Dhruv (ALH Dhruv, Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv, Sanskrit : ध्रुव) is a multi-purpose military helicopter developed by the Indian national company HAL ( English Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ), with the support of the German concern Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm .
| Dhruv | |
|---|---|
 Dhruv Indian Ground Forces, 2008. | |
| Type of | multirole helicopter |
| Developer |  Messerschmitt-bölkow-blohm |
| Manufacturer |  Hal |
| First flight | August 20, 1992 |
| Start of operation | Indian Army : October 2007 [1] |
| Status | operated, produced |
| Operators | India |
| Units produced | 200 (for 2016) |
| Development program cost | $ 170 million [2] |
| Unit cost | $ 7.65-10.00 million (2012) [3] [4] |
| Options | Hal lch |
The development of the helicopter began in 1984 , the first flight - in 1992 , and went into mass production in 2003 .
Available in two versions: for the air force and ground forces - with a skid gear; for the Navy with a three-leg retractable landing gear.
The Rudra, a strike modification of the helicopter, is equipped with an automatic 20 mm gun mounted on a turret and guided by missile weapons, for example, ATGMs . Suspension of depth charges and torpedoes is also possible.
The HAL export order portfolio for 2012-2015 is 10 Dhruv worth $ 76.5 million. [3]
Content
Modifications
- Mk.1 - basic modification with Turbomeca TM 333-2B2 engines; total built 56 units for the Indian Armed Forces
- Mk.2 - modification with improved visibility; total built 20 units for the Indian Armed Forces
- Mk.3 - modification equipped with Shakti engines; the first batch of 10 helicopters was adopted in 2012
- Rudra - also known as Dhruv-WSI (Weapons System Integrated); first strike helicopter manufactured in India [5]
- Mk. 3
- Mk.4 - shock modification, armed with an automatic gun and guided missiles of the "air-to-air" and "air-to-ground" class
Performance Specifications
The following characteristics correspond to the modifications for the Indian Army and Air Force:
Data Source: Jane's [2]
- Specifications
- Crew : 1-2 people
- Passenger Capacity: 4-12 people
- Length : 15.87 m
- Fuselage Length: 13.43 m
- Rotor Diameter: 13.2m
- Tail rotor diameter: 2.55 m
- Maximum fuselage width: 2.0 m
- Height : 3.93 m (to the main rotor)
- Area swept by the rotor: 136.85 m²
- Empty weight: 2 550 kg
- Maximum take-off weight : 4,500 kg
- The mass of fuel in internal tanks: 1,075 kg
- Maximum weight of suspended load: 1,000 kg
- Powerplant : 2 × Turboshaft Turbomeca TM 333-2B2
- Engine power: 2 × 1,200 hp (2 × 895 kW)
Cargo compartment dimensions
- Length: 3.55 m
- Width: 1.97 m
- Height: 1.42 m
- Flight characteristics
- Maximum permissible speed: 330 km / h
- Maximum speed: 265 km / h
- Cruising speed : 225 km / h (economical)
- Practical range: 700 km (with 20 min. Reserve)
- Flight duration: 4 hours 20 minutes
- Practical ceiling : 6,500 m
- Static ceiling : 4,400 m
- Rate of climb : 13 m / s (780 m / min)
- Disc load: 32.9 kg / m²
- Thrust- weight ratio : 329 W / kg (3.04 kg / kW)
- Armament
- Combat load:
- option for the Navy:
- 2 × torpedoes or depth charges or
- 4 × RCC
- option for the army and air force:
- 1 × 20 mm gun under the fuselage
- 8 × anti-tank missiles or
- 4 × block 68 mm or 70 mm HAP or
- 4 × air-to-air missiles
- option for coast guard:
- 1 × 7.62 mm machine gun in the side door
- option for the Navy:
Armed
- India - in December 2007, 159 Dhruv were ordered for delivery in 2009-2016. [one]
- Indian Army - 32 Dhruv, as of 2012 [6]
- Indian Air Force - 36 Dhruv, as of 2012 [6]
- Indian Navy - 6 Dhruv, as of 2012 [6]
- Nepal - 4 Dhruv, as of 2012 [7]
- Ecuador - 6 Dhruv, as of 2012 [8]
- Suriname - ordered 3 Dhruv, as of 2012 [9]
- Maldives - 1 Dhruv, as of 2012 [10]
- Mauritius - 1 Dhruv, as of 2009 [11]
- Myanmar - 2 Dhruv, as of 2012 [12]
Gallery
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 TSAMTO DEFEXPO-2010
- ↑ 1 2 Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2004-2005 pp. 200-202 ISBN 0-7106-2614-2
- ↑ 1 2 Export sales of new multi-purpose helicopters in 2012-2015 will be about 25 billion dollars
- ↑ Bolivia will allocate 135.2 million dollars for the purchase of six Chinese H-425 helicopters
- ↑ NE India will receive an armed helicopter ALH Rudra by the end of the year
- ↑ 1 2 3 Order of Battle - India (link not available) . Date of treatment August 5, 2012. Archived on September 30, 2013.
- ↑ Order of Battle - Nepal
- ↑ Order of Battle - Ecuador (link not available) . Date of treatment August 5, 2012. Archived on April 28, 2009.
- ↑ Order of Battle - Suriname
- ↑ Order of Battle - Maldives
- ↑ Mauritius Police Force Acquires Sophisticated Helicopter From India for Coastal Patrol Archived March 27, 2012.
- ↑ Order of Battle - Myanmar (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment August 5, 2012. Archived March 14, 2012.