GENERAL DATA
Country of Origin: Italy.
Similar Aircraft: OH-58 Kiowa, UH-1 Iroquois, UH-1N Model 212, Lynx.
Crew: One, two.
Role: Utility, ECM, ambulance, scout, attack, air defense, antitank.
Armament: Machine guns, rockets, pods, HOT or TOW missiles.
Dimensions: Length: 42 ft, 10 in (13.06 m). Rotor diameter: 36 ft (11.02 m).
DESCRIPTION
Wings: Four-blade main rotor mounted on hump above the body midsection. Weapon-carrying platforms at bottom midsection.
Engine(s): Two turboshafts on top of fuselage. Exhaust ports protrude upward and to the rear.
Fuselage: Rectangular with flat belly. Retractable landing gear. Tapered, rounded nose section. Stepped cockpit. Upswept, tapered rear section.
Tail: Swept-back and tapered tail fin with angular tip. Swept-back and tapered belly fin with angular tip. Small rotor on left side attached to the tapered tail boom.
USER COUNTRIES
Argentina, Greece, Italy, Mexico, UK, Venezuela.
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