HESA Shahed 285
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| Type: | Light multipurpose helicopter |
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HESA |
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2009 |
HESA Shahed 285 ( Persian شاهد ۲۸۵, dt .: witness) is a light attack or reconnaissance helicopter made in Iran .
The helicopter is an Iranian in-house development, but it is essentially based on the American Bell 206B JetRanger helicopter . The maiden flight took place in 2009 and since then only a small number of this model appears to have been procured by the armed forces.
The single-seat helicopter is only lightly armed and has a maximum total mass of 1.45 t. The Shahed 285 can only carry a small load of weapons outboard. The main armament is a machine gun of the 7.62 mm or 12.7 mm caliber.
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