New Apache attack helicopter enters service | British Army

Army Engineers, Pilots and Comms specialists are key in getting the new Apache Echo-Model off the ground. What role are you most interested in?
Fifty Apache AH-64E Version 6 aircraft have been purchased from the United States to provide a state-of-the-art attack aviation capability that will be a key element in how the Army fights in the coming decades, as set out in the Future Soldier programme.
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[@justingerdes]

For anyone that doesn't understand, in America as well as our brothers and sisters in the U.K., the helicopter belongs to the crew that maintain it, the pilot just borrows it from time to time

[@coolscube5062]

Hi from the UK / England

[@MZ-bl6wg]

As one of your American brothers I’m grateful to see our British brothers in arms flying our attack helicopters and buying so many F-35 JSF’s , our sensor fusion will be a game changer accross all allied forces! Norway and Finland buying 65 F35’s , AH-64Es and newest Abrams block Main battle tanks, all sharing the sensor fusion capabilities that will make the next big war like nothing the worlds ever seen.

[@FullThrottleRacing535]

Don't forget us brits worked on the f35 too!

[@Rgc4-suyn4n7v3c2vn]

The Apache helicopter was adopted in 1984, but still looks modern.

[@MZ-bl6wg]

Agreed, still terrifying to the enemy!!!! Can’t imagine what it’s replacement will bring to the table but like the A10 and it’s new sensor and weapon upgrades that will take it into 2060 and beyond,..I’ve got the feeling the Apache will co to use to be upgraded and around far beyond that!

[@oldpain7625]

I'm so glad I found this channel. Rule Britannia! Love from the old colony. 🇺🇸❤️🇬🇧

[@TheB1nary]

Love the Apache!

[@simondavies5444]

Never tire of watching these incredible machines. Ritually everyday they fly over our hose and around our village from Wattisham.

[@AftonAdams]

The British sure are proud of those American made AH-64Es…

[@buddacafe]

UK military definitely hires the right people to make these commercials.

[@cyanoticspore6785]

Now let's just hope the MOD buys more than 2

[@welshdefenceforces]

It’s says in the description that they brought 50 :)

[@jamieconnor3505]

Almost as many attack helicopters as Tanks now

[@welshdefenceforces]

@@jamieconnor3505 probably a good thing with the new shift in warfare

[@welshdefenceforces]

Hopefully we give our old ones to Ukraine instead of just crushing them

[@claimedmedia6167]

@@welshdefenceforces its spelt *bought

[@dissmr]

Fantastic piece of machinery...

[@raymurphy9749]

That beret on the Lt Col though, you could land an Apache on that

[@Daimo83]

Mobile HLS

[@jmrrrdann3369]

Built in my hometown Mesa AZ.. you’re welcome Euro boys

[@stabilis8895]

Built in Somerset England. You're welcome for the information yank boy

[@death_parade]

@@stabilis8895 Irrespective of where they were assembled, the fuselage was built in India. You're welcome.

[@stabilis8895]

@@death_parade That's about all Indians could be trusted with. Think of it as a token job gift.... You're welcome ( p.s nice slum )

[@death_parade]

@@stabilis8895 You trust us enough to let us run your country's largest steel plant too? lmao. Stop acting so high and mighty as if you were the ones who gave us that job. Boeing is an American company not British. And there are companies like Honeywell that have R&D centers in India, so apparently, there is a lot that we are "trusted with". Such as building the largest cryostat in the world for the world's largest fusion reactor. BTW, nice space program. Oh wait, nevermind, you don't have that, unlike us. Nice space rocket, oh wait, nevermind. Nice Anti-Satellite Missile, oh wait, nevermind. Nice cryogenic engines, oh wait, nevermind. Nice Pakistani immigrants that target your kids. Yes this is what you have. But even if you have it, we don't have that last one. :(

[@stabilis8895]

@@death_parade You couldn't run a bath mate, literally. Get a sufficient sewer system in place first before you start flexing on the internet. And let's not talk about sexual assaults shall we, your country is notorious for it 😂... Rats.....

