AH-64A - Revision history

U38088265: /* Armaments */ Reformatted

2024-02-02T20:21:04Z

‎Armaments: Reformatted

U19269479: /* Suspended armament */

2023-07-05T19:06:33Z

‎Suspended armament

U44629479: Edits

2023-05-13T18:51:49Z

Edits

U17577377: /* Media */

2023-05-13T17:27:13Z

‎Media

U100904013: /* Media */

2023-05-12T22:47:04Z

‎Media

U44629479: Edits

2023-01-14T21:33:23Z

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U38088265: /* Suspended armament */ Updated

2022-10-29T20:49:09Z

‎Suspended armament: Updated

U38088265: /* Suspended armament */ Updated

2022-09-16T11:55:54Z

‎Suspended armament: Updated

U44629479: /* Media */ Added skins

2022-04-13T13:13:10Z

‎Media: Added skins

U44629479: /* Suspended armament */ Edits

2022-03-29T21:27:06Z

‎Suspended armament: Edits

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 The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is armed with:
-* A choice between three presets:
+* A choice between two presets:
-** 1 x 30 mm M230E-1 cannon (1,200 rpg)
+** 1 x 30 mm M230E-1 cannon (1,200 rpg) + 30 x countermeasures
 ** 1 x 30 mm M230E-1 cannon + 30 x countermeasures + IRCM
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 {{Specs-Heli-Suspended}}
 <!-- ''Describe the helicopter's suspended armament: additional cannons under the winglets, any bombs, and rockets. Since any helicopter is essentially only a platform for suspended weaponry, this section is significant and deserves your special attention. If there is no suspended weaponry remove this subsection.'' -->
-The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' can be outfitted with the following ordnance presets:
+The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' can be outfitted with the following ordnance:
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
 |-
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 | rowspan="7" width="25%" | <div class="ttx-image">[[File:Hardpoints_AH-64A_(Israel).png]]</div>
 |-
-! Hydra-70 M247 rockets
+! [[Hydra-70 M247]] rockets
 | || 19 || 19 || 19 || 19 ||
 |-
-! AGM-114B Hellfire missiles
+! [[AGM-114B Hellfire]] missiles
 | || 2, 4 || 2, 4 || 2, 4 || 2, 4 ||
 |-
-! AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles
+! [[AIM-9L Sidewinder]] missiles
 | || 1 || || || 1 ||
 |-
-! APKWS II (M151) missiles
+! [[APKWS II (M151)]] missiles
 | || 7 || 7 || 7 || 7 ||
 |-
-! APKWS II (M282) missiles
+! [[APKWS II (M282)]] missiles
 | || 7 || 7 || 7 || 7 ||
 |-
-! ATAS (AIM-92) missiles
+! [[ATAS (AIM-92)]] missiles
-|2|| || || || ||2
+| 2 || || || || || 2
 |-
 |}
 == Usage in battles ==

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 * Without load
 * 2 x AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles
-* 8 x ATAS (AIM-92) missiles
+* 4 x ATAS (AIM-92) missiles
 * 76 x Hydra-70 M247 rockets
 * 28 x APKWS II (M151) missiles
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 |-
 ! ATAS (AIM-92) missiles
-| 4 || || || || || 4
+|2|| || || || ||2
 |-
 |}
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 ;Skins
 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=ah_64a Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
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 ;Related development
 * [[AH-64 (Family)]]
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 === References ===
 ;Citations
-<references/>
+<references />
 ;Bibliography
 * Editors of Vertipedia. (2020). Vertipedia - Boeing AH-64A Apache. Retrieved November 20, 2020, from <nowiki>https://vertipedia.vtol.org/aircraft/getAircraft/aircraftID/31</nowiki>
 * Pike, J. (2000, May 29). AH-64 Apache. Retrieved November 20, 2020, from <nowiki>https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ah-64.htm</nowiki>

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 ;Videos
-{{Youtube-gallery|irF2YOn8zOs|'''The Ultimate AH-64 Guide''' - ''Bob Dickinson''}}
+{{Youtube-gallery|irF2YOn8zOs|'''AH-64 Apache Ultimate Review''' - ''Bob Dickinson''}}
 == See also ==

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 ;Videos
-{{Youtube-gallery|irF2YOn8zOs|'''Ultimate AH-64 Guide''' -By Bob Dickinson }}
+{{Youtube-gallery|irF2YOn8zOs|'''The Ultimate AH-64 Guide''' - ''Bob Dickinson''}}
 == See also ==

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 ;Skins
 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=ah_64a Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
 == See also ==

