View source for Panha 2091 (Toufan I) Iranian Attack Helicopter

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        "WEG",
        "Aircraft",
        "Rotary Wing Aircraft",
        "Attack Helicopter",
        "Tier2",
        "Iran",
        "Air",
        "PRO_Iran (Islamic Republic of)"
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    "notes": "The Panha 2091 \"Toufan\" is an Iranian overhaul and upgrade of the Bell AH-1J International (export version of the SeaCobra) attack helicopter purchased before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The overhaul and upgrade program is known as project number 2091 of the Iranian Helicopter Support and Renewal Company (also known as Panha).\n\nReported upgrades include:\n\nnew cockpit armored panels\nnew, Iranian-designed canopy\nnew avionics\nnose-mounted camera\nnew cockpit design\nThe upgraded attack helicopter has a narrower airframe for greater flexibility and is armed with an M197 three-barreled 20-mm Gatling-type cannon in the A/A49E turret. Its wing-stub stations carry a pair of 19-tube 70-mm rocket launchers.\n\nBulletproof glass protects the pilot's cockpit and weapons officer station, internal avionics have been revamped with the addition of a GPS and receiver in the nose, and a warning radar attached to the rear, with four antennae providing 360 degrees coverage and all electronics systems integrated.",
    "dateOfIntroduction": 1998,
    "countryOfOrigin": "Iran",
    "proliferation": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)",
    "selectedregions": [],
    "checkedregions": [],
    "checkedcountries": [
        "Iran (Islamic Republic of)"
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    "dis": {
        "name": "TOUFAN 2 AH 1J IRN",
        "string": "01.02.101.020.002.015.000"
    },
    "images": [
        "Toufan.png",
        "Panha_2091(b).jpg",
        "Panha2091(D).jpg"
    ],
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            "name": "System",
            "properties": [
                {
                    "name": "Alternative Designation",
                    "value": "PANHA 2091 (Toufan),  IAIO Toufan or Toophan"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Type",
                    "value": "Attack Helicopter"
                },
                {
                    "name": "In Service",
                    "value": "1998-Present"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Manufacturer",
                    "value": "Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Company (PANHA)"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Crew",
                    "value": "2",
                    "units": "ea"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Blades, Main Rotor",
                    "value": "2"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Blades, Tail Rotor",
                    "value": "2",
                    "units": "ea"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Number of Engines",
                    "value": "1",
                    "units": "ea"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Day/Night Capable",
                    "value": "Yes"
                },
                {
                    "name": "All Weather Capable",
                    "value": "INA"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Takeoff or Landing Limitations",
                    "value": "INA"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Number of Hard Points",
                    "value": "INA"
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                {
                    "name": "Note #1",
                    "value": "Developed from\tBell AH-1J International Cobra"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Note #2",
                    "value": "There is little information online about the Panha 2091 (Toufan I)"
                }
            ]
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        {
            "name": "Dimensions",
            "properties": [
                {
                    "name": "Length",
                    "value": "16",
                    "units": "m"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Width",
                    "value": "13",
                    "units": "m"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Height",
                    "value": "4",
                    "units": "m"
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                {
                    "name": "Weight, Combat",
                    "value": "4,530",
                    "units": "kg"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Weight, Empty",
                    "value": "2,802",
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                }
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            "name": "Automotive",
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                    "name": "Engine Name",
                    "value": "1 x Pratt and Whitney-based Turboshaft Engines"
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                {
                    "name": "Engine Type",
                    "value": "Turboshaft Engine"
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                    "name": "Engine Power",
                    "value": "1,800",
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                {
                    "name": "Cruising Range",
                    "value": "600",
                    "units": "km"
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                {
                    "name": "Speed, Maximum",
                    "value": "236",
                    "units": "km/h"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Speed, Average",
                    "value": "INA"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Ceiling",
                    "value": "12,000",
                    "units": "m"
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                {
                    "name": "Rate of Climb",
                    "value": "494",
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                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Communications",
            "properties": [
                {
                    "name": "Radio",
                    "value": "INA"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Chin Mounted Gun",
            "sections": [
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                    "name": "System",
                    "properties": [
                        {
                            "name": "Name",
                            "value": "M197 electric cannon"
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                        {
                            "name": "Type",
                            "value": "20mm three-barreled electric Gatling-type rotary cannon"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "In Service",
                            "value": "1967-Present"
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                        {
                            "name": "Manufactuer",
                            "value": "General Dynamics Armament Systems"
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                        {
                            "name": "Barrels",
                            "value": "3-barrel (progressive RH parabolic twist, 9 grooves)"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Rate of Fire",
                            "value": "Up to 1500 rpm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Maximum Effective Range",
                            "value": "INA"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "name": "Ammunition",
                    "properties": [
                        {
                            "name": "Name",
                            "value": "M53",
                            "units": "km"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Type",
                            "value": "API"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Caliber",
                            "value": "20",
                            "units": "mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Cartidge",
                            "value": "20 × 102 mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Muzzle Velocity",
                            "value": "1,030",
                            "units": "m/s"
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                        {
                            "name": "Basic Load",
                            "value": "2,000",
                            "units": "ea"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Bursting Charged",
                            "value": "4.2 g incendiary"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Penetration",
                            "value": "Penetration 20mm at 25-degree impact and 100 meter range, 6.3mm RHA at 0-degree impact and 1000-m range."
