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Visakhapatnam-class Guided Missile Destroyer

The Visakhapatnam-class (Project 15B) is a class of stealth guided missile destroyers currently being built for the Indian Navy. Based on the Kolkata-class design, the Visakhapatnam-class will be an extensively improved version. Ordered in 2011, the first ship is expected to be completed in 2018. Project 15B destroyers will feature enhanced stealth characteristics as well as incorporate state of the art weaponry and sensors including the long range Barak 8 surface-to-air missile.
==Specifications==
*Type: Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer
*Service Period: 2018-
*Characteristics:
**Length: 535 feet (163.07 meters)
**Beam: 57 feet (17.37 meters)
**Draft: 21 feet (6.4 meters)
**Displacement: 7,400 tons (Full Load)
*Crew: 300 (50 officers and 250 enlisted)
*Propulsion: 
**Twin Zorya M36E gas turbine plants with 4 x DT-59 reversible gas turbines and 2 x RG-54 gearboxes
**2 x Bergen/GRSE KVM-diesel engines, 9,900 hp (7,400 kW) each
**4 x 1 MWe Wärtsilä WCM-1000 generator sets driving Cummins KTA50G3 engines and Kirloskar 1 MV AC generators
*Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,408 kilometers) at 14 knots (25.93 km/h)
*Speed: 30+ knots (55.56+ km/h)
*Sensor Suite:
**IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-band AESA multi-function radar
**Thales LW-08 D-band air search radar
**BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar
**BEL Nagin active towed array sonar
*Countermeasures:
**Elbit Systems Deseaver MK II counter-measures systems and defensive aids suite
*Armament:
**1 x OTO Melara 127mm/64-caliber lightweight naval gun
**4 x 8-cell VLS (fires Barak-8 Long Range SAMs)
**2 x 8-cell UVLM for 16 BrahMos anti-ship and land-attack missiles
**2 x RBU-6000 ASW Rocket Launchers
**4 x 21" torpedo tubes
**4 x AK-630 30mm CIWS
*Aircraft Carried: 2 x Westland WS-61 Sea King Mk.42B/C or HAL Dhruv helicopters
*Aviation Facilities: Flight deck and dual enclosed hangar for a combination of 2 Sea King, Chetak or HAL Dhruv helicopters
==Unit Run==
*INS Visakhapatnam (D66)
*INS Mormugao (D67)
*INS Imphal (D68) - fitting out
*INS Porbandar (D69) - under construction
*INS Paradip (D70) - under construction
*INS Surat (D71) - under construction
Category:Destroyers
Category:India
Category:Indian Navy
Category:Ship Classes
Category:Ships
Visby-class Corvette

The Visby-class Stealth Corvette is the latest class of corvette to be adopted by the Royal Swedish Navy after the Göteborg-class and the Stockholm-class corvettes. The ship's design heavily emphasizes low visibility or stealth technology. The first ship in the class is named after Visby, the main city on the island of Gotland. The class has received widespread international attention because of its capabilities as a stealth ship.
The ships are designed by Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and built by Kockums AB. The first ship of the class was launched in 2000 and since then the construction was fraught with repeated delays. Finally in December 2009, the first two ships of the class were delivered to the Royal Swedish Navy by the FMV.
==Specifications==
*Type: Stealth Corvette
*Service Period: 2009-Present
*Characteristics
**Length: 236.8765 feet (72.7 meters)
**Beam: 34.12 feet (10.4 meters)
**Draught: 7.874 feet (2.4 meters)
**Displacement: 640 tons
*Crew: 43
*Propulsion: 
**CODOG
**2 x 125SII Kamewa Waterjets
**4 x Vericor TF50A gas turbines, total rating 16 MW
**2 x MTU Friedrichshafen 16 V 2000 N90 diesel engines, total rating 2.6 MW
**3 x generators of 270kW each
*Range: 2500 nautical miles (4,630 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/hr)
*Speed: 35 knots (64.82 km/hr)
*Sensor Suite:
**Ericsson Sea_GIRAFFE AMB 3D surveillance radar
**Ceros 200 fire control radar system
**Condor CS-3701 tactical radar surveillance system
**GDC Hull-mounted sonar
**Hydroscience Technologies towed array sonar system
**GDC variable depth sonar
*Electronic Warfare and Countermeasures
**Rheinmetall TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System)
*Armament
**1 x Bofors Mk.3 57mm gun
**8 x Umkhonto SAMs
**8 x RBS15 Anti-Ship Missiles
**2 x 6-tube 127 mm ALECTO anti-submarine rocket launchers
**4 x 400 mm torpedo launchers for Type 45 torpedoes
==Unit Run==
*HSwMS Visby (K31)
*HSwMS Östersund (K32)
*HSwMS Hallstahammar (K33)
*HSwMS Nyköping (K34)
*HSwMS Karlstad (K35)
*HSwMS Uddevalla (K36)
Category:Corvettes
Category:Ship Classes
Category:Ships
Category:Sweden
Category:Swedish Navy
Vittorio Veneto-Class Helicopter Cruiser

