Pakistan Army acquires Eurocopter Fennec

[JonAsad]

phly 20 U2 thy babu next 20 C3

Pakistan Army has further ordered for 20 AS550 C3 which will be delivered soon

Pa ji i updated the question -

 

[Imran Khan]

Cheetay what a video- -
One question- vid is Fennec C3 which we ordered 20 no-
We already have 6 Fennec U2- whats the difference?-

AS550 U2 Fennec - Unarmed version based on AS350 B2



Specifications (AS550 C3)


The cockpit of an AS 555

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 4 passengers
• Length: 10.93 m (35 ft 10 in) (fuselage length), 12.94 m (42 ft 6 in) (overall length, rotors turning)
• Height: 3.34 m (10 ft 11 in)
• Empty weight: 1,220 kg (2,690 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 2,250 kg (4,960 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 540 L (143 US Gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × Turbomeca Arriel 2B turboshaft, 632 kW (847 shp) (limited to 500 kW (671 shp for take-off)
• Main rotor diameter: 10.69 m (35 ft 1 in)
• Main rotor area: 89.75 m2 (966.1 sq ft)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 246 km/h (153 mph; 133 kn) (max cruise)
• Never exceed speed: 287 km/h (178 mph; 155 kn)
• Range: 648 km (403 mi; 350 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 5,280 m (17,323 ft)
• Rate of climb: 10.30 m/s (2,028 ft/min)

Armament

• Provision for:

• 20 mm Giat M621 cannon
• Fabrique Nationale de Herstal twin 7.62 mm or 12.7 mm machine gun pods
• 7 x 2.75in Forges de Zeebrugge or 12 x 68 mm Thales Brandt rockets
• BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

phly 20 U2 thy babu next 20 C3

Pakistan Army has further ordered for 20 AS550 C3 which will be delivered soon

Great so we are getting 40 , well always good to get brand new stuff it lasts longer and of course has new stuff installed by default from begining

 

[Imran Khan]

Great so we are getting 40 , well always good to get brand new stuff it lasts longer and of course has new stuff installed by default from begining

bhai jee we grounded some 90 SA-315 lama and 45 Alouette III of army in last 10 years . original plan is buy some 100+ light helicopters 50 unarmed and letter now they moved to 50 armed .

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Well recently I read some where that those helicopters of old we had some "Licence" or productio rights to manufacture / repair the french helicopters , was that a TOT like deal in 60s

I say instead of retiring , overhaul these 90+45 Helicopters and perhaps give them up for Universities for research and development

 

[Imran Khan]

Well recently I read some where that those helicopters of old we had some "Licence" or productio rights to manufacture / repair the french helicopters , was that a TOT like deal in 60s

I say instead of retiring , overhaul these 90+45 Helicopters and perhaps give them up for Universities for research and development

i think not at all we have no TOT they just load them on IL-78s and send us .

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

I mean the old helicopters we had / have , are ideal for conversion to perhaps City support operations or Anti Norcotics
so overhaul would be ideal for such Helicopters


SA-315 lama , still useful for city wide patrol or available for CITY missions

45 Alouette III, still looks like great platform

Such items could be sent to Universities Engineering Departments so they can have working concepts of interesting enegineering projects

 

[invinciblesgunner]

Man I think our police needs them more then the army. I feel like our police is useless against terrorists

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Cities like

Karachi
Lahore
Pindi
Isalamabad
Highway Motorways
Balouchistan
KPK areas

They all need "Such light helicopters" to act against the motor cycle based criminal activites

 

[Imran Khan]

I mean the old helicopters we had / have , are ideal for conversion to perhaps City support operations or Anti Norcotics
so overhaul would be ideal for such Helicopters


SA-315 lama , still useful for city wide patrol or available for CITY missions

45 Alouette III, still looks like great platform

Such items could be sent to Universities Engineering Departments so they can have working concepts of interesting enegineering projects

their life span is over they already reached flying hours . and police or motorways need new light choppers they will sure fly massive sorties sir .police already have few bells i think

 

[fatman17]

pray tell me from where did u guys get this figure 90+45!!!

 

[Luftwaffe]

I say instead of retiring , overhaul these 90+45 Helicopters and perhaps give them up for Universities for research and development

What will Universities develop out of an obsolete helicopter?

 

[That Guy]

What will Universities develop out of an obsolete helicopter?

Engine tech perhaps? Wishful thinking, I know, but just because something is obsolete, doesn't mean it can't still find some use. Cross bows are obsolete, technologically, but most special forces still use them because they're cheap and don't cause the same level of noise that even suppressed fire arms make.

 

[Luftwaffe]

Engine tech perhaps? Wishful thinking, I know, but just because something is obsolete, doesn't mean it can't still find some use. Cross bows are obsolete, technologically, but most special forces still use them because they're cheap and don't cause the same level of noise that even suppressed fire arms make.

I would rather hand them over R22 or Cabri G2 to study.

 

[Roybot]

Dhruv is not armed

also this is a reliable platform with no crash record, if i'm not mistaken

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