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 <!-- ''Examine the survivability of the helicopter. Note how vulnerable the structure is and how secure the pilot is, whether the fuel tanks are armoured, etc. Describe the armour, if there is any, and also mention the vulnerability of other critical systems.'' -->
-The AH-64A Apache is fitted with armour consisting only of bulletproof glass in the pilot's windscreen and Kevlar boron carbide in the crew seats and cockpit. This armour provides only limited protection, mostly just against low caliber weapons and fragmentation. It does not offer much protection against direct hits from guns larger than machine guns or against close detonations from fuzed anti-aircraft rounds.
+The AH-64A Apache is fitted with armour consisting only of bulletproof glass in the pilot's windscreen and Kevlar boron carbide in the crew seats and cockpit. This armour provides only limited protection, mostly just against low-calibre weapons and fragmentation. It does not offer much protection against direct hits from guns larger than machine guns or against close detonations from fused anti-aircraft rounds.
 * 22 mm bulletproof glass - pilot's windscreen
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 * Excellent ground attack armaments like the unique Hellfire missile and accurate 30 mm cannon
-* Adequate air to air capability with the Stinger or AIM-9L missiles
+* Adequate air-to-air capability with the Stinger or AIM-9L missiles
 * Adequate speed and manoeuvrability
 * Adequate countermeasure ability with Radar Warning Receiver and flares
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 === [[wt:en/news/6638-development-ah-64-apache-the-rotary-chieftain-en|Devblog]] ===
-In the early 1970's, the US Army was keen to adopt a more powerful attack helicopter, with improved anti-tank capabilities and performance over the existing AH-1 Cobra in service at the time. As a result, the Army initiated the 'Advanced Attack Helicopter' (AAH) program in November of 1972, requesting design proposals from a number of prominent American helicopter manufacturers.
+In the early 1970s, the US Army was keen to adopt a more powerful attack helicopter, with improved anti-tank capabilities and performance over the existing AH-1 Cobra in service at the time. As a result, the Army initiated the 'Advanced Attack Helicopter' (AAH) program in November of 1972, requesting design proposals from a number of prominent American helicopter manufacturers.
 Subsequently, various designs were proposed by Bell, Boeing, Hughes, Lockheed and Sikorsky. Of all the proposals, the Army picked two designs for further development - the Hughes' Model 77 (YAH-64) and Bell's Model 409 (YAH-63).
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 After conducting their maiden flights on the 30th of September and the 1st of October, 1975, respectively, further testing of the two prototypes showed deficiencies in the fields of survivability and undercarriage stability on Bell's Model 409. As a result, Bell's design was excluded from the competition, while Hughes' design was declared as the winner of the AAH program in 1976.
-Following this, work on refining the YAH-64's design continued throughout the late 1970's. As part of this further development, the YAH-64 was optimized for the use of the newly developed AGM-114 Hellfire missile, which was in development since 1974. By the end of the '70's and going into the early '80's, the AH-64 was considered ready for full scale production. In 1981, the first pre-production machines were built, while the first production models began rolling off the assembly lines in 1983. Since then, the Apache has been produced in a huge numbers, participating in virtually every scale military operation of the US Army: Panama, Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, etc. Israel became the first foreign operator of the Apache named AH-64 Peten, where this helicopter saw intense combat in Lebanon and Gaza strip.
+Following this, work on refining the YAH-64's design continued throughout the late 1970s. As part of this further development, the YAH-64 was optimized for the use of the newly developed AGM-114 Hellfire missile, which was in development since 1974. By the end of the '70s and going into the early '80s, the AH-64 was considered ready for full scale production. In 1981, the first pre-production machines were built, while the first production models began rolling off the assembly lines in 1983. Since then, the Apache has been produced in a huge numbers, participating in virtually every scale military operation of the US Army: Panama, Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, etc. Israel became the first foreign operator of the Apache named AH-64 Peten, where this helicopter saw intense combat in Lebanon and Gaza strip.
 == Media ==
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 == See also ==
-''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
+<!-- ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
-* ''reference to the series of the helicopter;''
+;Related development
-* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
+* [[AH-64 (Family)]]
 == External links ==
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 === References ===
-<references />
+;Citations
-=== Works Cited ===
+<references/>
 * Editors of Vertipedia. (2020). Vertipedia - Boeing AH-64A Apache. Retrieved November 20, 2020, from <nowiki>https://vertipedia.vtol.org/aircraft/getAircraft/aircraftID/31</nowiki>
 * Pike, J. (2000, May 29). AH-64 Apache. Retrieved November 20, 2020, from <nowiki>https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ah-64.htm</nowiki>

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 * A choice between three presets:
 ** 1 x 30 mm M230E-1 cannon (1,200 rpg)
-** 1 x 30 mm M230E-1 cannon (1,200 rpg) + 30 x Countermeasures
+** 1 x 30 mm M230E-1 cannon + 30 x countermeasures
-** 1 x 30 mm M230E-1 cannon (1,200 rpg) + 30 x Countermeasures + IRCM
+** 1 x 30 mm M230E-1 cannon + 30 x countermeasures + IRCM
 === Suspended armament ===
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 {{main|AGM-114B Hellfire|AIM-9L Sidewinder|ATAS (AIM-92)|Hydra-70 M247}}
-The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' can be outfitted with the following ordnance:
+The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' can be outfitted with the following ordnance presets:
 * Without load
 * 76 x Hydra-70 M247 rockets
 * 8 x AGM-114B Hellfire missiles
 * 16 x AGM-114B Hellfire missiles
-* 2 x AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles
-* 4 x ATAS (AIM-92)
+==== Custom loadout options ====
-* 38 x Hydra-70 M247 rockets + 2 x AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
-* 76 x Hydra-70 M247 rockets + 4 x ATAS (AIM-92) missiles
+|-
-* 4 x AGM-114B Hellfire missiles + 2 x AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles
+! !! width="7%" | 1 !! width="7%" | 2 !! width="7%" | 3 !! width="7%" | 4 !! width="7%" | 5 !! width="7%" | 6
-* 8 x AGM-114B Hellfire missiles + 4 x ATAS (AIM-92) missiles
+| rowspan="5" width="30%" | <div class="ttx-image">[[File:Hardpoints_AH-64A_(Israel).png]]</div>
-* 8 x AGM-114B Hellfire missiles + 2 x AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles
+|-
-* 16 x AGM-114B Hellfire missiles + 4 x ATAS (AIM-92) missiles
+! Hydra-70 M247 rockets
 == Usage in battles ==

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 == Media ==
-''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''
+<!-- ''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.'' -->
 == See also ==