"Jordi Usó" wrote in message
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There has been some noise in the media about Spanish military finally
choosing Eurocopter as their attack helo of choice instead of Apache.

The reason the most quoted for this was that Tiger could easily operate
in Ceuta and Melilla while based in mainland Spain, which Apache couldn't

Is there really such a big difference in operating radius between those
two birds?

Regards to the group.


J.

'The combat radius of the AH-64 is approximately 150 kilometers. The combat
radius with one external 230-gallon fuel tank installed is approximately 300
kilometers'

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ah-64.htm

(Tiger) 'Range 800 km-432 n.m.'

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/tiger.htm

A surprisingly big difference!

HTH

John