These Are the Most Expensive Military Vehicles in History

7. Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma – France

Produced by Aerospace (now Airbus) Principal Users: Babcock Mission Critical Services Offshore, CHC Helicopter, Spanish Air Force, French Air and Space Force * Price: $15.5 million per unit* In use since the late 1970s is the Eurocopter A S332 Super Puma. Currently, the Spanish Air Force, CHC Helicopter, Babcock Mission Critical Services Offshore, and the French Air and Space Force are the main users of it. A utility helicopter, the Super Puma, is now known as the Airbus Helicopter H215.

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Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma (France) | Wikimedia.org/Mark Harkin The Super Puma is an aircraft designed by Aerospatiale (Airbus) that stands out for a few reasons, including its streamlined nose and ventral fin located beneath its tail boom. A thousand of these units have been manufactured. The cost of production is approximately $15.5 million per unit; however, several cost-cutting measures have been implemented in an attempt to lower the price.

8. Soryu Class Submarine – Japan

Manufacturer: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is the main user. Each unit costs $6.1 million. Attack vessels powered by diesel and electricity, the Soryu-class submarines, are in the service of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The first of the classes, whose design was an improved Oyashio class, went into service in 2009. Because of Soryu's X-shaped stern, which combines rudders and diving planes, you can tell the two classes apart.

Chinese Submarine of the Soryu Class ©commons.wikimedia.org Because it was Japan's first air-independent propulsion submarine, the Soryu-class is notable. The Stirling engines, which are made by Kawasaki, allow the submarines to submerge for extended periods of time. One of the class's submarines, Oryu, was the first in the world to use lithium-ion batteries.