AgustaWestland Apache - Specifications (Apache AH1)

Specifications (Apache AH1)

Data from AgustaWestland page Jane's Air Forces, British Army

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 17.7 m (58 ft 4 in with rotors turning)
• Rotor diameter: 14.6 m (48 ft)
• Height: 3.87 m (12 ft 8 in)
• Disc area: 168.11 m² (1,809.5 ft²)
• Empty weight: 5,165 kg (11,387 lb)
• Loaded weight: 8,006 kg (17,650 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 9,525 kg (21,000 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca RTM322 turboshaft, 1,566 kW (2,100 hp) each

Performance

• Never exceed speed: 365 km/h (197 knots, 227 mph)
• Maximum speed: 293 km/h (158 knots, 182 mph)
• Cruise speed: 259 km/h (140 knots, 161 mph)
• Range: 537 km (290 nmi, 334 mi)
• Ferry range: 1,700 km (974 nmi, 1,121 mi)
• Service ceiling: 6,400 m (21,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 12.7 m/s (2,500 ft/min)

Armament

• Guns: M230 Chain Gun, 1156 rounds
• Missiles: Hellfire (and Stinger, Starstreak, Sidewinder/Sidearm proposed)
• Rockets: CRV7 with Flechette (Tungsten dart) or High-Explosive Incendiary Semi-Armour Piercing (HEISAP) warheads. Until 2008 also MPSM with nine M-73 bomblets.