The Vittorio Veneto-class helicopter cruiser is a class of warship that served with the Italian Marina Militare, the Italian navy. Originally it was intended to be a class of two ships specifically designed for anti-submarine warfare (ASW), but only Vittorio Veneto entered into service in 1969, its sister ship Italia being cancelled. Vittorio Veneto was decommissioned in 2003. This ship has the same general layout as the smaller Andrea Doria-class helicopter cruisers, but with two elevators in the flight deck and the hangar below. In 2009, the Vittorio Veneto was turned into a museum ship.
==Specifications==
*Type: Helicopter Cruiser
*Service Period: 1969-2003
*Characteristics:
**Length: 589 feet 3 inches (179.6 meters)
**Beam: 63 feet 7.76 inches (19.4 meters)
**Draught: 19 feet 8.22 inches (6 meters)
**Displacement: 8,400 tons (Standard); 9,912 tons (Full Load)
*Crew: 557
*Propulsion: 4 x Foster Wheeler boilers, 2 x shaft geared turbines, 73,000 shp
*Range: 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 kilometers) at 16 knots (29.63 km/h)
*Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/h)
*Sensor Suite:
**1 x SPS-52 early warning Radar
**1 x SPS-768 long range Radar
**1 x SPQ-2 surface search Radar
**2 x SPG-55 missile fire control Radar
**4 x Orion 10X fire control Radar
**2 x Orion 20X fire control Radar
**1 x navigation Radar
**1 x AN/SQS-23 Sonar
*Countermeasures:
**2 x SCLAR decoy launcher
**1 x ECM system
**1 x TACAN
*Armament (As Built):
**8 x Oto Melara 76/62mm MMI or 76/62 mm Compact gun
**1 x Mk.10 Missile Launcher (fires 40 RIM-2 Terrier SAMs and 20 RUR-5 ASROC ASW Missiles)
**2 x 324 mm triple torpedo tubes
*Armament (Post 1980-1982 Modernization):
**8 x Oto Melara 76/62mm MMI or 76/62 mm Compact gun
**3 x Oto Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO
**1 x Twin Arm Missile Launcher (fires 40 RIM-66 SM-1ER and 20 RUR-5 ASROC ASW Rockets)
**4 x OTOMAT SSMs
**2 x 324 mm triple torpedo tubes
*Aircraft Carried: 9 x Augusta AB204/Augusta AB212 helicopters or 6 x AB-61 maritime helicopter helicopters
==Unit Run==
*ITS Vittorio Veneto (C550)
*ITS Italia (C551) - cancelled
Category:Cruisers
Category:Italy
Category:Marina Militare
Category:Ship Classes
Category:Ships
Vladimir Peregudov-class Tanker

The Project 15990 Vladimir Peregudov-class Tanker is a class of replenishment vessel in service in the Russian and Chinese navies.
==Unit Run==
*RFK Vladimir Peregudov
*RFK Petr Schmidt
*RFK Grigoriy Nesterenko
==See Also==
*Type 908 Fusu-class Replenishment Vessel
*INS Jyoti (A58)
Category:Auxiliary Vessels
Category:Russia
Category:Russian Navy
Category:Ship Classes
Category:Ships
Category:Soviet Navy
Category:Soviet Union
Volodymyr Velykyi-class Corvette

The Project 58250 Volodymyr Velykyi-class corvette is a planned class of multipurpose corvettes ordered by Ukrainian Navy. It is intended to replace the Soviet-era Grisha-class corvettes.
==Unit Run==
*Volodymyr Velykyi (01701) - under construction
*Unnamed (01702) - planned for construction
*Unnamed (01703) - planned for construction
*Unnamed (01704) - planned for construction
Category:Corvettes
Category:Ship Classes
Category:Ships
Category:Ukraine
Category:Ukrainian Navy
Vulcanair

