Indian Air Force inducts natively developed light combat helicopter ‘Prachanda’
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Indian Air Force inducts natively developed light combat helicopter ‘Prachanda’
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#2Made me dig around for more info:
Attack Helicopters Fleet Strength by Country -- https://www.globalfirepower.com/aircraft-helicopters-attack....
Helicopter manufacturer countries -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_manufacturer
Re: Indian Air Force inducts natively developed light combat helicopter ‘Prachanda’
#3Is it based off of a Soviet or Nato helo or is a clean drawing board product?
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#4It's a pretty cool aircraft. Hope it serves well.
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#5Very interested in the supply chain for this. Where do the engines come from?
Re: Indian Air Force inducts natively developed light combat helicopter ‘Prachanda’
#6Wikipedia entry
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_Prachand
Sounds like some French technology at its core.
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#7Very interested in the supply chain for this. Where do the engines come from?
The Wikipedia page says the engines are a Safran/HAL joint venture, so it's tech transfer from the French.
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#8Super interesting about all the high altitude needs of this and the Cheetah with links in other comments. I remember growing up in Colorado there were certain places and certain mountain passes that most helicopters couldn't do, I even remember one time an Antanov was ad DIA and couldn't take off because of the combination of altitude of the runway and particularly warm temperatures that day
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#9Made me dig around for more info: Attack Helicopters Fleet Strength by Country -- https://www.globalfirepower.com/aircraft-helicopters-attack.... Helicopter manufacturer countries -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_manufacturer
Wonder if those strength numbers are pre-war. The Ukrainians claim to have downed over 250 Ruzzian helicopers, half their fleet.
Re: Indian Air Force inducts natively developed light combat helicopter ‘Prachanda’
#10Made me dig around for more info: Attack Helicopters Fleet Strength by Country -- https://www.globalfirepower.com/aircraft-helicopters-attack.... Helicopter manufacturer countries -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_manufacturer
Wonder if those strength numbers are pre-war. The Ukrainians claim to have downed over 250 Ruzzian helicopers, half their fleet.
Most of these shootdowns are well documented too it seems so I think it is correct.