Charles Talleyrand wrote:

Should some day some how a P-51 come to fight an AH-64, who would
win the fight?

Assume the combat starts with both sides seeing the other at beyond
gun range. Assume equal pilot skill. Assume the only missiles on the
AH-64 are some TOWs.

-Thanks


Based on the ROE that you've laid down, such an engagement wouldn't occur at all.

The Apache isn't capable of firing TOWs (no controller in the cockpit to
steer the missile). Hellfire might be able to hit the Mustang within a
very narrow set of circumstances. Same thing with gun. If it's a
tail-away or head-on shot, the Apache might be able to hit the P-51. The
gun's ballistics and computer sight could handle it. If the Mustang were
crossing the AH-64's line of sight, then the slew rate on the gun
wouldn't be able to keep up.

Air-to-air engagements aren't in the training syllabus for Apache
pilots. If the AH-64 encounters hostile fast-movers its SOP is to dodge
and run and call for friendly air cover.

Vygg