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This is a
list of aircraft and armaments of the
Army Air Corps
(
British Army
).
Aircraft
From its founding in 1942;
Retired
Airspeed Horsa
[1]
Auster AOP.6
[2]
General Aircraft Hamilcar
[3]
General Aircraft Hotspur
[4]
Taylorcraft Auster
[2]
Waco Hadrian
[5]
Waco YKC
and
ZGC-7
[6]
– Two civil aircraft purchased by the British Army in
Egypt
and used by the
Long Range Desert Group
.
[7]
Since its separation from the
Royal Air Force
in
1957
;
Helicopters
Active
Boeing AH-64E Apache
[8]
[9]
AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat
[10]
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin
[11]
– Used by
Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing
in support of
UKSF
Retired
Westland Gazelle
[12]
Agusta A109
[13]
Bristol Sycamore
[14]
Eurocopter Squirrel
Saunders-Roe Skeeter
– First helicopter used by Army Air Corps
[15]
Sud Aviation Alouette II
[16]
Westland Lynx
[17]
Westland Scout
[18]
Westland Sioux
[19]
Bell 212
– Used by
25 Flight AAC
at
British Army Training Unit Kenya
Airbus H135
[20]
– was to replace the Gazelle in the surveillance role. However, the MoD decided that they were no longer required for their procured purpose.
[21]
AgustaWestland Apache AH1
Fixed wing
Active
Grob Tutor T1
(at
674 Squadron
, DEFTS and Army Flying Grading)
[22]
Retired
Auster AOP.9
[23]
Britten-Norman Islander
/
Defender
[24]
de Havilland Canada Beaver
[25]
de Havilland Canada Chipmunk
[26]
Slingsby Firefly T-67M260
(at
674 Squadron
, DEFTS)
[27]
Slingsby Firefly 160
(at Army Flying Grading)
[27]
Weapons and munitions
Missiles
Active
AGM-114 Hellfire
– Air-to-surface, laser-guided anti-tank missile. Carried by the
Boeing AH-64E Apache
[8]
AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile
(JAGM) – Carried by the
Boeing AH-64E Apache
[28]
Retired
BGM-71 TOW
– Air-to-surface,
anti-tank guided missile
. Carried by the
Westland Lynx
.
[29]
AS.11
–
MCLS
wire-guided
air-to-surface
anti-tank missile
. Carried by the
Westland Scout
[30]
Unguided rockets
Active
70-mm (2.75-inch)
Hydra 70
air-to-surface rockets
[31]
Retired
68-mm (2.7-inch)
SNEB
air-to-surface rockets
[32]
70-mm (2.75-inch)
CRV7
air-to-surface rockets
[8]
Cannons
30-mm
M230 Chain Gun
[8]
Machine guns
7.62-mm
FN MAG
general purpose machine gun
12.7-mm (0.50-inch)
M2 Browning
heavy machine gun
See also
List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force
List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm
Notes and references
^
"Airspeed Horsa Glider | BAE Systems"
.
^
a
b
"Canadian Warplanes 4: Taylorcraft Auster Mk. III, IV and V, Auster AOP.6"
.
^
"General Aircraft GAL49 Hamilcar | BAE Systems"
.
^
"AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: GENERAL AIRCRAFT GAL.48 HOTSPUR"
.
^
"WACO 'Hadrian' Glider | ParaData"
.
^
"THE LONG RANGE DESERT GROUP (LRDG) DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR | Imperial War Museums"
.
^
"Air Force, WACO "C" Series Cabin Biplane - LRDG"
.
^
a
b
c
d
"Apache attack helicopter - Defence Equipment & Support"
.
^
"British Army Takes Delivery Of First New Apaches"
.
^
"There's a new eye in the sky bringing Wildcat to the fight | The British Army"
.
^
"London terror attack: SAS 'Blue Thunder' unit 'lands in London Bridge following atrocity' | The Independent | The Independent"
.
Independent.co.uk
.
^
"UK selects H135s to replace British Army's elderly Gazelle helicopters"
.
^
"Agusta A109 Of 8 Flight Army Air Corps"
.
^
"Bristol 171 Sycamore | BAE Systems"
.
^
"Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP Mk 12"
.
^
"SE3130 Alouette II in Army Air Corps"
.
^
"British Army poised to retire last Lynx | News | Flight Global"
.
^
"Westland Scout AH-1 - Historic Army Aircraft Flight"
.
^
licence built Bell design by both Westland and Agusta
^
"First of five Airbus H135s arrives in UK For Army Air Corps | RotorTech UK"
.
^
"Army helicopters worth £35million shelved before even taking off in 'wastage' nightmare | News | express.co.uk"
.
^
"Tutor T1 | Royal Air Force"
.
^
"Auster AOP.9 - Historic Army Aircraft Flight"
.
^
"British Army retires final Defender, Islander aircraft"
.
^
"De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver | BAE Systems"
.
^
"De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk | BAE Systems"
.
^
a
b
"Slingsby Firefly Experience - Anglian War Birds"
.
^
"The United Kingdom has selected the Lockheed Martin AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) for its Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian fleet"
.
^
"March 21 / Westland Lynx First Flight — European Airshows"
.
^
"Westland Scout | Westland Light Helicopters Heritage Group"
.
^
Administrator (27 October 2023).
"Apache AH-64E declared "ready for Army duty"
"
.
Defence Equipment & Support
. Retrieved
31 October
2023
.
^
"ZA730 | Westland Gazelle AH.1 | Grant | Gazelle Squadron"
.
External links
Army Air Corps at official British Army website
Categories
:
Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)
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