Italeri 0168 - 1/72 AH-1T Sea Cobra  [IT-0168S]

Period: from '50 to '90

Country: United States

Model Dim.: 18,7 cm

AH-1T SEA COBRA

The AH-1T water Cobra, created for a particular need associated with the united states of america Marines Corps, comes from the famous Bell AH-1 Cobra assault helicopter that has been produced into the mid- 60s the united states of america Army. The Sea Cobra originated to give close combat support during landing operations, in coordination with land vehicles. The ocean Cobra ended up being also employed for convoy escort and also as a navalized helicopter. Through the 1990 Desert Shield therefore the 1991 Desert Storm operations, Marines utilized Sea Cobras for close combat help and suppression of enemy fire. The AH-1T comes with a three barrel 20mm turret-mounted cannon. It can also be fitted with various air to ground and land support tools. The with greater regularity utilized configuration includes eight Tow antitank rocket launchers and two 70mm 19-rockets launchers fitted under the lateral difficult points.