Italeri 0168 - 1/72 AH-1T Sea Cobra  [IT-0168S]

Period: from '50 to '90

Country: United States

Model Dim.: 18,7 cm

AH-1T water COBRA

The AH-1T water Cobra, designed for a specific need for this usa Marines Corps, arises from the famous Bell AH-1 Cobra assault helicopter that has been produced on mid- 60s the united states of america Army. The ocean Cobra originated to provide close combat support during landing operations, in coordination with land cars. The ocean Cobra completed up being in addition used by convoy escort basically as a navalized helicopter. Through 1990 Desert Shield so the 1991 Desert Storm operations, Marines used water Cobras for close combat assistance and suppression of enemy fire. The AH-1T includes a three barrel 20mm turret-mounted cannon. It will always be fitted with different air to ground and land help tools. The with greater regularity utilized setup includes eight Tow antitank rocket launchers and two 70mm 19-rockets launchers fitted underneath the lateral difficult points.