Bilal Khan (Quwa)
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The PAA's dedicated attack helicopter requirement is in the 60-75-range.Too many. Too expensive. And it’s unlikely PA will get any sort of ToT with it sadly.
PA will likely order 30 in the first batch (or in total). Keep in mind they don’t just want one type.
Fennecs, Mi35M3s (possibly more on order), Z-10MEs and hopefully a future heavy gunship will bring the fleet close to a hundred.
The bulk of those would be a 5-7-ton type (e.g. Z-10ME) and a few -- ideally -- a 9-10-ton type.
It's worth noting that the 60-75 range was around since the late 1980s. The PAA came up with that figure when it just inducted the AH-1S. However, through modern attack helicopters are substantially more capable (across range, payload, electronics), the PAA didn't reduce the required numbers. So, it wants major net-new improvements to its capabilities. Ideally, we'd find a way to re-life the AH-1F/S to keep them going for CT/COIN, while totally dedicating the new helicopters to anti-armour operations.
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