the first appearance of the Hellfire missile was the AGM-114 AGM. -114A, thus declaring the actual entry into service in the US Army....... Note: The A-A model no longer works in the US Army and the rest of the stock has been disposed of either by training or by giving it to countries such as “Egypt” where obsolete weapons are given In a lifetime to the Arab world (even Russia and China do this)........ Then the Hellfire Model B (AGM-114B) came. I will talk about the characteristics of the missile shortly with the rest of the types, and it was intended for the Marine Corps. It is used on the cobra helicopter and is armed with a protection system so that it does not explode on the surface of the ships (the safety system is a safety device for the detonator that the pilot / general can build a detonator) The explosive head in flight and not on the deck of ships) .......... Then came the LC (AGM-114C), which is like the LB model and it was without a protection system ....... Then the missile came Hellfire De It had two hollow gaskets (2 improvised explosive devices) and it was the LG model for the Navy/Marines (AGM-114G), but the Navy program was discontinued and there was another update of the F (AGM-114F) model called the PH model (AGM-114H) but The modernization program for the F model has been discontinued, and due to the use of the F model with two hollow explosive charges, the missile was longer than the AGM, LB and LC models (AGM-144A/B/C) ...... ....... (In order to know what a hollow filling is, it is like used in an RPG or an RPG, but of course it is stronger and contains different chemical elements)....... The two hollow fillings help penetrate the tanks that are feeding With interactive shields..... Then came the Hellfire 2 or Hellfire 2 era after the Desert Storm war in 1991 AD, the US Army modernized the Hellfire 2 After the lessons learned after the war were used.... and this resulted in missiles with a greater range and an automatic pilot for the digital missile. The missile was provided with a researcher that is not affected by the obstruction and noise systems. Although the new missile is equipped with two hollow explosive charges, the missile body will be used The same body of the missile of the A/B/C model (I mentioned that the body of the LF model "AGM-114F" is longer because of the two explosive trucks), that is because of the use of newer and smaller devices in the missile than before....... and I have The missile has the ability to attack the target either directly (the side/front/back shield of the tank) or from above (the surface of the tank where the armor is weaker), and usually the new missile does not use the direct attack on helicopters and light armored vehicles and attack from above for tanks with strong armor and targets that fall Behind the cover........... And the new missile was called the LJ model or (AGM-114J) for the US Army and the LK model for the Navy/Marines (AGM-114K) armed with the safety system you mentioned about the LB model And the LJ model (AGM-114J) has been canceled for the US Army and is now using the LK model (AGM-114K), which is used by the Navy and Marines....... The missile enables engagement with new targets while in flight and updating information from the mother plane.....the "L" (AGM-114L) model below, as you can see the two hollow explosive charges with the radar seeker...... and in the middle is the Hellfire 2 "K" model (AGM-114K) with two hollow explosive charges..... and on top of the "m" model (AGM-114 M) designated for the US Navy and carrying an explosive charge to destroy ships..... All previous models were It uses a laser researcher... but after the arrival of the AH-64D LONG BOW, the Apache should have been given a new weapon worthy of its new ability and to use the FCR radar...... Then came the new AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missile, which was armed with a radar seeker....The program was started in 1994, and the missile was allowed to be produced in 1995. The service was in 1998.... and it works in a fire and forge manner, meaning after the missile is launched, the pilot can engage other targets or leave the battle, and the Apache Long Bao can launch 16 Hellfire radar missiles at 16 goals and in the same For the time of directing the Hell-fire radar missiles indirectly at more than 128 targets in seconds, due to the FCR radar. ……………….. There are 2 new models that use the body of the missile model (AGM-LK). 114K) but there is some change....... The first model is called the mother (AGM-114M) and it is designed to be used on the multi-tasking helicopter of the US Navy (see the picture below) and it has been equipped with a safety detonator system The latest and was equipped with an explosive charge (not hollow) and used against ships and lightly shielded targets and forts (houses and buildings) ................. And the second model, which is widely used in Iraq and Afghanistan now is the "An" model (AGM-114N), and the hollow charge has been changed with a thermobaric warhead, and it is like the FULE/AIR as it is used against homes, caves, individuals and lightly armored targets and does the following: - When the missile is launched and enters a cave, for example, the missile explodes in the air and then generates a great heat that may reach 4000 degrees Celsius and kills everything in the room. - And at the same time, it draws the oxygen by burning, so everyone in the cave/house will suffocate even if it is not in the room or the area of the direct explosion..... The strange thing is that the fire goes around the walls to burn the oxygen even if it did not die by the fire... - It causes internal bleeding in the brain and middle ear, which leads to