Australian Army scores Bulls-Eye with first Hellfire II launched from a Eurocopter Tiger ARH

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An Australian Army "Tiger" Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Photo by Able Seaman Phillip Cullinan Photo courtesy: Australian Department of Defence

Two Australian Army "Tiger" Armed Reconnaissance HelicopterPhoto by Able Seaman Phillip Cullinan Photo courtesy: Australian Department of Defence

Two Australian Army "Tiger" Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters on their inaugural flight as part of the Australian Defence Force. Photo by Able Seaman Phillip Cullinan Photo courtesy: Australian Department of Defence

An ARH Tiger over Canberra Photo by Corporal Rob Nyffenegger, Photo courtesy: Australian Department of Defence

A Hellfire II blast fragmentation missile. Click on the image for a preview, click HERE for a Quicktime video.

A Hellfire II blast fragmentation missile. Click on the image for a preview, click HERE for a Quicktime video.

An Apache helicopter launches a Hellfire II missile which is then tracked into the distance where it successfully targets an armoured vehicle. Click on the image for a preview, click HERE for a Quicktime video.">HERE for a Quicktime video." border="0">

A Hellfire II missile about to obliterate an armoured vehicle. Click on the image for a preview, click HERE for a Quicktime video.

The Hellfire comes in a number of variants