List of aircraft and armaments of the Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)
This is a list of aircraft and armaments of the Army Air Corps (British Army).
Aircraft
[edit]From its founding in 1942;
[edit]Retired
[edit]- 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;
[edit]Helicopters
[edit]Active
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Active
[edit]- Grob Tutor T1 (at 674 Squadron, DEFTS and Army Flying Grading) [22]
Retired
[edit]- 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
[edit]Missiles
[edit]Active
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Active
[edit]Retired
[edit]Cannons
[edit]- 30-mm M230 Chain Gun[8]
Machine guns
[edit]- 7.62-mm FN MAG general purpose machine gun
- 12.7-mm (0.50-inch) M2 Browning heavy machine gun
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "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".