MANGUSTA A129 (AGUSTA)

Gary's Combat Aircraft Reference Guide

Country of Origin: Italy.
Similar Aircraft: AH-64 Apache, Mi-28 Havoc, Ka-50 Hokum.
Crew: Two.
Role: Light-attack, antiarmor, scout.
Armament: Gun pods; rockets; missiles; TOW-, Hellfire-, or HOT-capable.
Dimensions: Length: 46 ft, 10 in (14.3 m). Rotor diameter: 39 ft (12 m).

Wings: Four-blade main rotor on top center of cabin. Weapon-carrying wings are short, stubby, and mid-mounted on the fuselage.

Engine(s): Two turboshaft engines mounted alongside the top of the fuselage. Semicircular air intakes.

Fuselage: Slender and tapered to the rear. Tandem cockpit, glassed-in and flat-plated. Tapered from cockpit to blunted nose. Fixed landing gear.

Tail: Boom tapers to the rear. High, swept-back fin with square tip. Flats unequally tapered with square tip. Belly fin with the rear landing wheel attached. Tail rotor on left side.

Italy.