[@celticfan67]

My dream job was always to fly Apache helicopters for the British Army - from a Celtic fan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq]

Why ‘was’?

[@c.m5043]

Same. I watched that episode of top Gear with the Apache and I was hooked. Never happened in the end I became a paramedic!

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

CM. Paramedic is a very important (even noble) career. Thank you. 👍🇬🇧

[@c.m5043]

@@Surv1ve_Thrive really kind of you to say. Don't get much of that normally in comments section on here!

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

@@c.m5043 I know people in all regiments pretty much including elites and all decent folk would say same. Honestly. Best wishes to you. 🇬🇧👍

[@jasonbowe9767]

Awesome kit !!!

[@micjubba709]

Will come in handy that

[@lovaravonimanantsoa8583]

Awesome, 🇬🇧⚔️👍

[@wayneprice2737]

Awesome bit of kit.

[@oddjobkia]

did these ones come with Royal marine commandos already attached to them pods?

[@SimulationEvolve]

No they came with US marines attached to the pods so they needed to be replaced 😂

[@paulnailor6723]

I hear they now have extra lift capacity, just to cope with the shear weight of their brass ball's.

[@Bellend361]

😂😂😂😂

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

Fitted for, but not equppied with, Royal Marine passengers!

[@MZ-bl6wg]

@@SimulationEvolve awe common brother,..we see our Britt war fighting brothers truly as brothers no different than boys in our own units,..the US and UK militaries are the best on Earth and been fighting side by side since WW1,..let’s remember we are brothers. Remember also the AH-64E and the new F35’s we’re selling discounted to the UK and all the lend /lease equipment were literally giving to the UK came from the US. I do love that pic so much of the rescue of of the British Soldier where some bad ass Brit’s are sitting on the weapon pylons in flight! We engineered a handle there just incase and you guys used it first. Bad ass!

[@chesterfield274]

Love this army)

[@d71an18]

The army air Corps is just amazing

[@grvicent21256]

So true

[@KarenNaytowhow]

Apache and Black hawks are the most Conventional type of Heli

[@evagolldwing2623]

Absolutely TOP ♥️ my dear British Army 💎 diamond ⭐♥️♥️♥️♥️🇬🇧♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@coolscube5062]

its Good to see England has theses bad boys

[@nomorepetrenko]

the future is 60 years old. that has a god ring to it

[@outdooradventureHungary]

A Brrrrt for the Empire,the Eyes from the LtCol are like from a 8 year old at dez 24 :)

[@89schofe]

He was also checking his script a couple of times 😄

[@nickclarke1386]

Anyone know whats happening to old airframes,hopefully not mothballed think we might need them,the more the better

[@georgebarnes8163]

@@nickclarke1386 still in use

[@kudoteeldihichaishinichi809]

AH-64E British Army👍

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Two days back, was watching two lasses try to catch an errant hound, chasing train tails at Cromford Meadows, Matlock Bath when one of these g g g grundled its road out of the sky and on down the Derwent Valley. Looked a-neat. Unsure if olde or new kid. Well impressed.

[@therocinante3443]

I'm a huge fan of the Bri-ish military. They have such wonderful traditions that the US force isn't old enough to have.

[@ianrichards909]

Hmmm, is that why the British have to buy all their military hardware from the US?

[@thadlm2698]

@@ianrichards909 Some people are utterly clueless……😂🤣

[@lmao.3661]

@@ianrichards909 all?

[@martinmouncher9825]

Did the MOD remember to buy the software for this lot this time?

[@reccerat4446]

Doubtful. Give the AAC 6 months before it fcuks it up in some way. Been this way for years, always comes down to no money.

