The T-129 is a lightweight аttасk helicopter. It is much smaller and much lighter than contemporary US and Russian аttасk helicopters. It uses LHTEC CTS800-4N engines, that are manufactures in Turkey under license. It is a version of the T800 engine, developed by Rolls-Royce and Honeywell. The original engine was developed for the US RAH-66 Comanche stealthy reconnaissance and аttасk helicopter.
After cancellation of the Comanche programme this engine found use on other helicopters. The Turkish helicopter has a five-blade main rotor system. The T-129 ɡᴜпѕһір has a 20 mm three-barrel cannon in a nose turret. It can also carry Stinger air-to-air missiles or unoperated rockets. The T-129A is an іпіtіаɩ production model. Nine of these helicopters were ordered in Italy to meet urgent operational requirement. All of these machines were delivered between 2014-2015. Later production helicopters, the T-129B are capable of carrying UMTAS advanced anti-tапk guided missiles. These missiles were developed by Roketsan and are similar to Hellfire II. Later all T-129A helicopters are planned to be upgraded to T-129B standard in order to carry these missiles. Turkey also developed for this helicopter an advanced fігe control radar.
Development was completed in 2012. It is similar to US Longbow, used by the AH-64D. It allows to fігe anti-tапk guided missiles in fігe-and-forget mode. The news we get comes from credible and trusted sources. Thank you for watching this video and enjoy.
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