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with one AH-1G Hueycobra, M200 & M157 rocket launcher option, Twin M200 rocket launcher option, M195 20mm MG & M157 rocket launcher option, one plastic rotor sprue, one flying stand, four magnets and one helicopter decal sheet.

The Hogs validated the concept of helicopter gunships leading Bell to design a purpose-built gunship version. The US Army turned them down in favour of a planned heavy gunship that could do just about everything. The unworkable complexity of their design and the accelerating war in Vietnam changed their mind forcing them to accept the lightweight Bell design as the AH-1G Hueycobra.

The Hueycobra was mechanically similar to the UH-1, but placed the pilots in tandem, one behind the other, in a narrow, streamlined cockpit. Normally the pilot in the front cockpit controlled the chinmounted gun turret while the rear pilot flew the helicopter and fired the wingmounted armament. It was considerably faster than the Hog and could carry a lot more armament.

The Hueycobra was introduced in 1968, and by April 1969 over half of the 680 helicopters in Vietnam were Cobras. The Hueycobra continued to serve until 1999 when 25th Aviation Battalion retired the last Cobras in US Army service.


External Weapons Loads For The AH-1G Hueycobra

AH-1G Hueycobra
The basic AH-1G Hueycobra had both
an M134 minigun and an M129 grenade launcher in its chin turret, combined with both M157 and M200 19-barrelled rocket launchers on each stub wing.

AH-1G Heavy Hog
Aerial rocket artillery batteries replaced the UH-1B Heavy Hog with a similarly armed Hueycobra. This retained the chin turret and carried four M200 19-barrelled rocket launchers.

20mm Gatling Gu
Some Hueycobras replaced the inboard rocket launchers with an M195 six-barrelled 20mm gatling gun on the left stub wing. Twin belly canisters held 950 rounds of ammunition.


The AH-1G Hueycobra Specifications

Crew: 2
Weight: 2.6 tonnes
Length: Fuselage 13.5m (44’ 5”) Overall 16.2m (53’ 2”)
Width: 3.2m (10’ 4”)
Height: 4.1m (13’ 6”)
Rotor: 13.4m (44’)
Engine: Lycoming T53 (1100 shp)
Speed: 275 km/h (149 knots, 171 mph)
Rate of Climb: 8.5ms-1 (1680 ft/min)
Range: 580 km (360 miles)


The New Flying Stand

Included in the new AH-1G box set in the newly designed flying stand; a much improved design that is stronger and more stable than the previous version. It can not only be used with just the Hueycobra, but other Flames Of War aircraft too.

This new flying stand is only supplied with the Vietnam Helicopter range at the moment, but stay tuned for developments in the future.


The New Plastic Rotors

The new plastic rotors have been designed to be much lighter the previous versions and easier to assemble and attach to the model.

It also makes thing easier for us as it includes all the parts for either the Huey or the Cobra.

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Flames of War/Vietnam War/United States of America/Aircraft
Flames of War/Vietnam War/United States of America/Box Sets

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