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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. AH-1Z lift off the USS New Orleans (LPD 18) (cropped): U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dominique Pineiro· Public domain
- 2. AH-1Z Viper Armament: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tom Tonthat· Public domain
- 3. AH-1Z Viper Strait of Hormuz: Lance Cpl. Dalton S. Swanbeck· Public domain
- 4. AH-1Z at Miramar Airshow Oct 3 2008: Looper5920 ( talk )· Public domain
- 5. AH-1Z attack helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775 Group 41, execute pre-flight checks and procedures (cropped): Cpl. Jonathan L. Gonzalez· Public domain
- 6. AH-1Z lands on USS Makin Island LHD-8: Cpl. Preston Reed· Public domain
- 7. AH-1Z pilots with helmet mounted displays: Cpl. Preston Reed· Public domain
- 8. AH1Z at the MCAS Miramar Air Show on 3 Oct 2008: Looper5920 ( talk )· Public domain
- 9. Bell AH-1Z Viper CzAF 0487 at NATO Days 2023: Boevaya mashina· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. MRF-D Marines maintain AH-1Z Viper (7962582): U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel Childs· Public domain
what is it?
The Bell AH-1Z Viper is a twin-engine attack helicopter, based on the AH-1W SuperCobra, designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Bell Helicopter. It is one of the latest members of the prolific Bell Huey family. It is often called "Zulu Cobra", based on the military phonetic alphabet pronunciation of its variant letter.
How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 14.6 m main rotor
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 26 years ago, in 2000.
- Rotor of 14.6 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
turboshaft: A turbine that turns a shaft, usually a helicopter rotor.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 2000-12-08
- introduced
- 2010
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 28
- role
- attack helicopter
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Bell Textron
- engines
- 2× General Electric T700-GE-401C
- length
- 17.8 m
- rotor diameter
- 14.6 m
- height
- 4.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 8,392 kg
- top speed
- —
- cruise speed
- 296 km/h
- range
- 685 km
- ceiling
- 6,096 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2419137, Wikipedia: Bell AH-1Z Viper (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.