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Measured figures
Bell 412EP · including rotors
Single source56 ft 1 in (17.09 m) including rotors[source]
Tiger HAD · fuselage (nose to tail)
Configuration
| Specification | Bell 412 | Eurocopter Tiger |
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| Type | Multipurpose utility helicopter[source] | Attack helicopter Anti-tank helicopter[source] |
| National origin | United States / Canada[source] | Multinational[source] |
| Manufacturer | Bell Helicopter[source] | Eurocopter Airbus Helicopters[source] |
| Primary users | Japan Ground Self Defence Force See Operators for others[source] | French Army German Army Spanish Army Australian Army (historical) |
13.85 m (45 ft 5 in) fuselage (nose to tail)[source]
Tiger HAD · armed, with standard fuel tanks
Single source740 km (460 mi, 400 nmi) armed, with standard fuel tanks[source]
Bell 412EP · 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D Twin-Pac or PT6T-3DF Twin-Pac coupled turboshaft engine - each, 1,250 shp (
Single source1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D Twin-Pac or PT6T-3DF Twin-Pac coupled turboshaft engine - each, 1,250 shp (930 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Number built | 1,300+[source] | 175 as of April 2026[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1979–present[source] | 1991–present[source] |
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| Introduction date | 1981 ( 1981 )[source] | 2003[source] |
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| First flight | August 1979 ( 1979-08 )[source] | 27 April 1991[source] |
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| Developed from | Bell 212[source] | — |
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| Variant | Bell CH-146 Griffon[source] | See § Variants[source] |
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| Capacity | up to 13 passengers, maximum external load of almost 6,614 lb (3,000 kg)[source] | — |
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| Fuselage length | 43 ft (13 m)[source] | — |
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| Blade sections | root: Boeing VR-7; tip: Wortmann FX 71-H-080[source] | — |
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| Main rotor area | 1,662 sq ft (154.4 m 2 )[source] | 132.75 m 2 (1,428.9 sq ft)[source] |
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| Power/mass | 0.2663 hp/lb (0.4378 kW/kg)[source] | 0.33 kW/kg (0.20 hp/lb) at MTOW, with MTR390-E[source] |
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| Status | — | In service[source] |
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| Retired | — | By Australia, see § Operators To be retired by Germany[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 1,105 kg (2,436 lb) internals , 1,689 kg (3,724 lb) with external fuel tanks[source] |
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| Guns | — | 1 × 30 mm (1.18 in) GIAT 30 cannon in chin turret, with up to 450 rounds[source] |
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| Airfoil | — | blade root: DFVLR DM-H3; blade tip: DFVLR DM-H4[source] |
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| Disk loading | — | 38.343 kg/m 2 (7.853 lb/sq ft)[source] |
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| Inner hardpoints | — | 2 × 12.7×99mm NATO FN M3P Browning gun pods, or 2 × 20 mm (0.787 in) autocannon pods, or 2 × 22 × 68 mm (2.68 in) SNEB unguided rockets in a pod (France/Spain) 2 × 19 × 70 mm (2.75 in) FZ-225 unguided rockets pods (Germany/Australia), or 2 × 4 AGM-114 Hellfire missiles (Australia/France), or 2 × 4 Spike-ER missiles (Spain), or 2 × 4 PARS 3 LR missiles (Germany), or 2 × 4 HOT-3 missiles (Germany)[source] |
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| Outer hardpoints | — | 2 × 2 Mistral air-to-air missiles (France/Spain), or 2 × 2 Air-to-Air Stinger (ATAS) air-to-air missiles (Germany), or 2 × 12 × 68 mm (2.68 in) SNEB unguided rockets in a pod, or 2 × 7 × 70 mm (2.75 in) FZ-233 unguided rockets pods (Germany/Australia)[source] |
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| Flight altitude | — | 4.000 m[source]Tiger · FlughöheSource text · numeric interpretation needs review |
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| Engine | — | zwei leistungsstarken Triebwerken[source]Tiger · Engines |
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Maximum take-off; Tiger HAD · Max takeoff weight
Tiger · Mass · Gewicht
Single source3,060 kg (6,746 lb)[source]
5,090 kg (11,222 lb)[source]
6,600 kg (14,551 lb)[source]
6,1 t[source]Tiger · Gewicht
Maximum; Tiger · Speed · Geschwindigkeit
Single source