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Do RAF Gazelles carry guns?
just curious after reading the following article
http://www.earthfiles.com/news/news....ry=Environment the witnesses said the helicopter appeared armed but i don't think the RAF use gazelles for gunship roles do they? |
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On 5 Sep 2003 07:09:38 -0700, (Prowlus) wrote:
just curious after reading the following article http://www.earthfiles.com/news/news....ry=Environment the witnesses said the helicopter appeared armed but i don't think the RAF use gazelles for gunship roles do they? No, but Gazelles have been fitted with fixed and door-mounted GPMGs. Air Marshall Kramer will be relieved to know I have experienced this with my own eyes as DP-wearing self-loading cargo. Gavin Bailey -- Another user rings. "I need more space" he says. "Well, why not move to Texas?", I ask. - The ******* Operator From Hell |
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On 5 Sep 2003 07:09:38 -0700, (Prowlus) wrote:
just curious after reading the following article http://www.earthfiles.com/news/news....ry=Environment the witnesses said the helicopter appeared armed but i don't think the RAF use gazelles for gunship roles do they? Sounds like an insurance scam to me. Not that the helicopter wasn't there, but the cracks in the house.... |
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Big Dave wrote:
They were Army Gazelles & they were armed with TOW missiles plus at least one of them had seen service during the 1982 Falklands conflict. Gazelles with Tow? Lynx', sure. Guy |
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On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 01:54:40 GMT, Guy Alcala
wrote: Big Dave wrote: They were Army Gazelles & they were armed with TOW missiles plus at least one of them had seen service during the 1982 Falklands conflict. Gazelles with Tow? Lynx', sure. I know the French have armed Gazelles with HOT missiles in the past, roof mounted sight and all, analogous with the AH.1 Lynxs, but I've never heard of anything heavier than a pintle mounted GPMG on an AAC Gazelle, and that in itself is very rare IIRC. Peter Kemp |
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In article , Guy Alcala
writes Big Dave wrote: They were Army Gazelles & they were armed with TOW missiles plus at least one of them had seen service during the 1982 Falklands conflict. Gazelles with Tow? Lynx', sure. 'Falklands the Air War' has several pictures of Gazelles with SNEB packs on each side (looks like 6 rockets per pack). Apparently most Gazelles were so fitted but it sounds like none actually fired anything. No mention of anything else. Scouts were fitted with SS.11 missiles (which I assume were wire- guided?). -- John |
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Peter Kemp wrote in message ... On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 01:54:40 GMT, Guy Alcala wrote: Big Dave wrote: They were Army Gazelles & they were armed with TOW missiles plus at least one of them had seen service during the 1982 Falklands conflict. Gazelles with Tow? Lynx', sure. I know the French have armed Gazelles with HOT missiles in the past, roof mounted sight and all, analogous with the AH.1 Lynxs, but I've never heard of anything heavier than a pintle mounted GPMG on an AAC Gazelle, and that in itself is very rare IIRC. Peter Kemp Yugoslav SA 342 Gazelles carry FOUR "maljutka" (Sagger?) improved missiles (CLOS instead of the manual guidance). It also carries two SA-7 AA missiles. Nele NULLA ROSA SINE SPINA |
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"Prowlus" wrote in message om... the witnesses said the helicopter appeared armed but i don't think the RAF use gazelles for gunship roles do they? No. But didn't the LAPD paint their's blue and put a great big Gatling gun on the front? :^) Si |
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