Vulcanair is an Italian aircraft manufacturer based in Casoria, near Naples.
Partenavia was established in 1957 by Prof. Luigi Pascale and produced a quite large family of single-engined sport aircraft which eventually culminated with the successful twin-engined P.68 Victor and its derivatives.
The Canguro was designed by aeronautical engineer Stelio Frati in the 1970s (first flight on December 30, 1978) for Siai Marchetti that, in 1981, developed the SF.600A version, with turboprop engine, retractable landing gear and cargo capability with lateral sliding door or hinged rear fuselage. Today just ten Canguro have been produced.
Former spare parts producer Vulcanair set up a program to produce a complete range of Italian designed twin-engined light transport aircraft. Vulcanair was founded in 1996 after purchasing all the assets, type design, trademarks and rights of the bankrupt Partenavia. In 1997, Vulcanair took over the SIAI-Marchetti SF.600 Canguro program from Finmeccanica and later acquired Samanta, a Naples-based air-work operator with SF.600 and P.68 experience. Around 1998 Vulcanair took over Milan-based Aercosmos that had bought Partenavia Costruzioni Aeronautiche SpA from Alenia in 1993.
Vulcanair was then in the position to revive the production of twin-engined aircraft ranging from the basic P.68C to the turbine-powered 8,000 lbs MTOW Canguro (possibly in a stretched version).
Vulcanair's current products are based upon the designs of Stelio Frati (SF600A Canguro) and Luigi Pascale (P68 Series). The current production linup is the P68C (in a normally aspirated and turbocharged variants), the P68 Observer 2 (a surveillance orientated variant with a mainly perspex cockpit, again in normally aspirated and turbocharged versions), a retractable undercarriage variant of the normally aspirated P68C, the P68R (or Vr), a Rolls Royce RR250-B17C turboprop powered 11 seat AP68TP-600 A-Viator and the SF600A Canguro.
Vulcanair is situated on 60,000 sq.m. of space at the Capodichino Airport in Naples, Italy.
Category:Aerospace Manufacturers
Category:Companies
Category:Italy
Category:Vulcanair
Vulcano-class Replenishment Vessel

The Vulcano-class replenishment vessels are a class of auxiliary replenishment oiler being built for the French and Italian navies. The Marina Militare and Marine Nationale to on building at least four vessels each.
==Unit Run==
===Marina Militare===
*ITS Vulcano (A5335)
*ITS Atlante (A5336) - under construction
*ITS Unnamed - planned for construction
*ITS Unnamed - planned for construction
===Marine Nationale===
*MN Jacques Chevallier - under construction
*MN Jacques Stosskopf - planned for construction
*MN Émile Bertin - planned for construction
*MN Gustave Zédé - planned for construction
Category:Auxiliary Vessels
Category:Fincantieri
Category:Italy
Category:Marina Militare
Category:Marine Nationale
Category:Ship Classes
Category:Ships
Västergötland-class Patrol Submarine

