Army Tiger helicopters take aim
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- čas přidán 19. 04. 2022
- Australian Army personnel from 1st Aviation Regiment 'bombed' up their Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopters with 30mm ammunition, 70mm rockets and Hellfire missiles to practise their gunnery skills as part of Exercise Griffin Guns.
Exercise Griffin Guns was conducted at Robertson Barracks and Mount Bundey training area in the Northern Territory from late-February to 31 March 2022.
Exercise Griffin Guns is a vital training activity for both ground and air crews to ensure personnel are qualified and proficient in their jobs to support a wide range of Australian Defence Force operations.
1st Aviation Regiment is one of Army's three aviation regiments and provides aerial reconnaissance and fire support. 1st Aviation Regiment reports to Headquarters 16th Aviation Brigade, which is part of Army Aviation Command. 1st Aviation Regiment was originally formed on 26 April 1966 as 1st Division Army Aviation Regiment and was redesignated as 1st Aviation Regiment on 31 March 1967.
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Hope we put the Tigers into reserve after we get the new Apaches might need them later on
Same with all our military equipment just cuase their are better stuff were only getting a relatively small amount of equipment
Yeah they are decent vehicles, it’s just actively maintaining them can be a pain, it would suck to see them go straight to waste
Sell them to the French to compensate for over priced subs , that's what's happens when pollies not adf make purchases
Please donate to the NZDF. We need an upgrade.
Nope we are probably going to break them up If no one else is going to buy them and bury them next to all those f111 frames
Oh cool! There’s a Tiger capable of flying!
The 1000s of Chinese fishing vessels that will be in Australian waters will make good targets
Put the Tigers in reserve when the Apaches arrive. We will eventually need them to protect our eastern littoral border and economic zone from the impending threat coming from the Solomon Islands.
What’s even better is if we invested in competence and actually got a new government who doesn’t sell our ports and steel industry’s off. The greatest gift to the military is that of self sufficiently at the moment we can barely build a car. And in this era of mass production we are wavering far behind we used to have military sufficiency and independence but not anymore. All it would take is a naval blockade from the US and our military’s essentially starved of tanks and aircraft. It’s either we reinstate our steel works and foundry’s and try a rearmaments program. Or we continue on our current path with over reliance on foreign powers and hope for the best
What’s going on in the Solomon Islands?
@@lordvader3538 They signed a defence pact with China to set up a military base as of now Chinese troops and aircraft are due to arrive within 2-4 weeks if they deploy the DF-26 systems it will put most of Australia, New Zealand, and the US Guam naval base at threat of attack
@@nathanb8721 thanks for the answer, no mention of anything about this in us mainstream media
@@uncle7162 Nice party line. Considering we are leaders in hitech, metallurgy manufacture, and are world leaders in heavy truck manufacturing. Maybe you just don't pay attention to what we are really up to. And just parrot some out of date , old whinger .
lol love the tiny little lock on the door handle!
Did they take off from the wharf a few days ago? If so I have a vid of them flying past my house, all 3 of them
Tigers were a VERY bad Defence purchase. They are well below operational and maintenance capacity and standards that are currently on offer with other similar platforms.
.....are these dates right?
"1st Aviation Regiment is one of Army's three aviation regiments and provides aerial reconnaissance and fire support. 1st Aviation Regiment reports to Headquarters 16th Aviation Brigade, which is part of Army Aviation Command. 1st Aviation Regiment was originally formed on 26 April 1966 as 1st Division Army Aviation Regiment and was redesignated as 1st Aviation Regiment on 31 March 1967."
The lemon 🍋 of the sky. 🤣
Beautiful birds i don't know about the effectiveness though
I thought the Tigers were about to be replaced?
In like 2025
Amazing helicopter but I do hope we can get Apaches soon
So good they are being replaced...
👉💥👈
glad we are getting ah64s
At least show me the explosions
@True South true, but would be cool to see footage of impacts on practice targets
No Good having a helicopter in reserve if it couldn't safely fly when it was supposed to be operational. It's like a flying citroen . Unreliable.
Ahh the helicopter pilots openly admit they hate.
It’s not so much the pilots as the mechanics, the logisticians and the accountants that hate it
The pilots have never said they hate it , if you research they like the tiger and wanted Australia to keep them ..
@@bigazza7829 the Apache just provides a different mission set, much better for use an attack helicopter, the tiger was better at recon
We should give these to Ukraine.
