Lahatut
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Description
The MD500-TOW Lahatut is a rank V Israeli attack helicopter with a battle rating of 8.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Danger Zone".
General info
Flight performance
Slow but highly manueverable.
| Characteristics | Max Speed (km/h at 1,000 m) |
Max altitude (metres) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AB | RB | ||
| Stock | ___ | ___ | 3475 |
| Upgraded | ___ | ___ | |
Survivability and armour
The engine can take a beating, the rotors and crew cannot. There is no crew protection. Avoid being hit.
Modifications and economy
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Armaments
Suspended armament
The Lahatut can be outfitted with the following ordnance:
- 14 x Hydra-70 M247 rockets
- 2 x BGM-71C Improved TOW missiles
- 4 x BGM-71C Improved TOW missiles
- 4 x BGM-71D TOW-2 missiles
Custom loadout options
| 1 | 2 |  | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydra-70 M247 rockets | 7 | 7 | |
| BGM-71C Improved TOW missiles | 1, 2 | 1, 2 | |
| BGM-71D TOW-2 missiles | 2 | 2 |
Usage in battles
This aircraft is small enough where the best way to play is to hide inside of the map behind a large hill, building, or structure, and fire your armaments against friendly or enemy players.
Pros and cons
Summarise and briefly evaluate the vehicle in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark its pros and cons in the bulleted list. Try not to use more than 6 points for each of the characteristics. Avoid using categorical definitions such as "bad", "good" and the like - use substitutions with softer forms such as "inadequate" and "effective".
Pros:
Highly maneuverable.
Highly effective armaments.
Cons:
Top speed leaves much to be desired.
Especially vulnerable compared to other helicopters.
History
This aircraft is very similar to the AH-6, an upcoming vehicle to the US Helicopter tree. The MD500 tow is based on the MD500 aircraft platform, whose development started in 1960 based off a handful of undeveloped designs from the 1950's. The ingame MD500 is based off of the mid/late production MD500E's from the mid and late 80's. The Israeli MD-500 Tow is not an early production, (1970's,) MD-500E.
The MD500E has seen ample combat action, and is almost identical to some variants of the MH-6 and Ah-6. You can actually buy one from the MDHelicopters website. The cheapest brand new one you can get one in real life from MD Helicopters is approximately 6,521,739,130 GE. (Around $3 million USD.)
Media
- Videos
See also
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;
- links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.
External links
| McDonnell Aircraft Corporation | |
|---|---|
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| F-15A · F-15C MSIP II · F-15E | |
| Strike Aircraft | AV-8B Plus · AV-8B (NA) |
| Helicopters | AH-6M |
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| F-15J · F-15J(M) · Baz · Baz Meshupar · F-15I Ra’am | |
| ▄AV-8B Plus | |
| Helicopters | Lahatut |
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| See Also | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Israel helicopters | |
|---|---|
| Attack | |
| MD 500 | Lahatut |
| Battle Hawk | AH-60 |
| Cobra | Tzefa D/E · Tzefa A · Tzefa B |
| Apache | Saraph · Peten · AH-64A Peten |
