Iranian Cobra upgrade - Toufan (Storm)

First 10 was delivered today:

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Reported upgrades:

ATGMs
Rocket launcher
20mm canon
MFD
HUD
Communications

repost dude

[QUOTE=ayanami_tard;4921146]repost dude[/QUOTE]

These pictures are from today (couple of hours ago) but if someone posted before then sorry!

Mods can close this.

[QUOTE=ayanami_tard;4921146]repost dude[/QUOTE]

I'd close the other thread. This thread is more factual because these Cobras are upgrades not "new".

[QUOTE=Marshall_Nord;4921173]I'd close the other thread. This thread is more factual because these Cobras are upgrades not "new".[/QUOTE]

According to who?

Iran does produce SeaCobras on its own.

Good looking.
Thanks for the photos.

absolute beautiful

[QUOTE=Ambassador;4921259]Iran does produce SeaCobras on its own.[/QUOTE]

Did you mean upgrade, not produce? Wiki places Iran as having 50 of the original 202 AH1J still in service.

Anyone know the purpose/capability of the front sensor ball. Is it just a camera or does it have IR capability?

Those are great pictures, the Cobra is a great looking bird.

There are two military industry programs dealing with the Cobras in Iran; The upgrading of AH-1J into AH-1T standard with improved radar/avionics/ECM/IR imaging and night vision equipment etc is handled by the Panha company and named Panha 2091. You can see above some of the Panha 2091's cockpit showing signs of being disassembled in the upgrade process.

HESA P4 is an unlicensed domestic production of the SeaCobra by HESA, but I'm unsure if they are AH-1J or AH-1T standard.

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Composite propellers for the Bell 214s

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It would be better to merge the two and delete the trolls posts.

WTF?
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BTW, no cable cutters, good luck to the pilots.

[QUOTE=Octavaria;4921725]WTF?
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BTW, no cable cutters, good luck to the pilots.[/QUOTE]

It's the Primer paint. They haven't finished painting it yet. Not really too difficult to work out to be honest.

thanks for the pictures

'Toufan' is also the name of an Iranian copy of the TOW missile, isnt it?