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Watch: Insane footage of Turkish attack helicopters unloading 20mm cannons on target

November 29, 2018
Alex Hollings 1 Comment Military Aviation, Video

Footage of Turkish T-129 attack helicopters unleashing their 20mm cannons on a training target have found their way onto social media. These attack helicopters have been in service in Turkey’s military since 2014, and have seen action on at least two occasions: once within Turkey’s borders in counter-terror operations, and again earlier this year in Afrin, where one T-129 was shot down by Kurdish YPG fighters.

There are a number of nations that have expressed interest in purchasing the T-129, including Poland, the United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia — making these sorts of training videos more than a display of the Turkish military’s firepower, but also an important advertising tool aimed at foreign prospects. Military aviation around the world has increasingly become an export-focused industry, as nations hope to offset the high development and production costs of creating new platforms by distributing that cost among other purchasers. Russia’s now all-but-dead Su-57, as an example, effectively died the moment India backed out as an investor. Russia alone simply couldn’t swing the cost of doing advanced fighter business.

As far as advertisements go, this one is pretty cool:

Scary attack 😎 pic.twitter.com/wWpNYqDJtu

— Rotarywing (@Rotarywings1) May 4, 2018

In another video captured at the same training event, you can even see the T-129s firing their 20mm cannons from inside the cockpit of one of the helicopters.

 

Scary attack 😎 pic.twitter.com/wWpNYqDJtu

— Rotarywing (@Rotarywings1) May 4, 2018

 

Feature images courtesy of Twitter

About the Author

Alex Hollings Alex Hollings writes on a breadth of subjects ranging from fitness to foreign policy, all presented through the lens of his experiences as a U.S. Marine, athlete and scholar. A football player, rugby player and fighter, Hollings has spent the better part of his adult life competing in some of the most physically demanding sports on the planet. Hollings possesses a master's degree in communications from Southern New Hampshire University, as well as a bachelor's degree in Corporate and Organizational Communications from Framingham State University.

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