[@vladcooke6331]

I can confirm they have they bought it from china 😂

[@aladeen8393]

U.K. is the best 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Lord_Messiah_Disciple]

I always loved the Apache helicopter. I am pleased to see that there is a new model. 1:50 Where did they say they went? Fort Useless? 😂😂

[@MS-07B]

Fort Eustis

[@ronakmukherjee5292]

Not sure where you got useless from, considering the fact there is no t in useless

[@quicktipsranger762]

It did sound like that the first time for me 😂 but he clearly says Eustis just a bit fast

[@tommyg3612]

That tickled me 🤣

[@living2ndchildhood347]

He did actually say “Fort Useless” which is actually the unofficial nickname for Fort Eustes. That is home of the Army’s Transportation Museum. The museum is most definitely worth visiting!

[@mtf_nine_tailed_fox385]

Hey yo what happened to the UK apache Commercial That was some epic narstion

[@paulnailor6723]

Makes me wanna go play some Desert Strike!

[@Surfersideb]

God that game got hard very quickly

[@latifsolaimankhil170]

Smiling

[@razworthers_3601]

Wonder if it comes with a cup holder 🤔

[@Fin.waddrz]

Wow

[@vitaliyvyntu4566]

Respect

[@gunshipzeroone3546]

I hope they have kept the HIDAS system from BAE Systems. Also I hope it will have some sort of air to air missile on wing tips even the Russia hind has this.

[@dmanton300]

No, they didn't. These are absolutely off-the-shelf E model Apaches. HIDASS is gone, as are all the UK specific systems of the AH-1. All comms and defensive aids are exactly as anyone else's E models. RTM322 engines are gone, back to GE T700. It makes them completely compatible with US Army Apaches, but the loss of HIDASS is the one thing that stands out to me. You'll note the pilot covered *nearly* all the upgrades, but pointedly didn't mention defensive aids.

[@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq]

Drewe, what is the source of this information?

[@gunshipzeroone3546]

@CHRISTIAN KNIGHT HIDAS is British design by BAE Systems it a very good countermeasure system to stop missile hiting the helicopter it that good the computer system fire the right countermeasure for the right missile. That why not one has not been shot down in Afghanistan. I always say the countermeasure defence system is just as important at the fire power it self.

[@dmanton300]

@@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq contracts with Boeing basically. The Apache options on the table were a Leonardo based custom E with British specific systems, or off-the-shelf from Boeing. Boeing's offer came in lower specifically because it was off-the-shelf and beat Leonardo out. So on the same way the AH-1 were bought to Yeovil as tadpoles to be completed locally, so these aircraft are being sent back to Boeing to be fed through the same line that remanufactured D models for everyone else are.

[@ianrichards909]

@@dmanton300- stop being a sycophant, all Apaches are American made… even the Augusta-Westland AH-1 assembled from American-made Boeing kits…

[@romeisfallingagain]

you need more

[@vitaliyvyntu4566]

Hello from Ukraine

[@princess10]

You should be saying hello from Russia , you should be Russia

[@Britishalbanian]

Don’t worry Ukrainian we are going to save you with these new helicopters

[@nick000002]

Greetings from UK 🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@Bignfluffy]

?

[@Bignfluffy]

@@Britishalbanian no we ain't

[@ENGBriseB]

Put a few on are UK Aircraft carrier's. I'm sure they're love em !

[@billyvinilly8104]

Like the Mk1, but with added ouss

[@quincyamazingness7959]

Hi British Army. Very Manly Very Charming Very Handsome Very Respectful Very Intelligent Coolest Uniform Ever Mightiest Defense Always Ready to Roll Rockstar & Overachiever ⚔️📚🏹

[@johnnunn8688]

Excellent news. ♥️ ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@irinashidou9524]

Remember when Britain designed its own combat helicopters? Pepperridge farm remembers

[@martyn420]

Originally 67 Apaches were purchased in 2001 so this is a defence cut presented as an upgrade.

[@nathansellars3757]

we have had 50 for years

[@latifsolaimankhil170]

There is no way you British troops can hide from me

[@coolscube5062]

HEAR THIS IS GAME OVER !!!

[@andrewlambert7246]

So british got these as well. Third minus ranking power with these machines.

[@arealbobbydazzler2520]

Now We need more jets more off everything or we are going down in the future

[@Subcomandante73]

This is the risk with 'smaller but better' when Russia and China have been spending a lot of money upgrading their military.