The Västergötland-class Patrol Submarines are a class of four submarines in service in the Swedish and Singaporean navies.
The original four ships of the class (Västergötland, Hälsingland, Södermanland, and Östergötland) were built between 1983 and 1988 by Kockums AB. The latter two have undergone comprehensive refits, including the insertion of a new hull section with an air-independent propulsion system equipped with Stirling engines. They have been recommissioned in 2003-2004 as the new Södermanland-class.
Västergötland and Hälsingland were put in reserve until November 2005, when they were sold to the Republic of Singapore Navy as the Archer-class. They were refitted to Södermanland-class standards and received additional climatisation for use in tropical waters, and relaunched in 2009-2010.
==Specifications==
===Original Specifications===
*Type: Diesel-Electric Patrol Submarine
*Service Period: 1987-Present
*Characteristics
**Length: 159 feet 1 inch (48.49 meters)
**Beam: 20 feet (6.1 meters)
**Draft: 18 feet 4 inches (5.59 meters
**Displacement: 1,070 tons (Surfaced); 1,150 tons (Submerged)
*Crew: 24
*Propulsion: 2 x Hedmora V12A/15, 1 x Jeumont-Schneider electric motor
*Speed: Surfaced - 11 knots (20.37 km/hr); Submerged - 20 knots (37.4 km/hr)
*Sensor Suite: 
**CSU 90-2 Integrated sonar sensor suite
*Armament
**6 x 533mm torpedo tubes
**3 x 400mm torpedo tubes
===Refit Specifications===
*Type: AIP-equipped Diesel-Electric Submarine
*Service Period: 2004-Present
*Characteristics
**Length: 198 feet 6 inches (60.5 meters)
**Beam: 20 feet (6.1 meters)
**Draft: 18 feet 4 inches (5.59 meters)
**Displacement: 1,400 tons (Surfaced); 1,500 tons (Submerged)
*Crew: 24
*Propulsion: 2 x Hedemora diesel-electric engines, 2 x Kockums v4-275R Sterling AIP units
*Speed: 20 knots (37.04 km/h)
*Sensor Suite:
**CSU 90-2 Integrated sonar sensor suite
*Armament
**6 x 533mm torpedo tubes
**3 x 400mm torpedo tubes
===Archer-class Specifications===
*Type: AIP equipped Diesel-Electric Patrol Submarine
*Service Period: 2011-Present
*Characteristics
**Length: 198 feet 6 inches (60.5 meters)
**Beam: 20 feet (6.1 meters)
**Draft: 18 feet 4 inches (5.59 meters)
**Displacement: 1,400 tons (Surfaced); 1,500 tons (Submerged)
*Crew: 28
*Propulsion: 2 x Hedemora diesel-electric engines, 2 x Kockums v4-275R Sterling AIP units
*Speed: Surfaced - 8 knots (14.82 km/hr); Submerged - 15 knots (27.78 km/hr
*Sensor Suite: FAS
*Armament
**6 x 533mm torpedo tubes
**3 x 400mm torpedo tubes
==Unit Run==
*HSwMS Västergötland (S66) - sold to Singapore in November 2005, renamed RSS Swordsman (S06)
*HSwMS Hälsingland (S67) - sold to Singapore in November 2005, renamed RSS Archer (S05)
*HSwMS Södermanland (S68)
*HSwMS Östergötland (S69)
Category:Republic of Singapore Navy
Category:Ship Classes
Category:Ships
Category:Singapore
Category:Submarines
Category:Sweden
Category:Swedish Navy
WPB Anders

The WPB Anders (Polish: Wielozadaniowa Platforma Bojowa Anders i.e., Anders Multirole Combat Platform) is a family of medium, tracked combat vehicles. The vehicle was designed by OBRUM ( Polish: Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Urządzeń Mechanicznych – Research and Development Centre for Mechanical Appliances) part of the Bumar Group (now Polish Armaments Group). It is named after Władysław Anders, a general of the Polish Army during World War II and later a member of the Polish government-in-exile.
==Users==
*Poland
**Polish Army
==See Also==
*2S25 Sprut-SD
*CV90105
*K21-105
*Kaplan MT/Harimau
*M8 Buford
*M10 Booker
*Sabrah light tank
*Tanque Argentino Mediano
*Type 15 Main Battle Tank
Category:Armoured Vehicles
Category:Poland
Category:Polish Army
Category:Tanks
Walrus-class Submarine

The Walrus-class submarine is the only submarine class currently in operation in the Royal Netherlands Navy. They have been in service since 1990 and are all named after sea mammals.
==Unit Run==
*HNLMS Walrus (S802)
*HNLMS Zeeleeuw (S803)
*HNLMS Dolfijn (S804)
*HNLMS Bruinvis (S805)
*HNLMS Narwal (S806)
*HNLMS Zeehonden (S807)
Category:Netherlands
Category:Royal Netherlands Navy
Category:Ship Classes
Category:Ships
Category:Submarines
Wasp-class Amphibious Assault Ship

