Boeing (Hughes) AH-64 Apache vs Bell AH-1 SuperCobra Comparison

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Subjects

Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow
Dedicated Two-Seat Attack Helicopter

Bell AH-1W SuperCobra
Attack Helicopter

Basics

ORIGIN
United States

YEAR
1986 [Diff.+15 yrs]

YEAR
1971 [Diff.-15 yrs]

CREW
2

PRODUCTION
2,268 units [Diff.+997]

PRODUCTION
1,271 units [Diff.-997]

Dimensions

LENGTH
58.2 ft (17.8 m) [Diff.+12.7 ft]

LENGTH
45.5 ft (13.9 m) [Diff.-12.7 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
48.1 ft (14.7 m) [Diff.+0.2 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
47.9 ft (14.6 m) [Diff.-0.2 ft]

HEIGHT
12.7 ft (3.9 m) [Diff.-1.9 ft]

HEIGHT
14.6 ft (4.4 m) [Diff.+1.9 ft]

Relative Size Comparison

Shapes below depict aircraft from wingtip-to-wingtip / nose-to-tail assuming aircraft are being viewed from overhead perspective (the nose pointing towards the top of the screen). Helicopter widths include main rotor diameter. If any dimensional values are "NA" in the database then the presented shapes may appear skewed.

Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow

Bell AH-1W SuperCobra

Weights

EMPTY WT.
11,799 lb (5,352 kg) [Diff.+880 lb]

EMPTY WT.
10,919 lb (4,953 kg) [Diff.-880 lb]

M.T.O.W.
22,282 lb (10,107 kg) [Diff.+7,533 lb]

M.T.O.W.
14,749 lb (6,690 kg) [Diff.-7,533 lb]

Installed Power

2 x General Electric T700-GE-701C turboshaft engines developing 1,890 shaft horsepower and driving four-bladed main and twin-bladed "double" tail rotor.

2 x General Electric T700-GE-401 turboshaft engines developing 1,723 shaft horsepower while driving two-blade main and two-blade tail rotors.

Performance

SPEED
183 mph (295 kph) [Diff.+11 mph]

SPEED
173 mph (278 kph) [Diff.-11 mph]

RANGE
298 miles (480 km) [Diff.-66 miles]

RANGE
365 miles (587 km) [Diff.+66 miles]

CEILING
20,997 ft (6,400 m) [Diff.+6,998 feet]

CEILING
13,999 ft (4,267 m) [Diff.-6,998 feet]

RATE-OF-CLIMB
2,415 ft/min [Diff.+1,615 feet]

RATE-OF-CLIMB
800 ft/min [Diff.-1,615 feet]

Armament

STANDARD:
1 x 30mm Hughes chain gun / automatic cannon in powered, traversing chin-mounted turret.

OPTIONAL:
Four underwing hardpoints and two wing stub endpoints for various mission-specific air-launched ordnance including:

16 x AGM-114 "Hellfire" Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGMs).
4 x Hydra-70 2.75" 19-Shot FFAR (Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket) rocket pods.
2 x AIM-92 "Stinger" short-ranged, air-to-air missiles in ATAS twin missile mount launchers.
4 x Auxiliary Fuel Tanks.

TRIALED:
4 x AIM-9 "Sidewinder" air-to-air missiles.
4 x "Sidearm" anti-radiation missiles.

Up to 1,600lb of externally carried / launched ordnance.

STANDARD:
1 x 20mm 3-barreled Gatling gun in powered chin turret.

OPTIONAL:

8 x Hughes TOW anti-tank missiles (quad launcher on outboard wing station).
8 x AGM-114 Hellfire anti-armor missiles (quad launcher on outboard wing station).
2 x AIM-9L short-range air-to-air missiles
2 x AGM-122A Sidearm air-to-surface anti-radiation missiles.
2 x 2.75in 7-Shot Munition Dispensing/HE Rocket Pods
2 x 2.75in 19-Shot Munition Dispensing/HE Rocket Pods
2 x 7.62mm Machine Gun pods

Also support for Fuel Air Explosive and Conventional Drop Bombs as required as well as external fuel tanks for improved range.

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