HAL DHRUV Helicopter

HAL  DHRUV Helicopter

Features Of Hal Dhruv

ORIGIN         India

MANUFACTURERS   HAL,India

TYPE   Advanced multi-roll attack helicopter

FLIGHT CREW   2

LENGTH  15.87 meters

MAIN ROTOR DIAMETER   13.20 meters

HEIGHT   49.28 meters

WEIGHT

         EMPTY   2502 kg

         MAXIMUM   5500 kg

USEFUL LOAD   2600 kg

SPEED   290 km/hr(maximum)

SERVICE CEILING   5990 meters

FUEL CAPACITY   1100 kg

ARMAMENTS

              1.Chin mounted,20 mm,3 barrel gun

              2.4 pylons ,able to carry 8 anti tank NAG missiles.

              3.Four 68 mm or 70 mm Rocket Pods.

                           or

                Four table launched air to air missiles.

DEFENSE   .RWR; jammers and flare dipensers.

 Development of HAL Dhruv

HAL helicopter program was started back in November 1984 with the assistance from MBB in Germany.Although India introduced its first civil prototype,ALH(Z-3182) in 1992.But due to the changing demands of Indian army and shortage of Budget,the program get delayed for a long term followed by Indian nuclear test in 1998 which lead to US sanctions on India.

The helicopter than use the Turbomeca TM-333 2B2 engines named as Shakti engines.

This new variant of Dhruv using Shakti engine was named as Dhruv-WSI(Weapon system integrated and capable of carry anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles).