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AH-64E Apache vs Mi-28N: how to tell them apart

Two military helicopters that are easy to mix up at a glance. Here is what tells them apart.

AH-64E Apache, military helicopter from USA

AH-64E Apache

Military helicopter, USA. In service since 2013

What gives it away

Tandem stepped cockpit, chin gun, stub wings, four-blade rotor with tail rotor.

Used by

USA, UK, Netherlands, Japan and others

Photo: Shanze1, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Mi-28N, military helicopter from Russia

Mi-28N

Military helicopter, Russia. In service since 2009

What gives it away

Tandem stepped cockpit with flat armoured glass, chin cannon, stub wings, five-blade main rotor.

Used by

Russia, Iraq, Algeria

Photo: Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
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