[@Daimo83]

So we've gone from 67 AH-64D to 50 AH-64E. What exactly was the point?

[@col4574]

Notice the handle everyone grabs has Do NOT GRAB signs on it

[@EdmondSRahl]

Her Majesty got a good bargain I see

[@alexlanning712]

Though they are combative I think their value lies in reconnaisance

[@kiwiranger2076]

Question are 2 pwrr are any of them going to Cyprus because I miss it we were they before and we moved to England

[@kickboxerforever00]

We had 67 before,now we're getting 50? Is this an ADDITIONAL 50 or are they downsizing from 67 to 50? Regardless, as an ex UK Squaddie,I find this number low, to give an example, I read the US has over 800 Apaches! We should buy more NOT less.

[@cumorahwatson1967]

interesting!

[@Kaiyats]

I honestly think it will be so disappointing to spend a whole career fixing and working on these aircraft and never ever getting to fly one once.

[@FullThrottleRacing535]

Engineers usually get joy rides in aircraft in their career

[@KumaBean]

I've always been a little jelious of the engineers that get to cruise around in the back of Red Arrows, but in fairness, I don't have the skill set or the brains to do their jobs, so they've earnt it, lol 🍻

[@Deceter]

I thought the WO2 was Ewan McGregor!

[@paulrobinson9355]

I understand we are getting 67 and not 50! Seen the F model?!

[@Alex-yu3wg]

What role are you most interested in? Kinda thought if I could start at Colonel and work up from there.

[@heybabycometobutthead]

lol

[@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq]

Who are you asking?

[@colin1235421]

Let me fly one!

[@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq]

Join.

[@davey2363]

We only have one that is serviceable currently……lol……just one.

[@noelcahill6707]

Need a 100 at least

[@caithomas8175]

Damn

[@mats7492]

Helicopter Helicopter

[@MyScubasteve]

Are there suitable clips to strap RM commandos to the side at times of immediate need?

[@orlock20]

Yes, they were there in the A model too. Originally it was so that an Apache could rescue the crew of a downed Apache.

[@MyScubasteve]

@@orlock20 you dont know what I am talking about do you?

[@bugsy742]

@@MyScubasteve I’d say by his response he blatantly does mate 😅

[@MyScubasteve]

@@bugsy742 No he doesn't!

[@bugsy742]

@@MyScubasteve man that means that I don’t get it either and I’m a former bootneck so now I feel bone af! 🤦🏻‍♂️😅

[@andreww1225]

Gotta love American made weapons

[@kwengface1185]

Do these thing get a heating system? Also are they bullet proof?

[@dirkbogarde7796]

yes and yes.

[@JammyDodger45]

Yes and no

[@dissidentexpression8692]

No and yes

[@randomsimpsonsquotes6033]

No and no

[@errornamenotfound2513]

Yes and kinda.. not really

[@hawrermctez]

Hooray for the American Military Industrial Complex, wot, wot...

[@death_parade]

Hurray for India too. Gives the TATA Apache fuselage factory there 1.5 years worth of jobs. Meanwhile Brits go from domestically upgrading Apaches to wholesale imports lol.

[@billyponsonby]

Any chance they may work? Or even be available?

[@rory4605]

It's just like riding a bike.

[@reecen819]

Perfect timing for Ukraine!

[@jamieconnor3505]

I doubt the UK will get involved militarily in Ukraine

[@undeadwerewolves9463]

@@jamieconnor3505 I hope we stay out of it.

[@discipleaj]

@@undeadwerewolves9463 Indeed. We should stay out of it. No troops at all.

[@reecen819]

@@undeadwerewolves9463 it depends if the US sends troops in. Coz if they do, then they’ll twist our arm till we do.

[@westay4924]

@@reecen819 then they should give us a trade deal, we help them in all their conquests around the world just for them to say no when we want something back.

