HAL Prachand - Light Combat Helicopter (LCH)

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Should be Meghnaad or Suparna.Meghnaad should probabaly be reserved for apache,as the ultimate gunship.Fitting for the only mortal atimaharathi of hindu mythology -Meghnaad indrajit.
 

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When will they finally be inducted in huge numbers any idea guys.
After its initial induction, which is supposed to be by 2nd half of 2020, we would have to wait for another couple of years for full scale deployment before going into serial production. Now as per news 114 is in pipeline, but it would eventually take atleast 2 years for it to resume.

Moreover LCH is not made to be inducted in huge numbers. But we would see variants of it.
 

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LCH can fly at all altitudes, why do they need Apaches over indigenous attack helos when you can buy 2-3 LCH for one Apache?
Because in its current form LCH lacks the firepower to engage targets in plains which effectively would be tanks. Apaches has been procured keeping in mind the tank warfare scenario and LCH has been designed from scratch keeping in mind high altitude mountainous warfare.
 

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Because in its current form LCH lacks the firepower to engage targets in plains which effectively would be tanks. Apaches has been procured keeping in mind the tank warfare scenario and LCH has been designed from scratch keeping in mind high altitude mountainous warfare.
Helina? They could integrate Hellfire if it was an emergency, no need for overpriced Apaches. These orders are just taking precious funds from indigenous programmes.
 

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Helina? They could integrate Hellfire if it was an emergency, no need for overpriced Apaches. These orders are just taking precious funds from indigenous programmes.
In anti armour role, Apache could carry 16 Hellfire missiles and 30mm canon. Whereas LCH could carry 4 Helina and 20 mm canon.

So in a anti-tank warfare scenario, Apache would always beat LCH (in its current) form in any given day due to its payload.
 

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Because in its current form LCH lacks the firepower to engage targets in plains which effectively would be tanks. Apaches has been procured keeping in mind the tank warfare scenario and LCH has been designed from scratch keeping in mind high altitude mountainous warfare.
Hmmmm, I don’t buy this argument. You can buy 3/4 LCHs for the cost of 1 AH-64E. Are you telling me the Apache carries more firepower than 3/4 LCHs? Of course it doesn’t. It also creates an entirely separate logistics footprint for the services that LCH to a large extent negates by having vast commonality with the large (and growing) ALH/LUH fleets.


The ONLY way these gold plated AH-64Es are justified are IF their longbow FCR data tech can be transmitted to LCHs (and even Rudras)to allow them to act in Hunter-killer packs. This capability still has a question mark over it as I’m unsure if the US will open up their sensor data for fusion with Indian origin equipment AND HAL is working with DRDO for a FCR on the LCH.
 

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