The Eurocopter Tiger, the most powerful assault helicopter, is the dominant force in western Europe
The Eurocopter Tiger, a joint effort between France and Germany and produced by Eurocopter, is widely regarded as the most potent design for attack helicopters in Western Europe. It was in the latter part of the twentieth century that attack helicopters really came into their own; “armed to the teeth,” these machines could do almost anything on the battlefield. They started to be replaced. Tiger’s development began during the cold wαr. In 1984, the governments of France and West Germany demanded an advanced multipurpose battlefield helicopter. It was intended to be an anti-tank helicopter platform used to counter a potential Soviet land invasion into Western Europe. The long development period, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the financial difficulties caused the project seem to be collapse. There have been calculations that the US-made McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache attack helicopter would be a significantly cheaper alternative than developing an entirely new hel...