[@ginobragoli1448]

Apache e model, is that the battery version?🤣

[@ginobragoli1448]

@CHRISTIAN KNIGHT I'm being sarcastic fool.

[@Jib230181]

Lol 😂

[@davidtaylor4975]

Plug in hybrid!

[@davidtaylor4975]

@CHRISTIAN KNIGHT Whoossh

[@monalisadavinci9555]

Sky Angels🌟🎇🤗🇱🇻

[@kasparvg]

Yeah, one of these just flew by my school yesterday. Probably not an E-model though.

[@gregzy789_gaming4]

Shame you have cut the number of air frames. But an absolute beast of a helicopter.

[@cliveashleyhamilton]

The summer is too late

[@chris1.2]

isn’t this chopper like 30 years old?

[@SewerynPas]

Can we get a release day on the challanger 3?

[@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq]

Wrong place to ask.

[@jakmc77]

Add sidewinders because we’re probably gonna need em soon 😂

[@jakmc77]

@CHRISTIAN KNIGHT look at urself the video has only come out less than 2 days ago and you fail to recognise a joke and the fact that our military is the best in the world,

[@jakmc77]

@Normal As about what?

[@krultheg3021]

Its so sexy. This video should be tagged as NSFW.

[@tenburywellsmartin7576]

Wonderful Helicopter,and capability..but is 50 enough?,i dont think so,especially when you see whats happening in Eastern Europe...more like 250,would make me happier...

[@chromaticabberationsgiveme9811]

We yanks already have a crap load of apaches (since they ARE ours) and id say a large portion of them are in europe as of late. Source: me, i work on these things

[@williammorley2401]

@@chromaticabberationsgiveme9811 , like the Harrier is ours!. Don't know about this new model apache but I know that the old apache that the British army flies is very different to the American model!. To begin with it flys with a Rolls Royce Turbomeca RTM322 engine, a new electronic defensive aids suite and a folding blade mechanism allowing the British version to operate from ships.

[@chromaticabberationsgiveme9811]

@@williammorley2401 I dont know about that teaboy. I think you teabags just refitted our copters to be better. Honestly however, i wish our birds had the folding wings because dense packing them is such a game of tetris with the blades. Maybe im just overthinking it but my patriotism is yelling at me to disagree 😅

[@28DAYS77]

You should send a couple of them to the Ukraine looks like they might need them soon!

[@princess10]

Nah Ukraine is part of Russia.

[@princess10]

Stop getting involved in things that don't concern you

[@dissidentexpression8692]

@@princess10 In a global economy, everything effects everyone now.

[@Retrosicotte]

@@princess10 Beep boop.

[@winstonchurchillbased6530]

@@princess10 yes it does concern me because we are talking about life or death and an imminent invasion

[@4192362]

What battles did they win with the Apache Mk. 1?

[@MZ-bl6wg]

Desert Storm.

[@4192362]

@@MZ-bl6wg First British Apache flew in 1998. After Desert Storm

[@4192362]

@@MZ-bl6wg Never fought in the Iraq conflict with the UK.

[@fireblade8905]

We are not at war anymore

[@Aeronaut1975]

Does the new model have the uprated Rolls-Royce engine from the previous (British) version? or have we bought them "off the shelf" from the USA? Has the USA upgraded their engines to the British version?

[@ginobragoli1448]

@CHRISTIAN KNIGHT You know everything about these aircraft you must be very cleaver or VERY BORED?? 🤔🤣

[@dmanton300]

Utterly standard E model Apaches. There are no significant UK systems on it. T700 engines, all US comms and defensive systems. The AH-1 had lots of UK content. These are straight off of the US production line.

[@Aeronaut1975]

@@dmanton300 Ah Ok. I was asking because I'm currently reading "Apache" by Ed Macy, and he says that in Afghanistan British Apaches always used their Longbowradar with a full weapons and fuel load because the engines could take it, but US Apaches weren't able to do that as standard because their engines lacked the power that the Rolls-Royce engines afforded. I think he said that the British engines gave 30% more power and torque, although I can't remember the exact figure given. He also said that the British Apaches could easily get you back to base with no oil in the gearbox, but a US Apache's gearbox would quickly seize with no oil.