The Wasp-class is a class of Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships operated by the United States Navy. Based on the Tarawa-class, with modifications to operate more advanced aircraft and landing craft, the Wasp-class is capable of transporting almost the full strength of a United States Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and landing them in hostile territory via landing craft or helicopters. All Wasp-class ships were built by Ingalls Shipbuilding, at Pascagoula, Mississippi, with lead ship USS Wasp (LHD-01) commissioned on July 29, 1989. Eight Wasp-class ships were built, and as of 2013, all eight are active.
==Specifications==
*Type: Amphibious Assault Ship (Hull designation symbol LHD)
*Service Period: 1989-Present
*Characteristics:
**Length: 831 feet (253.29 meters)
**Beam: 104 feet (31.7 meters)
**Draft: 27 feet (8.23 meters)
**Displacement: 40,500 tons (Full Load)
*Capacity: 1 x MEU (1,894 Marines, 5 x M1 Abrams MBTs, 25 x AAVs, 8 x M198 howitzers, 68 trucks, 12 support vehicles)
*Crew: 1,206
*Propulsion: 2 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 x shafts
*Range: 9,500 nautical miles (17,594 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
*Speed: 22 knots (40.74 km/h)
*Sensor Suite:
**1 x AN/SPS-49 2-D Air Search Radar
**1 x AN/SPS-48 3-D Air Search Radar
**1 x AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
**1 x Mk.23 Target Acquisition System (TAS)
**1 x AN/SPN-43 Marshalling Air Traffic Control Radar
**1 x AN/SPN-35 Air Traffic Control Radar
**1 x AN/URN-25 TACAN system
**1 x AN/UPX-24 Identification Friend Foe
*Countermeasures:
**AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures suite
**AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
**AN/SLQ-49 Chaff Buoy Decoy System
**Sea Gnat Missile Decoy
**Mk.36 SBROC
*Armament
**2 x Mk.29 Sea Sparrow Missile Launchers
**2 x Mk.49 Rolling Airframe Missile Launchers
**3 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
**4 x Mk.38 25mm Chain guns
**4 x .50-caliber BMG machine guns
*Aircraft Carried: Dependent on mission
*Boats Carried: 3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or 12 Landing Craft Mechanized
==Unit Run==
*USS Wasp (LHD-01)
*USS Essex (LHD-02)
*USS Kearsarge (LHD-03)
*USS Boxer (LHD-04)
*USS Bataan (LHD-05)
*USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-06)
*USS Iwo Jima (LHD-07)
*USS Makin Island (LHD-08)
Category:Amphibious Assault Ships
Category:Ship Classes
Category:Ships
Category:United States
Category:United States Navy
Wave-class Fleet Tanker

The Wave-class fleet tankers are Royal Fleet Auxiliary "Fast Fleet Tankers" tasked with providing fuel, food, fresh water, ammunition and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world. There are seven ships in the class, RFA Wave Knight, RFA Wave Ruler, RFA Wave Commander, RFA Wave Master, RFA Wave Victor, RFA Wave Sovereign, and RFA Wave Rider. The ships were ordered to replace the ageing Ol-class tankers RFA Olna and RFA Olwen. The two vessels have seen service in a number of locations, including anti-drug and hurricane relief operations in the Caribbean, anti-piracy activities around the Horn of Africa and deterrent patrols in the South Atlantic.
==Specifications==
*Specifications: FLeet Oiler
*Service Period: 2003-
*Characteristics
**Length: 645 feet (196.6 meters)
**Beam: 92 feet 8.2 inches (28.25 meters)
**Draft: 32 feet 8.52 inches (9.97 meters)
**Displacement: 31,500 tons
*Crew: 102 (80 RFA personnel with provision, 22 RN personnel for helicopter and weapons systems operations
*Range: 10,000 nautical miles (18,520 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
*Speed: 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
*Cargo
**16,000 m3 of liquids (of which 3,000 m3 aviation fuel & 380 m3 fresh water)
**125 tonnes of lubricating oil
**500 m3 of solids
**150 tonnes of fresh food in eight 20 ft refrigerated container units.
*Propulsion: 
**4 x Wartsila 12V 32E/GECLM diesel generators 25,514 metric horsepower (18.76 MW)
**2 x GEC Alstom motors with Cegelec variable speed converters 19,040 metric horsepower (14 MW)
**1 x shaft
**18t thrust electric Kamewa bow thruster and 12t thrust electric stern thruster, both powered by Cegelec variable speed drives and motors
*Sensor Suite:
**Type 1017 IFF System
**Raytheon Type 1048 E/F-Band Air Search Radar
**Kelvin Hughes Type 1077 I-Band Navigation Radar
*Armament
**2 x DS30B 30 mm cannon
**2 x Mk.44 7.62mm miniguns
**5 x 7.62 mm L7 machine guns
**2 x Mk.15 Block 1B 20mm Phalanx CIWS
*Aircraft Carried: 1 x AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin helicopter
==Unit Run==
*RFA Wave Knight (A394)
*RFA Wave Ruler (A395)
*RFA Wave Victor (A396)
*RFA Wave Master (A397)
*RFA Wave Commander (A398)
*RFA Wave Sovereign (A399)
*RFA Wave Rider (A400)
Category:Auxiliary Vessels
Category:Royal Navy
Category:Ship Classes
Category:Ships
Category:United Kingdom
Westerwald-class Ammunition Ship

