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PlasmaKrab said:
On the other hand, I heard (a couple of years ago too) that Finland was considering it as a contender for their future attack helo procurment, and maybe Sweden as well (?). Any new on how this has gotten forwards?
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Regarding Sweden, there MAY be a tender for an attack helicopter around 2008-2010, but its pretty iffy...
It depends a lot on how our politicians feel the planned airmobile batallion will fit into possible peacekeeping missions or the EU battlegroup we're in...
As for the Havoc in Sweden it didn't do to well over here. It was felt to be underpowered and clumsy in NOE flying. Another drawback was its huge IR signature... apparently it was by far the most easily spotted of the ones trialed(the Cobra had the lowest signature of the lot, OTOH, it was LOUD
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The testing was however done in 1995, so it was a pretty early variant/prototype and it might not have had good engines and perhaps weren't issued with IR filters for the engine exhausts, somewhat explaining the heat signature.
I believe that the attack helicopters that have been trialled in Sweden are AH-64A, AH-1W, one of the Tiger variants, the A129 and possibly the Rooivalk (no confirmation on Rooivalk).