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Panha 2091 Toufan
Toufan 2 in flight
Role Attack helicopter
Manufacturer Bell Helicopter Textron
Panha
Introduction 1998 [1]
Status In service
Primary user Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Developed from Bell AH-1J International

The Panha 2091 "Toufan" is an Iranian overhaul and upgrade of the Bell AH-1J International (export version of the SeaCobra) attack helicopter purchased before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.[2][3] The overhaul and upgrade program is known as project number 2091 of the Iranian Helicopter Support and Renewal Company (also known as Panha).

Design

Reported upgrades include:[2]

  • new cockpit armored panels
  • new, Iranian-designed canopy
  • new avionics
  • nose-mounted camera
  • new cockpit design

The upgraded attack helicopter has a narrower airframe for greater flexibility and is armed with an M197 three-barreled 20-mm Gatling-type cannon in the A/A49E turret. Its wing-stub stations carry a pair of 19-tube 70-mm rocket launchers. The rear section has a Vulcan-type 20-mm automatic cannon, and two clusters of 38 anti-tank 70-mm missiles.

Bulletproof glass protects the pilot's cockpit and weapons officer station, internal avionics have been revamped with the addition of a GPS and receiver in the nose, and a warning radar attached to the rear, with four antennae providing 360 degrees coverage and all electronics systems integrated.

Specifications

Data from Military and Missile[4]

General characteristicsRotor systems: 2 blades on main rotor, 2 blades on tail rotor

Performance Armament

  • M197 3-barreled 20 mm "Gatling-style" cannon in the M97 turret (750 rounds ammo capacity)
  • 2.75 in (70 mm) Mk 40 or Hydra 70 rockets - 14 rockets mounted in a variety of launchers
  • 5 in (127 mm) Zuni rockets - 8 rockets in two 4-round LAU-10D/A launchers
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder / Misagh-2 Anti-Aircraft Missiles - 1 mounted on each hardpoint

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to AH-1 Cobra.

Related development

Related lists

References

  1. ^ Iranian Gunship upgrade
  2. ^ a b Panha hovers between repair and manufacturing Janes.com
  3. ^ http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=125069&sectionid=351020101
  4. ^ "Military and Missile". Retrieved 2009-05-03.
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