Bell Cobra



General Data		Notes
First Flown	1965	No longer in production Three versions are shown in our image gallery. One (with the nose cannon and grenade launcher) was an original issue AH-1G that fought in Vietnam, the one with a three barrel cannon was a trainer and never saw combat. The third one shown has a 6 barrel cannon and is privately owned, no history of it is known.
Length	53 ft 1 in
Height	13 ft 5 in
Rotor Span	44 ft
Lift Capability	n/a
Range	274 nm
Top Speed	141 mph
Empty Weight	6,598 lb
Max Gross Weight	at take off 10,000 lb
Service Ceiling	unknown
Armament	TOW missiles, free flight rockets, 20 mm cannon in nose, 30 mm grenade launcher in nose
Engines	1 Textron Lycoming T53-L-703 turoshaft rated at 1,800 shp
Accommodations	1 Pilot and 1 gunner
Cargo	n/a
Operators	Bahrain, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Pakistan, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, United Nations
Similar Aircraft	Super Cobra
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