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

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
• 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]

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]

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)

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^[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

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

External links

• Army Air Corps at official British Army website

Notes and References

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