Lona yi-Army's primary attack helicopter
I-AH-64 i-Apache helicopter yi-Army's primary attack helicopter, futhi ibhekwa njenge-helicopter enamandla kakhulu emlandweni wezokulwa kwezempi. Yenziwe yi-Boeing Co., i-Apache yaqala ukungena e-Army service ngo-1984. Yakhelwe izimo zokulwa futhi ingakwazi ukumelana nemigqa engaba ngu-23 mm.
I-Apache ibe yingxenye esebenzayo cishe yonke imisebenzi yezempi kusukela ekusungulweni kwayo, idlala indima ebaluleke kakhulu empini e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan.
AmaCrew and Artillery we-Apache Helicopter
I-apache engamamitha angu-50 ubude nezindiza ezimbili: umshayeli wezokushayela kanye nomshayeli womshayeli. Benza imisebenzi yokuzibamba izikhali. I-helicopter inezinqola zokulwa ne-Hellfire anti-tank eziqondiswa i-radar, i-arsenal okumele igcwalise umgomo wayo oyinhloko: ukubhubhisa izinhloso eziphakeme kakhulu ngezimangalo eziqondile.
Yenza lo msebenzi ngeSikimu Sokuqanjwa Kwezinto Zokuthenga (TADS) esibophezelwe ukunyakaza kwezinhloko zabagibeli ukuze amakhamera aveze lapho abheka khona.
Uhlelo luhlanganisa inzwa yombono webusuku, isisombululo se-laser range kanye nomklami wesikhangiso se-laser, ikhamera ye-imaging ye-infrared, nekhamera yelanga yethelevishini. Izithombe ezivela ku-TADS ziphakanyisiwe kuma-optical eye-oped optical views.
I-Apache Iyavumelana Nezindiza Zomnyama Wama Hawk
I-Apache ingenye yezinqola ezimbili zezindiza ezaziwa kakhulu, enye enye i-helicopter ye-Black Hawk, eyayibizwa ngokuthi i-Native American warrior.
I-Black Hawk ibe yingxenye yokusebenza kwezempi kusukela ngo-1974, ingena enkonzweni esemthethweni ngo-1978.
Ngesikhathi i-Black Hawk eyaziwa ngendiza yayo ethule futhi ihlala isikhathi eside, idlula futhi ihamba kancane kune-Apache. Lapho i-Apache ibamba khona amasosha amabili, i-Black Hawk ithatha abasebenzi abafinyelela ku-5.
I-Black Hawk isetshenziswa ngokuyinhloko ekuthutheleleni amasosha nezinto zokwakha, kuyilapho i-Apache yakhelwe ukulwa, ikakhulukazi ukuhambela ukuhlasela.
Ngakho-ke ngenkathi abanye abaqhubi bezindiza bekhetha omunye komunye, lezi choppers ezimbili zenzelwe izinhloso ezahlukene.
I-Apache Helicopters In Action
Ama-Apaches akhipha ukudubula kokuqala kwe-Operation Desert Storm, umkhankaso wezempi owawuhlasela i-Iraq ngemva kokuhlasela kwawo kwe-Kuwait ngo-1990. Izindiza ezine ezihamba ngezinyawo, ezenziwa abashayeli bezindiza ezivela e-101s Airborne Division, zahamba ngamamitha angu-90 ukusuka e-Saudi Arabia, zibuka umsakazo womsakazo kuze kube imizuzwana engu-10 ngaphambi kokushaya izinhloso zabo.
I-choppers yaqeda ukufakwa kwe-radar okuyisixwayiso esasempumalanga ye-Iraq, ihlanza indlela eya ku-1,000 US Air Force jets ukuze iwele ukungena ngaphansi kwalesi sizwe ngenxa yokuqhuma kwamabhomu.
I-Apache elandelayo-Generation
Abenzi be-helicopter bafaka imodeli ezayo, i-Apache Longbow, ngo-1997. Isebenzisa isimiso se-radar se-wavem wave sokukhomba okuphindwe kane futhi kunembile kaningi futhi izikhathi eziyisikhombisa ziphephile kunezinye zangempela.
Uhlelo lwekhompiyutha lwe-chopper lungakwazi ukukhomba okungaphezulu kwezinguquko ezingu-128 ezingahle zibe khona kanye nokwaziswa okungaphezulu kwezingu-16 ezibaluleke kakhulu, okusho ukuthi zidlulisele kwezinye izindiza zezindiza eqenjini lokuhlaselwa. Ngokusekelwe kwedatha, ukuhlaselwa kungasungulwa kungakapheli amasekhondi angu-30 we-scan radar.
I-Apache ihlomile nge-M261 i-rocket launcher ne-tubes 19.
Kokubili i-Apache no-Apache Longbow basebenzise kabili ama-General Electric T700-GE-701 1698 ama-shp turboshaft enginesisetshenziswa futhi bafaka uhlelo lwe-rotor eline-blade.