This is a list of aircraft and armaments of the Army Air Corps (British Army).
Aircraft
From its founding in 1942;
Retired
Airspeed Horsa
Auster AOP.6
General Aircraft Hamilcar
General Aircraft Hotspur
Taylorcraft Auster
Waco Hadrian
Waco YKC and ZGC-7 – Two civil aircraft purchased by the British Army in Egypt and used by the Long Range Desert Group.
Since its separation from the Royal Air Force in 1957;
Helicopters
Active
Boeing AH-64E Apache
AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin – Used by Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing in support of UKSF Bell 212 – Used by 25 Flight AAC at British Army Training Unit Kenya Airbus H135 – Replacing Gazelle in the surveillance role, currently used for training at No. 1 Flying Training School RAF AgustaWestland Apache AH1 – Being retired and replaced by 2024
Retired
Westland Gazelle
Agusta A109
Bristol Sycamore
Eurocopter Squirrel
Saunders-Roe Skeeter – First helicopter used by Army Air Corps
Sud Aviation Alouette II
Westland Lynx
Westland Scout
Westland Sioux
Fixed wing
Active
Grob Tutor T1 (at 674 Squadron, DEFTS and Army Flying Grading)
Retired
Auster AOP.9
Britten-Norman Islander/Defender
de Havilland Canada Beaver
de Havilland Canada Chipmunk
Slingsby Firefly T-67M260 (at 674 Squadron, DEFTS) Slingsby Firefly 160 (at Army Flying Grading)
Weapons and munitions
Missiles
Active
AGM-114 Hellfire – Air-to-surface, laser-guided anti-tank missile. Carried by the Boeing AH-64E Apache AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) – Carried by the Boeing AH-64E Apache
Retired
BGM-71 TOW – Air-to-surface, anti-tank guided missile. Carried by the Westland Lynx. AS.11 – MCLS wire-guided air-to-surface anti-tank missile. Carried by the Westland Scout
Unguided rockets
Active
70-mm (2.75-inch) Hydra 70 air-to-surface rockets
Retired
68-mm (2.7-inch) SNEB air-to-surface rockets
70-mm (2.75-inch) CRV7 air-to-surface rockets
Cannons
30-mm M230 Chain Gun
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
External links
Army Air Corps at official British Army website
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