Family

Lynx

Attack helicopter · Air · AgustaWestland · United Kingdom

Wikidata: 1971 multi-role combat helicopter family by Westland

Operators among the 24
2
Active, across the 24
27
On order, across the 24
0
In service since
1978

Catalogue entry

First flight or launch
1971
In service
1978
Retired
2017
Generation
–
Unit cost (US dollars)
not published in Wikidata
Manufacturers
AgustaWestland, Aérospatiale, Westland Helicopters
Also seen as
Transport and utility helicopter
Wikidata classes
aircraft family
Identifiers
Q162116 · factbase.org/sys/V5TE881P51 · Wikipedia

Dates, makers and classes from Wikidata (CC0); specifications stop at what Wikipedia and the manufacturer publish.

Operators

Each of the 24 nations that holds the platform, with its active count (variants summed). A nation that holds it with no published count shows no bar.

NationActiveReserveOn orderVariants
South Africa22
Brazil5Lynx Mk. 21 Mk. 21A

Transfers

Deliveries recorded by the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, by year, to every recipient. Derived figures only; source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.

1956: 131977: 551978: 21979: 101980: 151981: 71982: 121985: 31986: 21987: 21988: 61994: 32006: 62008: 23195619822008max 55
SIPRI-recorded deliveries of Lynx by year

Recipients: France (40), Netherlands (24), Germany (19), Kazakhstan (18), Dominican Republic (13), Denmark (11), Brazil (9), Norway (6), Azerbaijan (6), Rwanda (5), Nigeria (3), Pakistan (3), Argentina (2).

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