Apaches r way better the the Tiger I don’t know why we didn’t get them in the first place
You won't believe it but the Tigers were supposed to be cheaper
Most big defense purchases are not strategic decisions, they are diplomatic decisions. Big purchases from certain countries open up diplomatic options, trade deals, or just signal to opposition nations whose interests we are aligned with. Australia has purchased a LOT of defense equipment from Germany, France and the Netherlands in the last couple of decades in order to gain greater access to EU export markets. Now, we are purchasing more American stuff as we are politically aligning ourselves more with the US in opposition to China. Since Australia is not under any credible military threat for the foreseeable future, defense procurement is more of a diplomatic tool than anything, with the secondary goals of political posturing (see: submarine deal) and driving recruitment (see: why we now have cool multicam-style uniforms and video game-esque black rifles).
@@darson100 The more you build, the cheaper and more mature the platform gets. Unfortunately the Tiger had a difficult birth, and went on sale in a time when almost no one was buying attack helicopters.
In total there are 180 Tigers vs 2400 Apaches built.
Why were they never deployed to Afghanistan where we needed air support?
Because we outsourced it to the U.S and then acted surprised when they were grounded or already on mission elsewhere when we had Aussies in contact.
Australian army is tactically good, but historically does not have the logistical capacity to maintain full spectrum operations overseas. This is why Australia has only ever deployed its full combat capabilities with the logistical support of more powerful allies. While I don't have first-hand knowledge of the reasoning, it seems likely that it was too costly or difficult to keep them flying so far from home, just like the Abrams. The other possibility that comes to mind is that the Tiger may not have been capable of operating at the extreme altitudes that exist in Afghanistan. American apaches reportedly had to remove their longbow radar domes and couldn't carry their full weapons complement due to the thin air. Given the Tiger has 40% less lift capacity and 2/3 the service ceiling of the AH-64, and that Afghanistan has mountains more than double the tiger's maximum altitude, it's possible it just wasn't going to be able to fly where it was needed.
Poor tiger, never got to see its full potential in the army from sheer incompetence. Very stupid how we're down grading to the apchie. I hope they extend the life of this butifull heli
Not a downgrade, should never had them in the 1st place
Downgrading? 🤣🤣🤣
You obviously don’t know anything about attack helicopters.
@@ljnouata9088 compatible the tiger is a much better "attack helicopter". It's high menuverbility and nible body allow it to much more fexlibe on the battfeild how ever the ah-64 does have a couple of advantages l. Its FCR and the sheer capacity to carry AGM-114. This how ever turns the helicopter to more a tank killer roll. The Ah-64s optics as well are mounted on the chine of the aircraft wich makes pop up attacks near suicide unlike the tiger where it's mounted under the rotors.
I do admit the ah-64 is impressive but compered to ka-52, mi-28 and tiger It is quit lack lasster.
This is not the issue how ever. The Australian army will not use this aircraft once we purchase them similer to the mrh-90 and tiger these aircraft will be in a refitting stage of around 5-10 years from its inability to fly well at night. We should stick with the tiger since we already have it.
@@lordofthesea3793 the tiger is more of an armed reconnaissance helicopter than an attack helicopter. You talk about the Ah-64E's chine mounted sensors and this notion of suicidal popup attacks whilst ignoring the upgraded longbow fire control radar mounted above the rotor. The apache is more than capable of operating at night. The E variant is also capable of operating in a naval strike capacity thanks to the aforementioned upgraded longbow radar.
Also, the Ka-52 hasn't been performing all that well in Ukraine, based on the number of verified wrecks.
@@lordofthesea3793 The Apaches ability to carry 1200 rounds of 30mm to the Tigers 450 as well as 16 AGM-114’s compared the the Tigers 8 makes it win off the bat, that gives it far more time on station without needing to RTB to rearm.
The Tiger does win in range though which gives it the ability to support from further away.
The only real place the Tiger outshines the AH64 is it’s Osiris rotor mounted sensor suite allowing it to do proper terrain shielding attacks and it’s smaller footprint making far better use of deck space on the RAN LHD’s.
So bad where getting rid of them . These waste of monies are the only reason why I support pulling out of the French built submarine deal
Never buy anything other than made or designed in the USA 🇺🇸, or locally Australian
That’s the thing if we start making things in Australia then the pollies will probably sell those manufacturing companies off to other countries or something like that but it definitely would be awesome if we actually made things again rather then buying things off other countries
We have had nothing but issues with American made equipment..
Way over priced and maintenance heavy ..
German military equipment is also great
@@AR-bd5hb agree
@@bigazza7829 Good bot
If they are like the rest of the Army fleet, they will be constantly broken...
What's the point in keeping them running, when they'll never be used for anything other than recruitment ads? :P
Rubbish never deployed in support of troops