HAL Prachand - Light Combat Helicopter (LCH)

[black eagle]

LCH & Bapu Gandhi.............Aashirvaadmg:

Tension nahi lene ka... Bapu hai naa....

 

[pmaitra]

I see nothing wrong with the image or camo.

You are absolutely right in your assesment.

I just feel that for an expo, such camos only make things look boring.

I'd rather go with camos that make things look attractive in an event like an Air Show.

Some examples of perfect-for-show but inappropriate-for-combat liveries:

 

[ace009]

Ouch! Some of these look like painted prostitutes ... I would rather have the digital camo.

 

[tarunraju]

If they liked digital camo so much better do with light and dark gray..

Agreed. I don't know what was on the mind when designing this pattern. It's digital in having defined geometric shapes, but each of those shapes are too small. From a distance, it will look more "woodland" camo, with no real advantages of digital camo.

 

[Anshu Attri]

Stars descend at Aero India


http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/stars-descend-at-aero-india/190810?Npic

 

[black eagle]

 

[JBH22]

The digital camo makes it highly improbable for thermal devices to see it but still its fugly

 

[Kunal Biswas]

The digital camo makes it highly improbable for thermal devices to see it but still its fugly

The person is 100% misunderstood what DRDO officials said..

LCH produce heat exhaust just like any helo, that is what we see in thermal, It have nothing to do with Camo..


DRDO use of Digital camo is cool and should be on Armored vehicles, Just the color combination needed to be a bit different..

Woodland, and green vegetation

For Simple Desert..

You are absolutely right in your assesment.

Correct..

 

[black eagle]

 

[black eagle]

 

[sayareakd]

LCH & Bapu Gandhi.............Aashirvaadmg:

I think he is saying that "I won the freedom with peace, now in this age you will keep Indian's freedom".

 

[sayareakd]

guys if you see this pic it is good time to start Advance Light combat helicopter (ALCH) it should have radar evading structure.

Shot at 2011-03-10

 

[Anshu Attri]

Indian Air Force Orders 65 HAL Light Combat Helicopters for USD 1.4 billion

http://www.india-defence.com/reports-5067

The Indian Air Force recently announced that it will purchase 65 indigenously-designed attack helicopters in a deal worth $1.4 billion, according to a report in Defense News.

The Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), are produced by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). According to the report the 5.5-ton aircraft can be loaded with a variety of advanced weapons, including air-to-air missiles, anti-radiation missiles, cluster bombs, and laser-guided munitions.

The LCH has also been designed to operate at high altitudes - as high as 18,000 feet - so that it may be utilized in operations in the country's north and in Kashmir, DN reported.

 

[sayareakd]

this is good number to start with, since it is flying tank, IA should order it in good numbers.

 

[sesha_maruthi27]

I think that the INDIAN ARMY must go for LCH rather than the APACHES. Indeginious equipment is more cheaper and more safer and also more reliable as we can get the spares very easily when the spares are required very urgently when we face a war.

 

[plugwater]

^^ Indian Army will get both Apache(22) and LCH(110+).

 

[Virendra]

Pardon me for the naive question, if its an indegenous development and consumption then why is the transaction mentioned in USD?
Good news though.

Regards,
Virendra

 

[Patriot]

Decision on Apache is still not taken, the trial report is yet to come.

I strongly agree with Saya Sir that it is high time to launch the Advanced stealth version of the LCH in the line of Camanche project of U.S. IA should propose the need for the same & work out the specifications desired.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Apache is going for IAF not Army..

 

[shuvo@y2k10]

66 is just a token number like 124 order for arjun mbt.the iaf must order at least
150 lch and the army should order around 500.also the hal should come-up with a marine version for navy and coast guard.the paramilitary forces can also be equiped with the same.