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Winding up the whirly attackers.
The first 'pure' attack helicopter, as we know it today, was Bell's AH-1G Cobra, which initially flew on 7 September 1965. It was armed for ground attack with four seven-centimetre rocket pods on stub wings and with a 7.62 mm machine gun and a 40 mm grenade launcher mounted on a nose turret. As anti-tank guided weapons were developed, the attack helicopter assumed the anti-armour role. Armed with Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon) BGM-71 Tows, the AH-1-series went on to become a world standard, serving ...
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