Hasegawa 1 / 72 AH-1S Cobra "Ground Self-Defense Force" japan NEW

● Bell AH - 1 S Cobra is an offensive helicopter for supporting onshore units.
The cobra series was improved and developed from UH - 1 Iroquo for the escort of transport helicopter CH - 47 Chinook during the Vietnam War.
● Main improvements from Iroquoi are focused on the front of the fuselage.
Platform that reduces the frontal area of ??Iroquois to about 1/3, places pilots and gunners in tandem (tandem), adds stabilizer wings to both sides of the fuselage, enhances stability during high-speed flight and mounts missiles, rockets, etc. We use it as.
● The main rotor is a door hinge type rotor, which aims to speed up the fuselage and improve maneuverability.
Basic armament is a TAT 102 turret made by Emerson which is installed in the model, it is a 7.62 mm machine gun or a 20 mm machine cannon.
Very high precision shooting is possible with the nose turret associated with the archer's helmet device.
Also, since it fly at low speed with a relatively low speed attack, it is easily subject to attack from enemies, so the interior of the cockpit is equipped with bulletproof equipment.
The Cobra series is mainly used in the US Army and Marine Corps, type and shape are different in Army and Marine Corps.
The latest type in cobra of the army specification is AH - 1 S cobra.
This type is replaced with the T53-L-703 Turbo shaft engine for re-camming the engine, and the power transmission device is strengthened along with the high output of the engine.
Also, the increase in output brought a margin to the armored loading capacity. It is heavily armed with 8 TOW missiles, 38 rocket bullets, 20 mm triple guns and 760 bullets on the nose as maximum armored loading.
Also, AH-1S is licensed by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. and deployed as an anti-tank helicopter by the Ground Self Defense Force, and it forms anti-tank helicopter teams in combination with OH-6 helicopter in various areas including Hokkaido.