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Bell 412EP · including rotors
Single source56 ft 1 in (17.09 m) including rotors[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bell 412 | KAI LAH-1 Miron |
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| Type | Multipurpose utility helicopter[source] | Armed helicopter[source] |
| National origin | United States / Canada[source] | South Korea[source] |
| Manufacturer | Bell Helicopter[source] | Korea Aerospace Industries Airbus Helicopters[source] |
| Primary users | Japan Ground Self Defence Force See Operators for others[source] | — |
14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)[source]
fuselage
Single source3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) (fuselage)[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]
2 × HAS-Arriel 2L2 turboshaft engines, Take-off Power each
Single source2 × HAS-Arriel 2L2 turboshaft engines, Take-off Power, 770 kW (1,030 hp) each[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] |
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| Manufactured | 1979–present[source] | — |
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| Introduction date | 1981 ( 1981 )[source] | — |
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| First flight | August 1979 ( 1979-08 )[source] | 4 July 2019[source] |
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| Developed from | Bell 212[source] | Airbus Helicopters H155[source] |
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| Variant | Bell CH-146 Griffon[source] | — |
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| Capacity | up to 13 passengers, maximum external load of almost 6,614 lb (3,000 kg)[source] | 2 x 20mm Magazines (Cabin)[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] | 124.7 m 2 (1,342 sq ft)[source] |
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| Power/mass | 0.2663 hp/lb (0.4378 kW/kg)[source] | — |
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| Designer | — | Agency for Defense Development[source] |
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| Status | — | In service[source] |
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| Primary user | — | Republic of Korea Army[source] |
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| Guns | — | 1× 20mm M197 electric cannon three-barreled electric Gatling-type rotary cannon[source] |
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| Hardpoints | — | 4 , with provisions to carry combinations of: Rockets: 2 × seven-shot rocket launcher Hydra 70 (1 launcher on each side) Missiles: Air-to-surface missiles: 4 × TAipers Air-to-surface missile (2 on each side)[source] |
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| Rockets | — | 2 × seven-shot rocket launcher Hydra 70 (1 launcher on each side)[source] |
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| Missiles | — | Air-to-surface missiles: 4 × TAipers Air-to-surface missile (2 on each side)[source] |
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| Air-to-surface missiles | — | 4 × TAipers Air-to-surface missile (2 on each side)[source] |
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Maximum take-off; Max takeoff weight