Apache Helicopter Firing Rockets MOD 45154922 — Staff Sergeant Mike Harvey · OGL v1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Attack helicopter

Air

A helicopter armed with a cannon, rockets and anti-tank missiles, built to hunt tanks and support ground troops. It can hide behind hills and trees, pop up to fire and disappear again.
The Soviet-designed Mi-24/35 'Hind' is one of the most widely used, and has also served with the Sri Lanka Air Force.

Well-known examples

**AH-64 Apache**"Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army" - by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

**Mi-24 / Mi-35**File:Mi24CP (modified).jpg: Cezary Piwowarskimodified by FOX 52 derivative work: Georgfotoart · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

**Ka-52**Dmitriy Pichugin · GFDL 1.2 · Wikimedia Commons

**Z-10**3GO*CHN-405/mjordan_6 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

**Tiger**Alan Lebeda · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

**Prachand**IAF · GODL-India · Wikimedia Commons

Well-known examples — All

AH-64 Apache (USA) Mi-24/Mi-35 (Russia) Ka-52 (Russia) Z-10 (China) Tiger (Europe) Prachand (India) T129 ATAK (Turkey)

Countries with the most — Attack helicopters

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1United States1,024
2Russian Federation556
3China281
4Japan118
5Korea, Rep.113
6Turkiye111
7India79
8France67
9Pakistan55
10United Kingdom50