- Domain
- Air
- NCF capability
- Air strike
- Military Balance category
- Attack helicopters
- SIPRI category
- Aircraft
- Evidence that places a platform here
- attack helicopter · combat helicopter · gunship helicopter · armed (scout|reconnaissance) helicopter · AH-6\d · Mi-(24|28|35) · Ka-5[02] · \bTiger\b · Apache
The 24 nations
None, legacy only, modern, or modern and on order. Modern: in service from 1995, or the current generations of fighters, tanks, submarines and long-range air defence.
United StatesModern · 4United KingdomLegacy only · 1AustraliaLegacy only · 2FranceLegacy only · 1GermanyLegacy only · 1JapanLegacy only · 2South KoreaLegacy only · 2CanadaNoneItalyLegacy only · 4IndiaLegacy only · 3TürkiyeLegacy only · 2Saudi ArabiaLegacy only · 2BrazilLegacy only · 1IndonesiaLegacy only · 1MexicoNoneArgentinaNoneSouth AfricaModern · 2RussiaLegacy only · 1ChinaModern · 3IsraelLegacy only · 2UkraineLegacy only · 1TaiwanLegacy only · 2IranModern · 4North KoreaLegacy only · 1
Generation timeline
Each platform from its first flight or launch to today, the 40 most operated, earliest in service first. Grey is development and, after the lead operator retires it, the years other nations keep it; colour is service.
- Development, from first flight or launch
- In service, from first deployment
- After its lead operator retires it, still held elsewhere
- Today
- Flag beside the name: the home country
Dates from Wikidata: first flights or launches for 10 of these 13, retirements for 1. A bar without grey at its start has no first flight recorded.
Platforms
Ranked by the number of the 24 nations that hold each.
| Platform | Operators | Active | On order | In service | Generation | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hughes AH-64 Apache | 10 | 1,111 | 23 | 1984 | USA | |
| Mil Mi-24 | 5 | 86 | 1969 | SUN | ||
| Tiger | 4 | 148 | DEU | |||
| Bell AH-1 Cobra | 2 | 146 | 1967 | USA | ||
| Lynx | 2 | 27 | 1978 | GBR | ||
| A129 Mangusta | 1 | 37 | 1990 | ITA | ||
| AH-6 Little Bird | 1 | 34 | USA | |||
| Bell AH-1 SuperCobra | 1 | 61 | 1971 | USA | ||
| Bell AH-1Z Viper | 1 | 301 | 2011 | USA | ||
| HAL Light Combat Helicopter | 1 | 15 | IND | |||
| HESA Shahed 285 | 1 | 2 | 2010 | IRN | ||
| Harbin Z-19 Black Whirlwind | 1 | 120 | 2012 | CHN | ||
| Harbin Z-21 | 1 | CHN | ||||
| IAIO Toufan | 1 | 7 | 2010 | IRN | ||
| Leonardo AW249 | 1 | 2 | 48 | ITA | ||
| MH-6 Little Bird | 1 | 47 | 1980 | USA | ||
| Panha 2091 | 1 | 3 | 1998 | IRN | ||
| Rooivalk | 1 | 16 | 1999 | ZAF | ||
| TAI/Leonardo T129 ATAK | 1 | 58 | TUR | |||
| Z-10 | 1 | 200 | CHN |
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only attack helicopter in colour.
United States Hughes AH-64 Apache 824, Bell AH-1Z Viper 301, MH-6 Little Bird 47
United Kingdom Hughes AH-64 Apache 38
Australia Tiger 22, Hughes AH-64 Apache 6
France Tiger 67
Germany Tiger 51
Japan Bell AH-1 Cobra 71, Hughes AH-64 Apache 12
South Korea Bell AH-1 Cobra 75, Hughes AH-64 Apache AH-64E Guardian 72
Italy A129D 32, A129C 5, Leonardo AW249 AW249 IOC 2
India Hughes AH-64 Apache AH-64E 28, HAL Light Combat Helicopter Prachand 15, Mil Mi-24 15
Türkiye TAI/Leonardo T129 ATAK T-129B 49, TAI/Leonardo T129 ATAK T-129A 9
Saudi Arabia Hughes AH-64 Apache AH-64D AH-64E 47, AH-6 Little Bird 34
Brazil Lynx Mk. 21 Mk. 21A 5
Indonesia Hughes AH-64 Apache AH-64E Apache Guardian 8
South Africa Lynx 22, Rooivalk 16
Russia Tiger 8
China Z-10 200, Harbin Z-19 Black Whirlwind 120, Harbin Z-21 –
Israel Hughes AH-64 Apache AH-64A "Peten" 30, Hughes AH-64 Apache AH-64D "Saraph" 17
Ukraine Mil Mi-24 45
Taiwan Bell AH-1 SuperCobra AH-1W 43–79, Hughes AH-64 Apache AH-64E 20–38
Iran IAIO Toufan 5–9, Panha 2091 2–4, HESA Shahed 285 1–3
North Korea Mil Mi-24 14–26