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Wing Mounted Weapons",
            "sections": [
                {
                    "name": "Rocket System",
                    "properties": [
                        {
                            "name": "Name",
                            "value": "Zuni 5-inch Folding-Fin Aircraft Rocket (FFAR)"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Type",
                            "value": "5in unguided rocket"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "In Service",
                            "value": "1957-Present"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Manufacturer",
                            "value": "United States"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Length",
                            "value": "2,000",
                            "units": "mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Diameter",
                            "value": "130",
                            "units": "mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Warhead Type",
                            "value": "Various"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Engine",
                            "value": "Solid-fuel rocket"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Operational Range",
                            "value": "8",
                            "units": "km"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Speed",
                            "value": "2,599",
                            "units": "km/h"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Guidance System",
                            "value": "None"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Basic Load",
                            "value": "INA"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "name": "Missile System",
                    "properties": [
                        {
                            "name": "Name",
                            "value": "AIM-9 Sidewinder"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Type",
                            "value": "Short-range air-to-air missile"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "In Service",
                            "value": "1956-Present"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Manufacturer",
                            "value": "Raytheon Company[1]\nFord Aerospace\nLoral Corp."
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Length",
                            "value": "3.02",
                            "units": "m"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Diameter",
                            "value": "127",
                            "units": "mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Wingspan",
                            "value": "279.4",
                            "units": "mm"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Weight",
                            "value": "85.3",
                            "units": "kg"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Warhead",
                            "value": "WDU-17/B annular blast-frag"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Warhead Wieght",
                            "value": "9.4",
                            "units": "kg"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Detonation Mechanism",
                            "value": "IR Proximity Fuze"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Engine",
                            "value": "Hercules/Bermite Mk. 36 Solid-fuel rocket"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Operational Range",
                            "value": "1-35.4",
                            "units": "km"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Speed",
                            "value": "Mach 2.5"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Guidance system",
                            "value": "Infrared homing (most models)\nsemi-active radar homing (AIM-9C)"
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                    ]
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            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Fire Control",
            "properties": [
                {
                    "name": "Fire Control System Type",
                    "value": "Rocket-launching digital control system"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Fire Control Radar",
                    "value": "Yes"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Digital or Analog Cockpit",
                    "value": "Digital"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Direct Fire Control",
                    "value": "Yes"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Laser Designator",
                    "value": "Yes"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Automated Helmet",
                    "value": "INA"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Sensor Suite(s) Available",
                    "value": "Yes"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Position Location System",
                    "value": "Yes"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Central Smart Arms Management System",
                    "value": "Yes"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Multi-Display Monitor,",
                    "value": "Yes"
                }
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        },
        {
            "name": "Protection",
            "properties": [
                {
                    "name": "Fuselage",
                    "value": "INA"
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                {
                    "name": "Cockpit Glass",
                    "value": "INA"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Stealth Properties",
                    "value": "INA"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Heat Signature Reduction",
                    "value": "INA"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Add on Armor",
                    "value": "INA"
                },
                {
                    "name": "NBC Protection",
                    "value": "Yes"
                },
                {
                    "name": "EW",
                    "value": "INA"
                },
                {
                    "name": "EW Counter Measures/CCM",
                    "value": "INA"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Counter Measures (Chaff/Flares)",
                    "value": "Yes"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "variants": [
        {
            "name": "Toufan II",
            "notes": "Toufan II unveiled on January 2013"
        }
    ],
    "type": "WEG",
    "version": 1
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