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Bell 412EP · including rotors
Single source56 ft 1 in (17.09 m) including rotors[source]
CH-53E · Length
Configuration
| Specification | Bell 412 | Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion |
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| Crew | one-two pilots[source] | 5: 2 pilots, 1 crew chief/right gunner, 1 left gunner, 1 tail gunner (combat crew)[source] |
| Type | Multipurpose utility helicopter[source] | Heavy-lift cargo helicopter[source] |
| National origin | United States / Canada[source] | United States[source] |
| Manufacturer | Bell Helicopter[source] |
99 ft 0.5 in (30.188 m)[source]
CH-53E · Combat range
Single source180 nmi (210 mi, 330 km)[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]
CH-53E · 3 × General Electric T64-GE-416 / GE-416A / GE-419 turboshaft engines, 4,380 shp ( ) each
Single source3 × General Electric T64-GE-416 / GE-416A / GE-419 turboshaft engines, 4,380 shp (3,270 kW) each[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Sikorsky Aircraft[source]
| Primary users | Japan Ground Self Defence Force See Operators for others[source] | United States Marine Corps United States Navy Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (historical)[source] |
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| Number built | 1,300+[source] | 172[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1979–present[source] | 1978–1980s[source] |
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| Introduction date | 1981 ( 1981 )[source] | 1981[source] |
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| First flight | August 1979 ( 1979-08 )[source] | 1 March 1974[source] |
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| Developed from | Bell 212[source] | Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion[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] | 37 troops with default folding canvas seats, 55 troops with center row added, and 31 with new crash attenuating seats. Internal payload: 32,000 lb (14,515 kg); External payload: 36,000 lb (16,329 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] | 4,900 sq ft (460 m 2 ) Sikorsky SC1095[source] |
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| Power/mass | 0.2663 hp/lb (0.4378 kW/kg)[source] | — |
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| Status | — | In service[source] |
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| Developed into | — | Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion[source] |
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| Guns | — | 2 × .50 BMG (12.7 × 99 mm) window-mounted GAU-21 machine guns 1 × .50 BMG (12.7 × 99 mm) ramp-mounted weapons system, GAU-21 (M3M mounted machine gun)[source] |
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| Never exceed speed | — | 170 kn (200 mph, 310 km/h)[source] |
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| Other | — | Chaff and flare dispensers[source] |
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