[quote][b][url=/v3/forum/portes-avions-39/topic/porte-a%C3%A9ronefs-328/?post=9522#post-9522]ex-pit[/url] a dit le 15/11/2006 à 19:32 :[/b]

[quote="Tiger"][quote="Pit"]Voici la version "Marine" de l'AH64 [i]"Apache"[/i]

[url=http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4A815922-4A94-4EAD-B9AB-2FD779470452/0/ArkApache1.jpg]Au decollage[/url]
[url=http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/FAE2C570-F554-41EF-B735-398B3DAA7719/0/ArkApache2.jpg]Au repos[/url]

Photos prise sur l'HMS Ark Royal - 667 Squadron Army Air Corps
Credit photo : CPOA (Kev Preece)[/quote]

Je croyais que c'etait seulement le Cobra qu'utilisait les marines sur les porte helico[/quote]

Il s'agit de la version AH-64[b]B[/b] (pour Barine certainement) :

[i]During the early days of the program, McDonnell Douglas offered versions of the Apache to the US Marine Corps and the US Navy. Both versions would have had corrosion protection for seaborne operation, main rotor blade folding, more tiedown points, and improved electromagnetic interference protection. The Marines were very interested and conducted a two-week evaluation of the Apache in September 1981, including shipboard operation tests. 

The Marine version would have not had the Chain Gun, but it would have been able to carry TOW antitank missiles, pods for Zuni 12.7 centimeter (5 inch) heavy unguided rockets (a favored USMC store), and AIM-9 Sidewinders air-to-air missiles (AAMs) or Sidewinder anti-radar missiles (SideARMs), with the Sidewinders fitted to wingtip launch rails. Sidewinder qualifications were performed with the Apache in 1987 and SideARM qualifications were performed in 1988. The Marines really liked the Apache, but the Corps always tends to be the last in line for funding and the money simply wasn't there. 

Incidentally, the US Army had some interest in the Sidewinder and SideARM trials, and also performed test firings of the "AIM-28 Air-To-Air Stinger (ATAS)" heat-seeking AAM in 1989. The ATAS was carried in a two-round pod, allowing carriage of four missiles. It lacked the range of the Sidewinder, but the Sidewinder also produced excessive smoke and flame when launched that announced the location of the gunship launch platform. Further firings were performed with the British laser-guided Shorts Starstreak / Helstreak AAM in 1991, which was also carried in a two-round pod. 

The Navy "Sea Apache" version would have had a folding tail for shipboard storage; an AN/APG-65 maritime search and targeting radar replacing the TADS/PNVS turret and Chain Gun; a retractable in-flight refueling probe; and the capability to carry four Harpoon, Penguin, or other antiship missiles. The Navy didn't buy off on the concept. [/i]

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Le voici maintenant sur un navire britannique, le [url=http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/images/sea/ark_royal_merlin_hr.jpg]HMS Ark Royal[/url][/quote]