a slow death.... - The researcher uses a laser due to the accuracy of the missile, where you can aim the missile so that the missile enters from a window or a cave door with high accuracy..... Note The Hellfire "Ann" (AGM-114N) is not the only missile that uses a heat bomb, but there are missiles like the RPG7 (RPG-7) that have heat bombs, and I think the Iraqi resistance has them, as for the Afghan Mujahideen, I don't know if it is They have that..... and the killing range is, of course, less than the Hellfire..... - Note that the production of "A", "B", "C", and "F" missiles (AGM-114A/B/C) has been discontinued. /F), but the production of the "K", "L", "M", "An" missiles (AGM-114K/L/M/N) ........and obsolete missiles are used in The age, which has been discontinued, was either produced in live ammunition exercises or given to “Egypt” (possesses Egypt 35 Apache Long Bao, see the article on the countries using the Apache) ........More than 60,000 Hellfire missiles have been produced so far....... Boeing AH-64 Apache Helicopter on the right MH-60R using a Hellfire "Ann" model (AGM-114N)....... On the left is an illustration of the Hellfire radar missile...... - There is a training version The Hellfire AGM-114K missile is called the CATM-114K, for training, and it replaces the CATM-114A and Replacement of the ATM-114B..... The Apache's main weapon against tanks and armor is the Hellfire, one of the most efficient anti-armor missile systems in the world, and it is divided like all missiles into 3 sections, the engine + fuel, explosive charge + detonator, seeker + autopilot: Engine: The Apache engine works on solid fuel, and its name is Secool TX-657 (Thiokol TX-657), and it is the main engine since the Model B....... Charge The explosive + the stun. The explosive charge and the detonator can be changed upon request, as happened with the "mother" and the "Ann" model (AGM-114M/N)..... which were manufactured Most of them are from the AGM-114K (AGM-114K) seeker + autopilot The searcher and autopilot have been updated and changed for each Hellfire model, to keep pace with modern capabilities, and if some of them were canceled, such as the “D” and “Aye” The (AGM-114D/E) model is due to the presence of newer technologies and technologies from them...... The guidance systems have been updated in each type..... Note: The researcher can be changed according to demand, thermal, laser, radar or even Semi-radar... on Hellfire missiles... Characteristics of the Hellfire missiles: Note: All numbers are approximate and the Mujahid must know that the actual range of the missiles is more than that, until he takes the guesswork..... and that the enemy It always uses the most advanced missiles... You will not find the Apache crew using the "C" model, but will use the newer model, such as the "K" (AGM-114K)..... and the word "lo" is the entrance to the devil.... .. You should know that the enemy always uses the latest weapons, and if he says that the range of missiles, for example, is 20 km, I know that it is 25 or 30 km. ... Weight: - For AGM-114B / C. 114B/C) armed with a laser seeker..... the missile weighs 45.7 kg... and the weight is The explosive device weighs approximately 8 kg, and it is a hollow charge... - For the AGM-114F, which is armed with a laser seeker..... The missile weighs 48.6 kg ......... And it has two hollow explosive charges (2 explosives), weighing approximately 9 kilograms..... - for the AGM-114K, which is armed with a laser seeker... The missile weighs 45.7 kilograms... ...and has two hollow explosive charges (2 explosives) weighing approximately 9 kg... - for the AGM-114L or (AGM-114L), which is armed with a radar seeker...... The missile weighs 50 kg.. .... And it has two hollow explosive charges (2 explosives), weighing approximately 9 kg.... Length of the missile: - The AGM-114B/C, which is armed with a laser seeker.... The length of the missile is 1.63 meters... - for the AGM-114F, which is armed with a laser seeker... The length of the missile is 1.80 meters... - for the AGM The AGM-114K is armed with a laser seeker... The length of the missile is 1.63 meters... - For the AGM-114L or AGM-114L, which is equipped with a radar seeker.... The length of the missile is 1.78 meters..... Width: - The width on all types is 17.8 cm...... and 33 cm in the control embryos... Range: The range of the missiles is from 8 to 15 km approximately (depending on the weather condition)..... and the range can be greater than 5 km... On all types Speed and engine: The speed of the missile reaches from 1.3 to 1.5 Mach (1500) kilometers per hour) ........ As for the engine, it is Secool TX-657 (Thiokol TX-657) or M-120I1 (M-120E1) works on dry fuel..... Payment methods: There are two ways To shoot.... Direct shots and indirect shots: The direct method: is for the Apache attack helicopter to attack the targets directly using TADS and the FCR...... by laser or radar..... the indirect method. It is divided into two: indirect laser strikes and indirect radar strikes.......: - Laser strikes: - where there is a reconnaissance team / special forces or a reconnaissance helicopter / reconnaissance aircraft armed with communication devices and lasers (and must be That there is a connection between the Apache crew and the reconnaissance teams, even if it is via auxiliaries) ...... See the picture number one illustrating the laser .... - The reconnaissance teams or reconnaissance helicopter / drone, broadcasts laser beams on enemy tanks surface Or any target, and the laser beam is encrypted so that it cannot be jammed and until each missile hits the target assigned to it...... (what happens behind a target that is not his)... Look at the illustration of the laser No. 1 - the helicopter The Apache, which is behind a mountain, for example, by firing missiles at the area itself (after that there is no control of the missile....... When the missile reaches the previously programmed place, it searches for its “encrypted” laser beam, after that it tracks it to the desired target Destructive (and the missile is programmed before launch, either to attack directly “the side of the tank” or indirectly “the surface of the tank”) ...... During the flight of the missile, the reconnaissance team can change the target, all that must be done is to put a laser beam on The object of the target to be destroyed, and then the missile tracks the reflected rays from the surface of the target..... Look at the illustration of the laser No. 2 Note: Sometimes the missile loses the target because the searcher is unable to find the encrypted laser rays, so it self-detonates after a time Specific, and sometimes the tank makes a smoke screen that hinders the laser (the laser cannot penetrate the Thick smoke) so the researcher loses the laser beam...... and the same thing happens with fog and rain sometimes...... Every system has flaws and the mujahid must use that..... Look at the illustration of the laser No. 2 Indirect radar strikes: - The Apache helicopter with a manger with FCR radar (FCR) plays the role of forward reconnaissance on enemy positions..... and the rest of the helicopters are in the rear..... - When the Apache is discovering targets (convoys) Mara .... etc.) ... it sends information to the rest of the squadron and the command .... - The reconnaissance plane gives orders to the rest of the squadron to launch missiles in the direction of the specified targets ..... and the radar directs all the missiles The radar targets its targets (it can engage more than 128 targets)...... After the missiles are launched, the rest of the squadron can return or wait for other orders..... and they do not have any control over the missile after the launch..... But the missile is It has been programmed before launch, where to go... - When the missiles reach the target... the missiles track the radar radiation reflected from the surface of the targets (and each missile has a specific code) by receiving the radar radiation and when the machine is activated Duff, the researcher turns on his radar so that he does not depend on the FCR radar (which is on the Apache) ..... - all targets can be hit at the same time ..... and that is good for the factor of surprise and safety.. ... in 1972 the US government launched a tender for an Advanced Combat Aircraft (AAH). From the first list of 5 factories, Toolco Aircraft Division (which later became Hughes Helicopters) and Bell Corporation were selected. The model submitted by Hughes Helicopters was selected. Hughes Helicopters instead of the Bell Company model, which was Model 409/YAH-63 in 1976. The first flight of the experimental aircraft was on 9/30/1975, but commercial production and contracts were not signed until 1982, and a year later the first aircraft was delivered In 1984, the company was bought by McDonnell Douglas Corporation for $500 million, which later became Boeing Helicopters, which merged in 1996. There are now two main models of the AH-64 Apache in the US Army, the AH-64A and AH-64D Models B and C- were manufactured but never entered service. Several models were subsequently built based on the two models in service for export. The most famous of these is the British model Westland WAH-64, which is based on the AH-64D model, but with many improvements. This aircraft is designed to operate and bear the nature of the front lines of battles. It can operate day or night, even in the worst weather, using the helmet and the vision systems installed in it. The Apache helicopter is also equipped with the latest air and electronic devices such as Target Acquisition Designation Sight, Pilot Night Vision System or (TADS/PNVS), and GPS. The AH-64D model, the upgraded version of the AH-64D Apache Longbow, is equipped with a sensor system and an advanced weapon system. The main key to the superiority of this model over the A-Type is the Longbow Fire Control Radar system by means of a dome mounted on the main propeller, which contains a millimeter-wave system Fire Control Radar (FCR) for tracking targets. The high position of the dome allows the system to detect the target and (curvature) the missile towards this target even if the aircraft is obscured from it due to obstacles (the nature of the ground, trees, buildings, etc.). In addition to this a radio modem system With a set of sensors, the D-Bal model can be grouped with target data with other Apache aircraft even if the other aircraft are not in line of sight with the target. In this case, a group of aircraft can have several targets while these aircraft remain hidden except for the AH- 64D to reveal these targets. This aircraft is also fitted with T700-GE-701C engines, and a highly upgraded cockpit. In addition, the aircraft is equipped with improved longevity and survivability, communications, and improved navigation. Most of the features of the AH-64A are retained. Crew: 2, 1 pilot, 1 co-pilot/gunner Length: 58.3 feet with propellers (17.7 meters) Propeller diameter: 48 feet (14.63 meters) Height: 12.7 feet (3.87 meters) Cylinder area: 1,800 square feet (167 meters) (square) Empty weight: 11387 lbs (5165 kg) Loaded weight: 17650 lbs (8000 kg) Maximum take-off weight: 21,000 lbs (9525 kg) Engines: 2, General Electric T701C turboshaft, 660 hp (1240 kW) each. Performance Maximum speed: 169 miles/capacity (273 km/h) Range: 300 miles in combat, 1,180 miles in transport (480 km, 1900 km) Rate of climb: 2500 (12.7 m/s) Force/Mass: 0.19 lbs /hp (0.31)
