The200 million strong West African nation is known to have requested to buy American military equipment worth some $875 million and comprising of the proven Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter.. The attempt to buy the AH-1Z attack helicopters from the U.S. was largely kept under the radar and away from the public until the Foreign PolicyAH1Z Viper1:48 Kitty Hawk. The original Bell Cobra from which this latest model was developed shares rotors, engine and transmission with its stable-mate the UH-1 Iroquois, or Huey as it is more colloquial known. It was also known as the HueyCobra in acknowledgement of that fact, but the early Cobras had only one engine. Vroce 2023 Armáda České republiky získá první bojové vrtulníky AH-1Z Viper (Zulu) a víceúčelové vrtulníky UH-1Y Venom (Yankee). Čeští vojáci vůbec poprvé do rukou dostanou skutečně bojem ověřený „těžký“ high-tech zbraňový systém. Přechod ze stařičkých vrtulníků Mi-24 na špičkové americké bojové TheAH-1W Super Cobra provides full night-fighting capability with the Night Targeting System (NTS). The Super Cobra is armed with a 20mm turret gun, TOW, Hellfire, Sidewinder, Sidearm missiles, and 5
AH1Z Viper [Super Cobra] - 2012. changes included modified fire control systems to carry and fire AIM-9 Sidewinder and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. The new version was funded by Congress and received the AH-1W designation. Deliveries of AH-1W SuperCobras totaled 179 new-built helicopters plus 43 upgrades of AH-1Ts.
TheAH-1Z Viper flies on a new carbon fiber composite four-blade rotor system with 75% fewer moving parts in the vulnerable rotor mast despite having two additional blades compared to early Cobra