New Delhi: A video posted on Twitter by the Indian Army’s Spear Corps shows Rudra helicopter (helicopter) attacking the target in the dark of night. Rudra is the combat version of Dhruv helicopter. Also, this is the country’s first indigenous combat helicopter. It has been constructed keeping in mind the requirements of the Indian Army and Air Force. The video gives a glimpse of how much power the Rudra helicopter has to fight at night.
After this Rudra is seen flying in the night. After flying at low level for some time, it fires rockets at the targets in the dark and destroys them. However, due to night vision these scenes are visible very clearly. After this comes the turn of the gun fitted in Rudra, which fires bullets in rapid succession. “Any mission, any time, any place,” Spear Corps said in a post on X.
Rudra helicopter weighs 5.8 tonnes
Rudra has been designed and developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to meet the requirements of the Indian Air Force and Indian Army. The weight of this multirole helicopter is 5.8 tons. Rudra helicopter is 52 meters long and its height is 16.4 meters. Its maximum speed is 291 kilometers per hour and range is approximately 600 kilometers.
Equipped with 70 mm rockets and missiles
Along with destroying tanks and providing fire support to ground troops, it has been constructed for surveillance. Along with the 20 mm gun, Rudra is also equipped with 70 mm rockets and short-range air-to-air missiles.