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Comanche
The American Comanche helicopter project was still in development by Boeing and Sikorsky but has been stopped in February 2004. Reason was that the US Army didn't want the helicopter anymore. There have only been build 2 prototypes and about 8 billion dollar has been spent for research. The project was already in development since 1983. Original the helicopter was developed to operate in Europe above the German battle field with laser equipment, supporting Apache helicopters by destroying West-coming Soviet tanks. |
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by defence experts, the Comanche wouldn't be longer useful against modern
enemy missiles and artillery systems. After the operations in Afghanistan
and Iraq it seems that attack helicopters like the Apache are very sensitive
for unguided hand portable missiles and normal handweapons. Technical The Comanche should have stealth characteristics but after development it seems to have less stealth characteristics which was told original. The heli was being developed by Boeing and Sikorsky. The crew was 2. The maximum speed was 328km/h. The heli was armored with a 20.mm canon, hellfire and Stinger missiles. United States Instead of buying the Comanche the US Army will buy more Apaches and flying reconnaissance robots. Apache The stop of the Comanche project is good news for the Apache. Because all new developed technologies which would be original build in the Comanche will now be use in the Apache.  
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