Leb Army military supports!

[Enta_eL_MaN]

حلقت طائرة "غازال" تابعة لسلاح الجو اللبناني ظهر اليوم وللمرة الاولى، فوق محيط مخيم نهر البارد، وهي محملة بالصواريخ وقادرة على القيام بالعديد من المناورات العسكرية .

هذا الخبر نشر في موقع التيّار. هل يملك أحد معلومات عن هذه الطائرة مواصفاتها ؟ متى ومن أين استقدمت الى لبنان ؟ وكم واحدة نملك منها ؟

[lebanese_a]

We have 9 they where donated by the emirates approximatively one month before the fightings started.

It's a French helicopter, it is still in service in many country and can be used for various goals (attack, reconnaissance)

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I also read that one of the planes that was send to us contained guns and rocket launchers to the helicopter we already owned.

[xcoder]

Originally Posted by lebanese_a

We have 9 they where donated by the emirates approximatively one month before the fightings started.

It's a French helicopter, it is still in service in many country and can be used for various goals (attack, reconnaissance)

Any pix?

I also read that one of the planes that was send to us contained guns and rocket launchers to the helicopter we already owned.

That's right my uncle told me about it few days ago he's in the Army.

[Grim]

These helicopters are so heavy (Strength and not fire power)















Location: Lebarmy.gov.lb
Click HERE for more and larger pictures

[El-Meghwar]

Thanx for General rami who sent me this pic .

[Grim]

I searched for the Gazelle helicopter, the last one is found in Cyprus and not Lebanon.

[xcoder]

Fate7 al islam will be the first to taste it. lucky people :P

[Slonje]

Those pictures are the Bell Helicopter dating back to the Vietnam War... Those were the only fleet of aircraft owned by the Lebanese Air Force..Now, we have the 'Gazelle'. Here are some pictures..












Specifications (SA 341)
General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 9.53 m (31 ft 3 in)
• Rotor diameter: 10.50 m (34 ft 5 in)
• Height: 3.18 m (10 ft 5 in)
• Disc area: 87 m² (932 ft²)
• Empty weight: 998 kg (2,196 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 1,800 kg (3,960 lb)
• Powerplant: 1× Turboméca Astazou IIIB turboshaft, 590 shp (440 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 310 km/h (168 knots, 190 mph)
• Range: 670 km (360 nm, 420 mi)
• Service ceiling: 4,100 m (13,448 ft)
• Rate of climb: 12.2 m/s (2,400 ft/min)

Design and development

The Aérospatiale Gazelle originated in a French Army requirement for a lightweight utility helicopter. The design quickly attracted British interest, leading to a development and production shareout agreement with British company Westland Helicopters (later AgustaWestland). The deal, signed in February 1967, allowed the production in Britain of 292 Gazelles and 48 Aérospatiale Pumas ordered by the British armed forces, in return Aérospatiale were given a workshare in the manufacturing programme for the 40 Westland Lynx naval helicopters for the French Navy.
Though the general layout resembles that of the Alouette series, the Gazelle featured several important innovations. This was the first helicopter to carry a fenestron or fantail, which allows considerable noise reduction. Also, the rotor blades were made of composite materials, a feature now widely used in modern helicopters.
In service with the French Army Light Aviation, the ALAT, the Gazelle is used primarily as an anti-tank gunship (SA 342M) armed with HOT missiles. A light support version equipped with a 20 mm cannon is used (SA 341F) as well as anti-air variants carrying the Mistral air-to-air missile (Gazelle Celtic based on the SA 341F, Gazelle Mistral based on the SA 342M). The latest anti-tank and reconnaissance versions carry the Viviane thermal imagery system and so are called Gazelle Viviane. The Gazelle is being replaced in frontline duties by the Eurocopter Tiger but will continue to be used for light transport and liaison roles.
It also served with all branches of the British armed forces—the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy (including Royal Marines) and the British Army in a variety of roles. Four versions of the Gazelle were used by the British Forces. The SA341D became the Gazelle HT.3 in RAF service, equipped as a helicopter pilot trainer (hence HT). The SA 341E was used for communications duties and VIP transport and as the Gazelle HCC.4. The SA 341C was purchased as the Gazelle HT.2 pilot trainer for the Royal Navy. The training variants have now been replaced by the Squirrel HT1. The SA 341B was equipped to a specification for the Army Air Corps as the Gazelle AH.1 (from Army Helicopter Mark 1). It was used as an Air Observation Post (AOP) for directing artillery fire, Airborne Forward Air Controller (ABFAC) directing ground-attack aircraft, casualty evacuation, liaison, and command and control, and communications relay.
Gazelles were also manufactured in Egypt by ABHCO and in Yugoslavia
by SOKO.

[khello]

lucky persons fath al islam but do any1 know why it is named gazelle ?

[SysTaMatIcS]

cuz its " rasheeqa " like a gazel ,
btw guyz iza shafo il foreigners this thread they will laugh at us , theyll say mish shayfeen helicopters and airplanes b 7ayatkon , to them its normal , and we here wer sooo excited abt em