Philippine Air Force T129 ATAK

[chopper2004]

Turkish AF Airbus A400Ms delivered pair of TAI T129 ATAK to the Philippine Air Force week ago

https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/philippine-air-force-takes-delivery-of-first-two-t129-ataks/147873.article


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[Tickle]

Very nice, looks nasty. Quite a beefy tail rotor.

[Saint Jack]

The "beefy tail rotor" is almost certainly an illusion resulting from styrofoam strips on the trailing edge of the blades to prevent injury to personnel walking into them - a quite common occurance when recieving a first of type helicopter.

[Doors Off]

Goodness me, that is a very, very, very long ammunition feed chute to the cannon. Is it actually the entire ammo bin? Would be a bit of a challenge for the FARPies.

It certainly is a little helicopter for an “Attack” helo.