AgustaWestland AW109 (and variants)

[Nicholas_Concu 2,634]

General Info
During the 1960's Agusta was looking to break through the export market by designing the A109, mainly intended for commercial use and a civilian market. It was re-designed in 1969 as there was a need for twin engine to actually compete with other contenders, this lead to the A109 to be fitted with 2 Allison 250-C14 turbo shaft engines. In 1971 its first maiden flight was conducted,testing was halted due to a minor accident that occurred but testing quickly resumed in 1972. Then in 1973 the first ever Military prototype was presented with all of its configurations, which changed the vehicle from being centered only for civilian use. Many tests were conducted on the military versions of the A109, the first set of armaments being equipped on them being Hughes Aircraft-built TOW missiles. Mainly between 1976 and 1977 the tests that were conducted allowed 2 different military variants to emerge, them being one for light attack/close support missions and the other for shipboard operations. Once Agusta was more than happy that their helicopters were ready many civilian versions of this aircraft started being exported around the globe, mainly in the middle east and africa. In Italian service the Italian Army obtained the A109CM as the "A109EOA" utility / scout helicopter, with "EOA" standing for "Elicottero d'Osservazione Avanzata". It was able to mount guided and unguided rockets. The launchers can carry TOW, ITOW, TOW2 and TOW2A missiles, countermeasures and 12.7mm general purpose door mounted machine guns allowing the vehicle to be very versatile and potent. The A109BA was also exported to belgium in which it had access to even more armaments. Currently 32 additional countries are using the A109 either in civilian or military configurations, and till this day keeps on being in service and countuines to be upgraded to not lag behind other countries' types of helicopters.
Armaments+Equipment
x 4 TOW launchers.
Giat M621 20mm Gun Pods,
Russian-Style rocket pods.
x 2 70 mm or 50 mm rocket launchers,
Stingers and Hellfire missles.
12,7 and 7.62 machineguns .
Argentinian guided "Mathogo" rockets (Argentine Version) 
105mm Pampero rockets (Argentine Version)
x 8 TOW launchers (Belgium version)

Brandt Type 100-3 : 3x100mm SNEB rockets
Brandt Type 68-12C : 12x68mm SNEB rockets

Brandt Type 68-22C : 22x68mm SNEB rockets

Matra Type 155 (LR F4) : 18x68mm SNEB rockets

Matra LR F2 : 6x68mm SNEB rockets

Matra-SAMM CM-7,62 (Nacelle AA-52) : Twin 7.62mm gunpod

Countermeasures.
Laser rangefinder.
Rader warning reciever.
Specifications


Why it should be in game
This helicopter should be in game because i feel as if Italy can benefit from this helicopter a lot due to the amount of armaments it was able to use, although not all of them were used on the italian ones it still goes to show that this helicopter has the potential to bring in its other variants from around the world such as the belguim or argentine versions which had their own set of unique armaments. Italy can become even stronger when the italian helicopter tree comes out later this year, this helicopter would most likely be played similar to the Lynx that the British have. Italy really doesn't have a lot of helicopters compared to other nations so this might be able to fill any gaps that might be needed when the tree comes out.

Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW109
https://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/world-air-force-military-equipment-aircraft/west-europe-air-force-military-aircraft-planes-equipment/italy-italian-air-force-aircrafts-planes-air-aviation-defence-industry-military-technology/italy-italian-air-force-helicopter-technical-data-sheet-intelligence-information-description-identification-specifications-pictures-photos-video-/645-aw109-a109-agusta-westland-luh-light-utility-helicopter-technical-data-sheet-specifications-intelligence-description-information-identification-pictures-photos-images-video-italy-italian-air-force-aviation-aerospace-defence-industry-technology.html
http://dida.fauser.edu/aero/quarta/elicotte/pagina.htm
http://www.airvectors.net/ava109.html
http://www.airwar.ru/enc/uh/a109.html
http://www.airwar.ru/enc/ah/a109k.html
https://www.maltahelicopter.com/dt_team/agusta-a109-ita/
file:///C:/Users/Dell/Downloads/A109LUH brochure.pdf
https://www.globalair.com/aircraft-for-sale/Specifications?specid=542
https://www.army-technology.com/projects/a109m/
https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=385
http://www.volareflyfree.com/A109.html


Pictures

Edited October 16, 2020 by Nicholas_Concu

[ItssLuBu 1,798]

Approved and open for discussion. 

[Nicholas_Concu 2,634]

1 hour ago, ItssLuBu said:

Approved and open for discussion. 

Thank you

[Milocat 4,854]

Ooh, this will definitely be a good Italian helicopter.  +1 from me.

[Охраняет-Камни 6,650]

+1 

At least 2 or 3 versions should be in the main tree and 1 can be a premium(Argentinian is the best choice I think)

 

Edited January 21, 2020 by _Condottiero_

[Nicholas_Concu 2,634]

1 hour ago, _Condottiero_ said:

+1 

At least 2 or 3 versions should be in the main tree and 1 can be a premium(Argentinian is the best choice I think)

 

Yeah the Argentine version as a premium would be really cool tbh. 

[Borotovas 4,500]

+1

[Nicholas_Concu 2,634]

11 hours ago, Borotovas said:

+1

Thanks for the support. 

[alexhusky 14]

+1 heli:)

[Conte_Baracca 4,547]

This is one of the helos I am looking forward to the most for Italy.

[_Pixy 196]

+1

[ironcell26 252]

+1, italy used so many helis that we can have a full techtree with only foreign and one with only local designed ones
CHANGE MY MIND

 

Edited July 7, 2020 by ironcell26

[Cedjoe 5,482]

+1 Nice heli

Here's a list of the unlisted armament I recognized in those pictures :

- Brandt Type 100-3 : 3x100mm SNEB rockets

- Brandt Type 68-12C : 12x68mm SNEB rockets

- Brandt Type 68-22C : 22x68mm SNEB rockets

- Matra Type 155 (LR F4) : 18x68mm SNEB rockets

- Matra LR F2 : 6x68mm SNEB rockets

- Matra-SAMM CM-7,62 (Nacelle AA-52) : Twin 7.62mm gunpod

Edited July 7, 2020 by Cedjoe

[Nicholas_Concu 2,634]

On 07/07/2020 at 11:06, Cedjoe said:

+1 Nice heli

Here's a list of the unlisted armament I recognized in those pictures :

- Brandt Type 100-3 : 3x100mm SNEB rockets

- Brandt Type 68-12C : 12x68mm SNEB rockets

- Brandt Type 68-22C : 22x68mm SNEB rockets

- Matra Type 155 (LR F4) : 18x68mm SNEB rockets

- Matra LR F2 : 6x68mm SNEB rockets

- Matra-SAMM CM-7,62 (Nacelle AA-52) : Twin 7.62mm gunpod

Updated the post, thanks so much.

[OsO73 491]

The Mathogos are ATGMs not rockets !. kinda comparable to the SS.11s, same range but lower penetration.

The helicopter with the missiles:

Spoiler

 

The missile

Spoiler

They dont rest with the warhead outside the box, they are all in when armed.

 

[CokeSpray 7,274]

Suggestion passed to the developers for consideration.

[leroyonly 4,310]

As the AW.109 airframe has been added as per update 2.3 Hot Tracks in the form of the A.109EOA-2,

 

Moved to Implemented Suggestions.