AH-1 Cobra

The Bell AH-1W 'Super Cobra', is an attack helicopter featured in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops. It is used by the United States Marine Corps as their Primary Attack Helicopter in Game.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Cobras played a significant role in the USMC military invasion of the unnamed Middle Eastern country in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The first sighting is in The Bog where Lt. Vasquez calls support from two Cobras to attack a building full of enemies. The most significant role is in Shock and Awe where they fire at infantry and armor. And the last sighting in Call of Duty 4 is also in Shock and Awe when the nuke goes off.

When a helicopter is called in during a multiplayer session, the Marines, SAS., U.S. Army Rangers, Task Force 141, or U.S. Navy S.E.A.L.s will get Cobras. OpFor, Spetsnaz, or the Brazilian Militia will get the Mi-24 "Hind" helicopter. The hardpoints on the helicopter are oddly arranged, however. One wing has only one rocket pod on it, while the other wing has only Hellfire missiles. Loadouts are usually symmetrical, so as to avoid unbalancing the helicopter.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the Cobra does not appear in the Campaign or the Special Ops mode as an Attack Helicopter, only as props in the airplane graveyard in the level The Enemy Of My Enemy in campaign mode and its only seen and used in multiplayer matches.

Call of Duty: Black Ops
In Call of Duty: Black Ops it is used as Attack Helicopter killstreak reward. A few can also be seen during the defense of Khe Sanh in the level SOG.

Trivia

 * The AH-1W Super Cobra was originally to be used in a single-player mission known only as "Cobra Pilot". The player was to provide air support from the helicopter. The mission was cut from the final version of the game, and the only proof that it ever existed are a file called "compass_map_pilotcobra.iwi" and a file that came with the mod tools called "cobrapilot.str".


 * Some players have mistaken this for an AH-64 Apache, because their appearance and weapons are similar.

Known Cobras

 * Cobra Two
 * Deadly

Video
thumb|300px|left|An AH-1W's evasive manoeuvrings.