Behind the Weird Design of the AH-1Z Viper: US Marines Most Feared Helicopter

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for a feature about the Viper of the Marine Corps. The AH-1Z Viper is the most lethal helicopter in the US Marine Corps. It evolved from the Vietnam War to the present day, where it joins hands with its utility counterpart, the UH-1Y Venom, to make the most formidable rotorcraft duo in any military.
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[@mmancino1982]

Stop calling them Airmen. They're not in the air force. They're marines😊

[@owenhowle2423]

❄️

[@mmancino1982]

@@owenhowle2423 😂

[@pablopeter3564]

@@owenhowle2423 MARINES

[@irondiver2034]

Thank you. Semper Fi

[@RobertL.JonesJr-hz8vl]

Even the term Jarheads or Leathernecks would be appropriate. From an Old Retired Battery-Operated Grunt of the late 70s Ooh-Rah 1/5

[@mattywanders]

I like Cobra helos, puppies, and tacos.

[@robandcheryls]

😂

[@martyrmakerify]

Me too.

[@Defender78]

I LIKE TURTLES.

[@garymiller5937]

Helicopters are awesome aircraft! The US has lots of great ones. 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤ Thank you for the video! 😊😊

[@martinkasper197]

I still miss the Comanche to be build. It was a favourite PC game in the 1990s

[@mohhughes4870]

May have been mentioned, but the Viper and Venom are Marine aircraft. Army uses UH-60 Blackhawk and AH-64 Apache. Rule of thumb: if the aircraft is named after a Native American nation, it's Army. (The UH-1 "Huey" that transported my dad around Vietnam - Garryowen - was designated the Iriquois.)

[@1975KyleDavid]

@mohhughes4870, the Cobra served in the US Army from 1967-1980, when it was supplanted by the Apache.

[@mohhughes4870]

You are of course correct - the only time a US Army aircraft has not been named affter a Native American nation. I think.... I have a buddy, former 75 Regiment, who to this day would not call the OH-58 the Kiowa - "It's a damned JetRanger!"@@1975KyleDavid

[@user-jq2rf4nf3o]

OH 58 is NO Jet Ranger (Worked on both)@@mohhughes4870

[@nottheroyalnavy]

I love your vids and hope you keep uploading 😊

[@aymonfoxc1442]

The commonality is truly impressive 👏

[@gunfighterfd]

the T700 is used on the Ah 64. UH 60s, AH 1s, UH 1s all for said cost reduction. also remember that the AH 64s and UH 60s are larger. thus you cant get as many Airframes on the LHDs LHAs and LPDs that are pretty much the Marine Carriers.

[@nesseihtgnay9419]

These are also badass

[@hemi-spherical57]

The AH-1 & UH-1 series from Bell are soooo much better than any Apache, Tiger or something else

[@ronalddunn5821]

Aaahhh, ground pounders like the ARMY 😊😊😊😊😊

[@LorenTucker-wu9su]

One of them has an Army patch on his left shoulder!! You can see it at about 26 seconds into the program.

[@jamesmorton7881]

Was the avionics ever modernized? A fearsome gun ship.

[@erroneous6947]

What do you think of cyclo rotor technology? Seems like it has a lot of possibilities including a gun carrier.

[@Jonno2summit]

I started playing around with that concept a few decades ago just looking at a hair dryer. I think it's a very versatile design that could be imbedded in a wing and ducting the airflow in different directions. That's what I was playing with just for an aircraft for a story.

[@user-jq2rf4nf3o]

Junk

[@pesawatindonesia]

happy new year 2024 mister 🤩

[@user-jb1os7fk3n]

Good blessyouAmerica 👌👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯

[@wannamonslo9626]

It's a tailboom off of a slick, bolted to a Ridgid roter four blade.

[@donscheid97]

AH-1Z has been called Viper for a while, F-16 new models being called Viper, and I have seen A-10C with snake motif on nose. Like to see a specific species list.

[@khamyang5128]

Those aren't Airman doing work on the chopper. They are Marines.

[@fatrick5004]

Never seen so many visuals that do not match up with the audio. Pretty much nothing said matched what was on the screen. Bizarre.

[@tabuilder]

Semper Fi

[@stevoplex]

What's the difference in all the other attack helicopters (Cobra, Viper, Apache, Comanche and Longbow?

[@wannamonslo9626]

With dual, probably C-30s

[@nayanjittilak2584]

Purported "Korean war" footage is actually Vietnam war footage🙄 oops

[@mikethomas4908]

Those are MARINES not airmen!!

[@arnoldreiter435]

Vipers are Marine aircraft operated and maintained by Marines, not airmen which are what the Air force calls its enlisted members More correct to call them aircrew.

[@user-dr6vs7ot3q]

All the advanced features and technology... yet the two ground personnel using an adjustable "creasant wrench"on the aircraft.not a designated combination wrench on the loading gear,

[@user-rp2nq1ev6x]

The AH-1 Cobra helicopter has a slender profile to make it harder for the enemy to shoot it down. Not to make it safe or safer.

[@shadowopsairman1583]

Erm in effect it does make it safer because its harder to Hit lol

[@user-jq2rf4nf3o]

Wrong, Faster only. All about aerodynamics

[@jeffapplewhite5981]

Wored on uh1d in the Army in the 80s

[@shadowopsairman1583]

The Viper/Cobra, the F-16 is not a Viper- but the Fighting Falcon

[@MF-pu3dr]

But pilots gave it the name Viper

[@DKHomestead]

Would have been a better film if it showed actual combat missions.

[@CheerfulTerrier-xe6nn]

All. Marine cobras had two engines

[@Knight1968]

I wouldn't say Weird, just threatening

[@Firemedic2105]

HELP! What is that dangling thing that sits out in front of the gunners window? I've tried google and it's annoying me I can't find an answer! lol. It's like an arm that comes up and then a small piece that pivots at the end of the arm.

