Being ex-Australian Army myself, and knowing some of the guys involved in the Tiger selection process, they told me, in hind-sight, that the French bamboozled them with candy coated b_s_ promises, and if they had the time again they would have chosen an off-the-shelf helicopter that could shoot stuff on day 1. I don't recall whether Apache was mentioned in this context because it was a long time ago, but the sentiment certainly was they made a bad choice.