The Westerwald-class transport ships are used by the German Navy to carry ammunition and other matériels.
==Unit Run==
*BMS Westerwald (A1435)
*BMS Odenwald (A1436) - sold to Egypt, renamed SAA Halayib (231)
Category:Auxiliary Vessels
Category:Bundesmarine
Category:Egyptian Navy
Category:Germany
Category:Ship Classes
Category:Ships
Westland Helicopters

Westland Helicopters was a British aerospace company. Originally Westland Aircraft, the company focused on helicopters after the Second World War. It was amalgamated with several other British firms in 1960 and 1961. In 2001, it merged with Italian helicopter manufacturer Agusta to form AgustaWestland.
==Products==
*Westland WS-58 Wessex
*Westland Scout
*Westland WS-61 Sea King
*Westland Gazelle
*Westland Puma
*Westland WG-13 Lynx
*Westland WG-30 Westland 30
*AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin
*Westland WAH-64 Apache
*Westland WS-70 Blackhawk
Category:Aerospace Manufacturers
Category:AgustaWestland
Category:Companies
Category:Defense Contractors
Category:United Kingdom
Category:Westland
Westland Scout

The Westland Scout was a light helicopter developed by Westland Helicopters. Developed from the Saro P.531, it served as a land-based general purpose military helicopter, sharing a common ancestor and numerous components with the naval-orientated Westland Wasp helicopter. The type's primary operator was the Army Air Corps of the British Army, who operated it in several conflict zones including Northern Ireland and the Falklands War. It was progressively replaced in British service by the Westland Gazelle in the reconnaissance role, and the larger Westland Lynx as a battlefield utility helicopter.
==Users==
*Australia
**Royal Australian Navy
*Bahrain
**Bahrain State Police
*South Africa
**South African Air Force
*Uganda
**Uganda Police Air Wing
*United Kingdom
**British Army Air Corps
**Royal Marines
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Westland WAH-64 Apache

The Westland WAH-64 Apache is a licence-built version of the AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter for the British Army's Army Air Corps. The first eight helicopters were built by Boeing; the remaining 59 were assembled by Westland Helicopters (now part of Leonardo-Finmeccanica) at Yeovil, Somerset in England from Boeing-supplied kits. Changes from the AH-64D include Rolls-Royce Turbomeca engines, a new electronic defensive aids suite and a folding blade mechanism allowing the British version to operate from ships. The helicopter was initially designated WAH-64 by Westland Helicopters and was later designated Apache AH Mk.1 (often shortened to Apache AH1) by the Ministry of Defence.
The Apache was a valued form of close air support in the conflict in Afghanistan, being deployed to the region in 2006. The Apache has been an object of controversy over the fitting of some munitions, such as cluster bombs and thermobaric weapons. Naval trials and temporary deployments at sea have proven the aircraft as an able platform to operate from the decks of ships, which is a unique application of the Apache amongst its operators.
==Users==
*United Kingdom
**British Army
***British Army Air Corps
****No.653 Squadron AAC
****No.654 Squadron AAC
****No.656 Squadron AAC
****No.662 Squadron AAC
****No.663 Squadron AAC
****No.664 Squadron AAC
****No.668 Squadron AAC
****No.673 Squadron AAC
==See Also==
===Related Development===
*Boeing AH-64 Apache
===Comparable Aircraft===
*Agusta A129 Mangusta
**TAI/AgustaWestland T129 ATAK
*Bell AH-1Z Viper
*Changhe WZ-10
*Eurocopter Tiger
*HAL Light Combat Helicopter
*Harbin WZ-19
*Kamov Ka-50
*Mil Mi-28
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