France to Give Eurocopter Tiger Helicopters to Pakistan
byMJKon July 3, 2009
France has agreed to provide Tigre Attack helicopter to Pakistan in line with its growing use against the foreign financed terrorists operating in tribal areas of Pakistan. This news got published in Daily Dawn and the excerpt is below:
France will provide Tiger combat helicopters and military equipment to Pakistan to enhance its capacity to fight terrorism. This was stated by Admiral Edouard Guillaud, Military Personal Staff Adviser to French President, during a series of meetings he held here on Thursday with top political and military leaders, including President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Tariq Majid and Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
Official sources said that helicopters to be provided by France would be equipped with ground-to-ground missiles with semi-active laser seekers with a range of over 8km.
The multi-role helicopters have modern avionics and radars and can be equipped with anti-tank missiles. Admiral Guillaud commended Pakistan’s determination and resolute action to clear its soil of terrorists and eliminate extremism.
Since i am a great fan of military hardware so i went to search for details about this helicopter and would like to share them with our readers. I must say that the Euroc0pter Tiger is an amazing machine. Below are the details of Eurocopter Tiger.
Weapons:
Trigat Missile Range 500m to 5km
Maximum Air-to-Air Missile Range Over 5km autonomously
Target Identification and Engagement 5km
Performance:
Hover Out of Ground Effect Multi-role version - 3,200m, Combat support version - 3,500m
Vertical Rate of Climb Multi-role version - 5.2m/sec, Combat support version - 6.4m/sec
Maximum Rate of Climb Multi-role version - 10.7m/sec, Combat support version - 11.5m/sec
Flight Speed, Armed Multi-role version - 145kt, Combat support version - 155kt
Cruise Speed 124kt
Design Limit Speed Multi-role version - 161kt, Combat support system - 174kt
Maximum Range, Internal Fuel 800km
Mission Endurance 2 hours 50 minutes
Maximum Endurance, Internal Fuel 3 hours 25 minutes
Agility 40º angle of yaw after first second
Fuel Capacity: Maximum Internal Fuel 1,020kg, Maximum Internal and External Fuel 1,575kg
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i wouldn’t trust the French. They want us to buy their subs and ditch the German subs which are far more superior, this could be a part of the ‘efforts’ going on in that respect.
I like Pakistan defence system and want to be a part of Pakistan Arm. My request to All Pkakistanies is that “Please pray for our Pakistan and save it your’s endless possibilities for allways”
A petriot of Pakistan
Naveed Sultan.
No doubt it will be a very costly deal and also some of middle men will be benefieted like a submarine deal we had in past but we don’t have choice.Any ways ,Nice description in detail about Eurocopter Tiger Helicopters .I would like to know the comparisson with Cobra.
As history tell us that French are never been so tricky & clever like Duke of England even though they are far away in their Inovative Ideas.we had experienced In case of Tipu Sultan that French were not proved so effected as well as their equipments.
It would be better if we do search in ex-states of ussr like ukraine for cheap high quality stuff with some alteration.
In the wake that Pakistani peoples, media are not able to tackle with the propagandas against Pakistan why would I expect my Army to stay sleepy? No, check this http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/topic.php?uid=2210061841&topic=3120, see how many Pakistani peoples are replying. This deal is costly but to have low defense level is most costly than these costly deals.
one excellent piece of mil hardware, perhaps for those guys who have posted their views before i m sure they know nothing about this stuff. ever had been in this profession or flown those machines????????? my advice, plz dont comment no wat u dont know. specially mr Ali Hashmi, i thnk u better forget about this muslim reniassance before commenting on such a thngs. Tigers are the best options Pak has at the moment when all the best arms manufacturers have closed their doors for Pakistan Army so y it isnt good that we get wat all is aval?????? stay some time in FATA and then u guys will understand wat ths damn insurgency is???????????
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i wouldn’t trust the French. They want us to buy their subs and ditch the German subs which are far more superior, this could be a part of the ‘efforts’ going on in that respect.
I like Pakistan defence system and want to be a part of Pakistan Arm. My request to All Pkakistanies is that “Please pray for our Pakistan and save it your’s endless possibilities for allways”
A petriot of Pakistan
Naveed Sultan.
Ok,so we’re getting those shiny new Eurocopter Tiger A-H’s,all sweet and dandy..but no wait,look at the cost of those things!
honestly,look at the price of these attack choppers.Pakistan Already has been tortured enough by the need for funds,and than this comes in..
it would’ve been alot better if the military opted for Ah-64s or Mi-28s.
No doubt it will be a very costly deal and also some of middle men will be benefieted like a submarine deal we had in past but we don’t have choice.Any ways ,Nice description in detail about Eurocopter Tiger Helicopters .I would like to know the comparisson with Cobra.
As history tell us that French are never been so tricky & clever like Duke of England even though they are far away in their Inovative Ideas.we had experienced In case of Tipu Sultan that French were not proved so effected as well as their equipments.
It would be better if we do search in ex-states of ussr like ukraine for cheap high quality stuff with some alteration.
In the wake that Pakistani peoples, media are not able to tackle with the propagandas against Pakistan why would I expect my Army to stay sleepy? No, check this http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/topic.php?uid=2210061841&topic=3120, see how many Pakistani peoples are replying. This deal is costly but to have low defense level is most costly than these costly deals.
how will they afford ??
one excellent piece of mil hardware, perhaps for those guys who have posted their views before i m sure they know nothing about this stuff. ever had been in this profession or flown those machines????????? my advice, plz dont comment no wat u dont know. specially mr Ali Hashmi, i thnk u better forget about this muslim reniassance before commenting on such a thngs. Tigers are the best options Pak has at the moment when all the best arms manufacturers have closed their doors for Pakistan Army so y it isnt good that we get wat all is aval?????? stay some time in FATA and then u guys will understand wat ths damn insurgency is???????????
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