[@fatrick5004]

Selfie stick. Nah, it.measures airspeed and wind direction

[@Firemedic2105]

@@fatrick5004 😆 That seems like a weird design for that, but what do I know! 🤷🏻‍♂️. lol Thank you!

[@RobertL.JonesJr-hz8vl]

It is a sensor!

[@Firemedic2105]

@@RobertL.JonesJr-hz8vl LMAO! Yea, i assumed that much! 🤣 What specifically it was sensing/was used for was my curiosity. 🙃

[@RobertL.JonesJr-hz8vl]

@@Firemedic2105 Well the last time I was around an Cobra gunship was in 1985 so I was not sure on what kind of sensor it was, it has been awhile.

[@susanwahl6322]

I was a soldier.

[@milescowan2243]

Nice

[@Ezees23]

The Marines' AH-1Z Viper is much smaller, faster, more manuverable, and overall more versatile (in climate, portability, and maintenance) than even the best version of the Apache - as well as being able to carry as much ordnance in payload as a slicked-down AV8-B Harrier II. Let that sink in....a helicopter that carries the same weight in missiles, rockets, and 20mm ammo as an effn max-payload Harrier......

[@dennisparshall5204]

You're talking about the Vietnam war but showing North Africa and the D-Day landing. You need to fix how you edit your information with your write ups.

[@donaldscobie8455]

Who picks the video for this. You are talking about Vietnam and you show video of the Wermacht during WW2?

[@darin5794]

UNITED STATES MARINES 🇺🇸

[@toussaintjones-bc4bq]

I wanted to be a soldier

[@pablopeter3564]

Better be a MARINE

[@TheRealAb216]

Do not call Marines "airmen"

[@Blueesteel_]

I don’t understand what’s “weird” about it but ok…

[@Riceball80IA]

Is there a better name than Cobra? For what it does?

[@martyrmakerify]

No. It's a great name with years of history. I'm sure if you asked any infantryman in any war they were supported by Cobras they wouldn't want a new name.

[@RobertL.JonesJr-hz8vl]

Well when the Army used a Cobra it was a modified Huey and became the AH-1 Hueycobra, then when it was modified for the Marines with twin engines it was a AH-1J Seacobra updated to the AH-1T TOW Cobra, updated again to AH-1W Supercobra, and updated to the AH-1Z Viper. The Army started using the AH-64 Apache. The Marines are working on a version that will incorperate a tilt-rotor attack helicopter to replace the Viper though.

[@tex-do1wm]

MARINES,not airmen.

[@armyscout19d98]

255 mph my ass

[@Mariner311]

Pretty sad that most of the video is an APACHE when you're talking about a VIPER - and Marines aren't "Airmen"

[@vladimirmihnev9702]

? I'm halfway through the video, until now they were 0 Apaches show.

[@clee9190]

@@vladimirmihnev9702Most of the first 50 seconds is Apaches

[@brucehillbillybarthalow3786]

A surprisingly slow helicopter

[@robertobar2948]

The K52 is best attack helicopter

[@kindasupersonic7114]

talks about the Vietnam war... shows footage of WW2 lol

[@nottheroyalnavy]

Also first

[@charlesmenz5555]

8l

[@txvet7738]

The Army would have been better off logistically if they had done what the Marines did with the UH/AH-1s instead of switching to the Bhawks and Apaches! The Army also should have maintained the Gunship CH-47 program as well…lol!

[@2genders]

No

[@jerrylumpkins1259]

The Blackhawk is way better than the Huey for a long list of reasons.

[@benjaminw6985]

Blackhawk has significantly better crew survival rate compared to its predecessor, the Huey. And the Navy uses Seahawks. Really makes me wonder why tf the Marines use updated Huey’s and cobras. I’ll need to double check but I think they have a lot of the same internals. If we’re wanting to make logistics easier, we need to have increased parts commonalit

[@user-sh8cl3it2m]

They were basically "hand me downs" that the Marines upgraded, just like the M4s the Marines got from the Army a little while back. Marines are pretty frugal with their smaller chunk of the Defense budget.​@@benjaminw6985

[@Ziggy_Moonglow]

@@benjaminw6985 Marines use updated Hueys and Cobras because the USMC is a small fraction of what the Army, Navy and Air Farce get.

[@sardaukerlegion]

That's no viper. They have 3 engines and are launched by a Battlestar.

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[@ralphriffle1126]

Why are you talking like that

[@user-sn6lp5rl1c]

우리나라의 멍청한 국방부놈들??? AH - 1Z바이버 생산라인과 기술을 이전 해가라고 했을때 얼릉 해오라지 ~ 효율 떠어지는 수리온 한다고 왜 하냐고요 수리온은 고기동도 안돼고 피탄 면적이 넓어서 반격 대공포한테 취약한 기종이 수리온이란걸 왜 몰라

[@ahdoeknogh]

This AI narration is the worst. It's only semi correct. Uhh!

[@Rahim1969]

"The US Army Modified their Utility work horse the UH1B Huey to make it a gunship by integrating guns" Yeah no duh genius, it takes guns to make it a "GUN SHIP"........

[@rafalIL29]

It’s crazy how much money is spent on design and manufacturing of awesome killing machines yet today is -5 in Chicago and so many homeless and hungry people are standing outside. God if only I was in position to get them out of the cold I would. But how can I? Property taxes went up 100% in last 3 years and food and gas around 30-50%. Something bad will eventually happen. People are struggling and are loosing their jobs and houses. People with kids and mentally ill are feeling full force of this madness.

[@shadowopsairman1583]

Stop voting for communists.

[@zulkarnainkelovan6005]

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