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{{Short description|Iranian attack helicopter}}
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{{Infobox aircraft
  |name = Panha 2091 Toufan
  |image =File:Balgard tofan6 (cropped).jpg
  |caption =Toufan in flight
  |type = [[Attack helicopter]]
  |manufacturer = [[Bell Helicopter Textron]] <br/>[[PANHA|Panha]]
  |designer =
  |first_flight =
  |introduction = 1998 <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120206174635/http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4103/imfhesacobra7xkng0.jpg Iranian Gunship upgrade]</ref>
  |retired =
  |number_built = 
  |primary_user = [[Islamic Republic of Iran Army]]
  |more_users = 
  |status = Active
  |unit cost =
  |developed_from = [[Bell AH-1 SuperCobra|Bell AH-1J International]]
  |variants = 
}}
The '''Panha 2091 "Toufan"''' is an Iranian overhaul and upgrade of the [[Bell AH-1J International]] (export version of the SeaCobra) [[attack helicopter]] purchased before the 1979 [[Islamic Revolution]].<ref name="janes">[http://www.janes.com/defence/air_forces/news/jdw/jdw010827_1_n.shtml Panha hovers between repair and manufacturing] Janes.com</ref> The overhaul and upgrade program is known as project number 2091 of the [[Iranian Helicopter Support and Renewal Company]] (also known as Panha).

==Design==
Reported upgrades include:<ref name="janes"/>

* new cockpit armored panels
* new, Iranian-designed canopy
* new avionics
* nose-mounted camera
* new cockpit design

The upgraded attack helicopter has a narrower airframe for greater flexibility and is armed with an M197 three-barreled 20-mm Gatling-type cannon in the A/A49E turret. Its wing-stub stations carry a pair of 19-tube 70-mm rocket launchers.

Bulletproof glass protects the pilot's cockpit and weapons officer station, internal [[avionics]] have been revamped with the addition of a [[GPS]] and receiver in the nose, and a warning [[radar]] attached to the rear, with four antennae providing 360 degrees coverage and all electronics systems integrated.

==Specifications==
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|empty weight kg=2802
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|max takeoff weight kg=4530
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|rot dia m=13
|rot area sqm=132.75
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|range km=600
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|armament=
:* [[M197 Gatling gun|M197]] 3-barreled 20 mm "Gatling-style" cannon in the [[U.S. Helicopter Armament Subsystems#AH-1 Cobra|M97 turret]] (750 rounds ammo capacity)
:* 2.75 in (70 mm) [[Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket|Mk 40]] or [[Hydra 70]] rockets in 7 or 19 round pods
:* 5 in (127 mm) [[Zuni (rocket)|Zuni]] rockets - 8 rockets in two 4-round LAU-10D/A launchers
:* [[AIM-9 Sidewinder]] / [[Misagh-2]] Anti-Aircraft Missiles - 1 mounted on each hardpoint
:* [[Toophan|Toophan ATGM]] - 1 dual or quad launcher on each wing

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==See also==
{{commons|AH-1 Cobra}}
{{aircontent|
|related=
* [[Bell AH-1 Cobra]]
* [[Bell AH-1 SuperCobra]]
* [[IAIO Toufan]]

|similar aircraft=
* [[Agusta A129 Mangusta]]
* [[AgustaWestland Apache]]
* [[Boeing AH-64 Apache]]
* [[CAIC Z-10]]
* [[Denel Rooivalk]]
* [[Eurocopter Tiger]]
* [[HAL Prachand]]
* [[Harbin Z-19]]
* [[Kamov Ka-50]]
* [[Kawasaki OH-1]]
* [[Mil Mi-24]]
* [[Mil Mi-28]]
* [[TAI/AgustaWestland T129 ATAK]]

|lists=
* [[List of aircraft of the Iranian Air Force]]
* [[List of attack aircraft]]
* [[List of rotorcraft]]

|see also=
* [[Defense industry of Iran]]
* [[Equipment of the Iranian Army]]
* [[Iran Aviation Industries Organization]]
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/01/irans-copycat-arsenal/ Toufan 2]

{{Iran Military}}
{{Iranian Aircraft}}
{{Huey family}}

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