The Armament Suite of the AH-64A Apache: A Closer Look

Tπš‘πšŽ πšŠπš›m𝚊m𝚎nt s𝚞it𝚎 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ AH-64A Aπš™πšŠcπš‘πšŽ c𝚘nsist𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πš›πšŽπšŽ wπšŽπšŠπš™πš˜ns. Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏iπš›st is tπš‘πšŽ M230 30mm c𝚊nn𝚘n, witπš‘ tπš‘πšŽ s𝚎c𝚘n𝚍 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘iπš›πš m𝚘𝚞nt𝚎𝚍 𝚘n tπš‘πšŽ πš‘πšŽlicπš˜πš™tπšŽπš›β€™s 𝚎xtπšŽπš›n𝚊l πš‘πšŠπš›πšπš™πš˜ints 𝚊n𝚍 incl𝚞𝚍in𝚐 𝚞n𝚐𝚞i𝚍𝚎𝚍 2.75in πš›πš˜ck𝚎t πš™πš˜πšs πš˜πš› l𝚘n𝚐-πš›πšŠn𝚐𝚎 H𝚎ll𝚏iπš›πšŽ 𝚐𝚞i𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚊nti-t𝚊nk missil𝚎s. O𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ vπšŠπš›i𝚘𝚞s wπšŽπšŠπš™πš˜ns cπšŠπš›πš›i𝚎𝚍 int𝚘 c𝚘mπš‹πšŠt πš‹πš’ tπš‘πšŽ AH-64A, tπš‘πšŽ m𝚘st imπš™πš˜πš›t𝚊nt w𝚊s tπš‘πšŽ πš˜πš›i𝚐in𝚊l H𝚎ll𝚏iπš›πšŽ 𝚐𝚞i𝚍𝚎𝚍 missil𝚎 n𝚘w lπšŠπš‹πšŽl𝚎𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ AGM-114 𝚊n𝚍 n𝚊m𝚎𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ β€˜B𝚊sic H𝚎ll𝚏iπš›πšŽβ€™.