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List of aircraft and armaments of the Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)

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This is a list of aircraft and armaments of the Army Air Corps (British Army).

Aircraft

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From its founding in 1942;

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Retired

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Since its separation from the Royal Air Force in 1957;

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Helicopters

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Active

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Retired

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Fixed wing

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Active

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Retired

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Weapons and munitions

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Missiles

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Active

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Retired

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Unguided rockets

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Active

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Retired

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  • 68-mm (2.7-inch) SNEB air-to-surface rockets [32]
  • 70-mm (2.75-inch) CRV7 air-to-surface rockets [8]

Cannons

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Machine guns

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  • 7.62-mm FN MAG general purpose machine gun
  • 12.7-mm (0.50-inch) M2 Browning heavy machine gun

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Airspeed Horsa Glider | BAE Systems".
  2. ^ a b "Canadian Warplanes 4: Taylorcraft Auster Mk. III, IV and V, Auster AOP.6".
  3. ^ "General Aircraft GAL49 Hamilcar | BAE Systems".
  4. ^ "AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: GENERAL AIRCRAFT GAL.48 HOTSPUR".
  5. ^ "WACO 'Hadrian' Glider | ParaData".
  6. ^ "THE LONG RANGE DESERT GROUP (LRDG) DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR | Imperial War Museums".
  7. ^ "Air Force, WACO "C" Series Cabin Biplane - LRDG".
  8. ^ a b c d "Apache attack helicopter - Defence Equipment & Support".
  9. ^ "British Army Takes Delivery Of First New Apaches".
  10. ^ "There's a new eye in the sky bringing Wildcat to the fight | The British Army".
  11. ^ "London terror attack: SAS 'Blue Thunder' unit 'lands in London Bridge following atrocity' | The Independent | The Independent". Independent.co.uk.
  12. ^ "UK selects H135s to replace British Army's elderly Gazelle helicopters".
  13. ^ "Agusta A109 Of 8 Flight Army Air Corps".
  14. ^ "Bristol 171 Sycamore | BAE Systems".
  15. ^ "Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP Mk 12".
  16. ^ "SE3130 Alouette II in Army Air Corps".
  17. ^ "British Army poised to retire last Lynx | News | Flight Global".
  18. ^ "Westland Scout AH-1 - Historic Army Aircraft Flight".
  19. ^ licence built Bell design by both Westland and Agusta
  20. ^ "First of five Airbus H135s arrives in UK For Army Air Corps | RotorTech UK".
  21. ^ "Army helicopters worth £35million shelved before even taking off in 'wastage' nightmare | News | express.co.uk".
  22. ^ "Tutor T1 | Royal Air Force".
  23. ^ "Auster AOP.9 - Historic Army Aircraft Flight".
  24. ^ "British Army retires final Defender, Islander aircraft".
  25. ^ "De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver | BAE Systems".
  26. ^ "De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk | BAE Systems".
  27. ^ a b "Slingsby Firefly Experience - Anglian War Birds".
  28. ^ "The United Kingdom has selected the Lockheed Martin AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) for its Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian fleet".
  29. ^ "March 21 / Westland Lynx First Flight — European Airshows".
  30. ^ "Westland Scout | Westland Light Helicopters Heritage Group".
  31. ^ Administrator (27 October 2023). "Apache AH-64E declared "ready for Army duty"". Defence Equipment & Support. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  32. ^ "ZA730 | Westland Gazelle AH.1 | Grant | Gazelle Squadron".
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