A Franco-German dedicated combat-helicopter family developed for anti-armor, armed reconnaissance, escort, and battlefield attack missions.
Development
Eurocopter Tiger was developed by Eurocopter in France as a attack aircraft. The family first flew in 1991. Its recorded airframe configuration is rotorcraft, with the family classified in the archive as core combat-aircraft scope.
Operational History
Operationally, Eurocopter Tiger is represented primarily in the attack aircraft role. The sourced variant records include service with French Army Light Aviation and German Army Aviation. The current structured record does not attach a specific conflict authority to this family; operational context remains limited to sourced service and role data. Role tags attached to the family include battlefield interdiction.
Variants and Lineage
Major variants represented in the structured record include Tiger PT1, Tiger HAP, Tiger UHT development, Tiger UHT production, Tiger HAD development, and Tiger HAD, with additional variants retained in the family record.
Variants
| Designation | Type | Role | Recorded operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger HAD | Production | Attack | French Army Light Aviation |
| Tiger HAD development | Prototype | Attack | French Army Light Aviation |
| Tiger HAP | Production | Attack | French Army Light Aviation |
| Tiger MkIII development standard | Upgrade | Attack | French Army Light Aviation |
| Tiger PT1 | Prototype | Attack | French Army Light Aviation |
| Tiger UHT development | Prototype | Attack | German Army Aviation |
| Tiger UHT production | Production | Attack | German Army Aviation |
Representative specifications
Configuration-specific profiles are shown separately so values from different variants are not blended into one false “standard” aircraft.
Tiger PT1 — C017 baseline technical profile
- Crew
- 2
Powerplant: 2 × MTU/Turbomeca/Rolls-Royce MTR390 turboshafts
Armament: Cannon on applicable variants with anti-tank missiles, rockets, and air-to-air missiles by national configuration.
Sources and further reading
Structured references supporting this aircraft family, variants, specifications, and narrative sections.
- The Tiger combat helicopter: Three decades of flight, and many more to come — Airbus · Tier 2
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1999-00 — Jane's Information Group · Tier 3
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2005-06 — Jane's Information Group · Tier 3
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2010-11 — Jane's Information Group · Tier 3
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2013-14 — Jane's Information Group · Tier 3
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2024-25 — Jane's Information Group · Tier 3