[@dmanton300]

@@Aeronaut1975 the rtm322 did have more power than the t700 initially used in the D model, and was the reason ours were the only Apaches regularly using the radar in Afghanistan. But the British Apache never received the uprated transmission to fully harness the RTMs power. It could fly at higher sustained outputs than the t700 but never really use all the power available. The T700-701D has more power than previous 700s , even if less than the 322. It'll be interesting to see if we end up in places hot again how we operate the E model. Dutch upgrades continue to fly without radar for the large part, as do the us army ones. After RR dropped involvement with the rtm engine, there was no overwhelming reason to keep it for the AH-64E, especially as the MOD was looking for an off-the-shelf buy. And it does release over one hundred engines for spares and support for our Merlin fleet, so those RTMs won't be wasted. I'm on the fence about our AH-64E. It is a much more capable platform than the D, but I do worry about the complete lack of any customisation for our needs, and especially the loss of HIDASS.

[@kudoteeldihichaishinichi809]

from japan

[@hazlinabdulhamid7461]

Sikorsky Rider X compound helicopter... ASEAN high alert...✌️😊✌️🇻🇳🇲🇲🇰🇭🇱🇦🇹🇭🇸🇬🇵🇭🇧🇳🇲🇾🇮🇩

[@pierrenivelt2586]

sorry broh at 0:12?

[@h.a.r.r.y.3788]

And people are telling me that the army are the poorest branch

[@Max_Snellink]

The ground crew are paid peanuts yet are one of the most qualified soldiers with multiple trades just to run the gig. But never get chance to do other courses as ground crew numbers are under manned. You can't change corps once in being a protected regiment. It's a rich flying club and the promotion is slow until you hit Staff Sgt.

[@Luke_storeyy]

Russia won’t be happy

[@propanbutan4634]

Funny how every country rich to poor can buy expensive military hardware but not fix roads or build hospitals you get me

[@lewislongmore]

It is a lot easier to purchase military hardware than it is to fix every road in a country

[@gkbxx9924]

@@lewislongmore They managed to inject half of em. Pretty sure they could feed them.

[@EYDuff]

@@lewislongmore Apparently not looking at Ajax.

[@ThePalaeontologist]

The NHS spends the equivalent value of a _Queen Elizabeth_-class aircraft carrier every 6 days. London Crossrail alone, is ~3x more than that.

[@heybabycometobutthead]

We already have enough hospitals, we need to send home millions of people who have made England one of tbe most overcrowded places on earth.

[@nicholaswoof88]

So the engine is still under Merlin or Boeing? Because the Merlin seems superior..

[@bmelo909]

They have more powerful GE engines. These are new GE and are superior to the RR engines. They are now able to be more powerful due to the transmission being able to handle more power now

[@latifsolaimankhil170]

Give me your life British officers and judges

[@PaulP580]

Knob

[@ichrolle8108]

Nato the best rest kick in the ...

[@tomstravels520]

So I’m guessing Westland/Leonardo/whatever they’re called now had no input. So are these GE engines?

[@georgebarnes8163]

Yes , T 700 engines

[@dmanton300]

Leonardo had no input to these Apaches at all. There is basically no UK content in them. Whether that's a good or bad thing is open to debate and time will tell. The ONLY difference I can see between our E and US Army Es is that during manufacture US Army get sugar scoop exhaust fairings, our retain the rearward facing black holes.

[@tomstravels520]

@@dmanton300 what about the rockets. They still using CRV-7?

[@dmanton300]

@@tomstravels520 yes, the crv-7 is still the 2.75 rocket in use.

[@allybo1]

Remember Morals win Wars to, present Day Moral and Troops are at a all time Low

[@SewerynPas]

Challanger 3 when?

[@errornamenotfound2513]

CR3 will be on service in 2027 if im not mistaken

[@nightwing.3378]

Why not buy 100 like Shouth Korea.