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
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
- Airbus H145 Jupiter HC.2[12]
Retired
- Westland Gazelle[13]
- Agusta A109[14]
- Bristol Sycamore- Four helicopters.[15]
- Eurocopter Squirrel
- Saunders-Roe Skeeter – First helicopter used by Army Air Corps[16]
- Sud Aviation Alouette II[17]
- Westland Lynx[18]
- Westland Scout[19]
- Westland Sioux[20]
- Bell 212 – Used by 25 Flight AAC at British Army Training Unit Kenya
- Airbus H135[21] – was to replace the Gazelle in the surveillance role. However, the MoD decided that they were no longer required for their procured purpose.[22]
- AgustaWestland Apache AH1
Fixed wing
Active
- Grob Tutor T1 (at 674 Squadron, DEFTS and Army Flying Grading) [23]
Retired
- Auster AOP.9[24]
- Britten-Norman Islander/Defender[25]
- de Havilland Canada Beaver[26]
- de Havilland Canada Chipmunk[27]
- Slingsby Firefly T-67M260 (at 674 Squadron, DEFTS) [28]
- Slingsby Firefly 160 (at Army Flying Grading) [28]
Minor aircraft
- Auster A.2/45 - Air Observation post aircraft. Two prototype aircraft
- Heston JC.6 - Air observation Post aircraft. Two prototype aircraft
- Edgar Percival E.P.9 - Light utility aircraft. Two prototype aircraft were bought by the British Army in 1958.
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[29]
Retired
- BGM-71 TOW – Air-to-surface, anti-tank guided missile. Carried by the Westland Lynx.[30]
- AS.11 – MCLS wire-guided air-to-surface anti-tank missile. Carried by the Westland Scout[31]
Unguided rockets
Active
Retired
Cannons
- 30-mm M230 Chain Gun[8]
Machine guns
- 7.62-mm (0.300-inch) FN MAG L112A1 general purpose machine gun
- 12.7-mm (0.50-inch) M3M Browning heavy machine gun