AH-1Z Viper

The AH-1Z Viper (Sometimes called the "Supercobra" or "Zulu-Cobra" is the main attack Helicopter of the United State's Marine Corps. It is an upgraded version of the AH-1W Supercobra. The helicopter is a dedicated weapons system with technology surpassing that of the Army's AH-64 Apache.

It features a 4 blade rotor system, updated transmission and a new target sighting system.

Ingame AH-1Z
In Battlefield 2, the AH-1Z is the United State's Marine Corps attack helicopter, it is manned by two people, the Pilot and the Gunner. The Pilot controls the flight of the Aircraft and the 70mm rocket pods whilst the gunner has control of the M197 20mm gatling gun and TV Guided Hellfire Anti-tank Missiles. It is slightly better than the WZ-10 because the gunner has a better field of view in the cockpit because of the sighting system not being in the way, but this is overcame by switching views.

Diffrences
The AH-1Z ingame is very diffrent from the AH-1Z in real life. Since Battlefield 2 was released in 2005, and the current model (And quite pissibly the final one, leading onto it's full on production) was only revealed in 2007-8, there are great diffrences. Some are listed here:

The Stubwings are that of the AH-1W Supercobra, Not the Zulu variant. They differ in that they are longer.

The Engine configuration is that of the Whiskey variant aswell, the exhausts are turned out to the sides on the Zulu variant.