HAL Prachand - Light Combat Helicopter (LCH)

[flanker99]

Surprised no one posted this before

 

[SUPERPOWER]

Surprised no one posted this before

Let our airforce and army procure it first than talk about other countries...Naach Na jaane angan teda..

 

[SavageKing456]

ZF4604 first lch of IAF.

 

[SUPERPOWER]

ZF4604 first lch of IAF.

 

[Tactical Doge]

ZF4604 first lch of IAF.

Order place kiya IAF ne?

 

[Maharaj samudragupt]

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This dispenser can be used to spread chemical weapons , wonder why they created it.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Order place kiya IAF ne?

Nope. Don't worry. Govt will rather force IAF to order Apache for 1B.

 

[WolfPack86]

HAL SET TO DELIVER FIRST BATCH OF 3 LIGHT COMBAT HELICOPTERS TO IAF
HAL's indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopter has been deployed for operations in Leh. These are part of 15 Limited Series Production helicopters approved for Army and IAF

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is gearing up to deliver the first batch of three Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) to the Indian Air Force (IAF) once acceptance tests are completed. These are part of the 15 Limited Series Production (LSP) helicopters approved for the Army and the IAF.

“HAL has received Letter of Intent for five Air force and five Army LCH for delivery pending contract finalisation of 15 Limited Series Production (LSP) LCH. HAL has produced and signalled out three LSP LCH for the IAF. Same will be subjected to customer acceptance and training shortly,” a HAL source said.

On the remaining helicopters of the LSP series, the source added, “In the current year we are producing four LCH for Army and two for the Air Force. Remaining six LCH will be produced next year.”

Delayed Deal

The deal for the 15 LCH was expected to have been signed in the first quarter of 2021 but has been delayed due to the second wave of the pandemic.

The IAF has put forward a requirement for 65 LCH and the Army for 114 helicopters. Of the 15 LSP helicopters, 10 are for the IAF and five for the Army. The LCH, the lightest attack helicopter in the world weighing 5.5 tonnes, has been designed and developed by the HAL to meet the specific and unique requirements of the Indian armed forces and can operate at heights of 12,000 feet.

The Army Aviation operates smaller utility helicopters but does not have attack helicopters in its fleet and has for sometime pitched for attack helicopters of its own to operate with its strike Corps. The attack helicopter fleet is operated by the Air Force which provides close air support to the Army.

The IAF operates the older Mi-25 and Mi-35 Russian attack helicopters which are in the process of being phased out and has inducted 22 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters from the U.S. The Army will also start receiving the Apache attack helicopters from early 2023 onwards, six of which have been contracted under an estimated $800 mn deal from the U.S. in February 2020.

Presently, the Army has 90 Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) and 75 Rudra, weaponised ALH, helicopters in service which are indigenously designed and developed by the HAL in addition to around 160 older Cheetah and Chetak utility helicopters which are in need of urgent replacement.

Last August, amid the ongoing standoff with China in Eastern Ladakh, two LCH were deployed for operations at high altitude in Leh at short notice to support IAF missions, validating their capability.

HAL Set To Deliver First Batch of 3 Light Combat Helicopters To IAF

HAL's indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopter has been deployed for operations in Leh. These are part of 15 Limited Series Production...

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[CentralPoint]

This dispenser can be used to spread chemical weapons , wonder why they created it.

You meant this as a joke, right? Coz those are 'smoke' trailers (often called smokewinders) used for aerobatic displays and stuff...

 

[Maharaj samudragupt]

You meant this as a joke, right? Coz those are 'smoke' trailers (often called smokewinders) used for aerobatic displays and stuff...

Of course joke , comrade

 

[Adrian Corvus]

 

[SUPERPOWER]

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Is this pic a rendering or real?

 

[Akula]

Is this pic a rendering or real?

Real photo clicked by Gaurav avaition.

 

[Adrian Corvus]

Is this pic a rendering or real?

real by gaurav.aviation
kuntal for sure has blurred out the lines between cgi and real stuff but this one is real

 

[DEV1729]

Lch looks like 5th gen heli.Hope they add longbow type of radar like cherry on top.

 

[abingdonboy]

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New exhaust system

 

[Lost user]

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Looks damn Sci fi..

 

[Photon]

What a beauty..
Sorry yaar our forces and politicians don't know you value

 

[Tridev123]

Looks damn Sci fi..

One of the best shots of the LCH.
The angle at which it was shot gives it a surreal presence.
A novice can well be made to believe that it is a US, European or Russian heli.

It should enter service soon. Hope it has a good defensive aids system to spot shoulder fired Sam's and engage counter measures. Man PADS are the biggest threat to helis.

The weapons package is almost finalised. The main stumbling block was the choice of the ATGM. Hope the Helina or the SANT missile is ready. Otherwise we will again have to depend on imports like the Spike ER. The anti air weapon - Mistral AAM is OK as we don't have an indigenous alternative. I guess the unguided rockets are indigenously produced.

A helicopter gunship custom made for the Himalayas. High altitude mountain terrain. We have developed an aircraft which meets our specific needs. No equivalent imported platform exists. There may be a big export market for the LCH as it is a unique platform.

 

[SUPERPOWER]

What a beauty..
Sorry yaar our forces and politicians don't know you value

Hope airforce will place the order soon..
But our Haramkhor Genrols will not get any phiren maal and gaaal in this so every possiblity they will play delay tactics and this helicopter will be scrapped.