armed helicopter

An armed helicopter is a military helicopter equipped with aircraft ordnance. Most commonly, it is used for attacking targets on the ground. Such a helicopter could be either purposely designed for a ground-attack mission—in which case it would be more specifically categorized as an attack helicopter—or may have been previously designed for other uses, such as utility, air cargo, aerial reconnaissance, etc., with the weapons mounts being modifications, rather than part of the design of the helicopter. The purpose of the modification to an armed helicopter configuration can be field expediency during combat, the lack of military funding to develop or purchase attack helicopters, or the need to maintain the helicopter for missions that do not require the weapons.

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combat helicopter; helicopter, armed
military helicopter, weapon, 
attack helicopter, Aérospatiale SA 341 Gazelle, Bell 207 Sioux Scout, combat helicopter, Doblhoff WNF 342, HAL Rudra, Incendiary Bomb 10 kg P.u.W., Korea Aerospace Industries LAH-1 Miron, weapon, weapon functional class, 

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  Bell 207 Sioux Scout ⓘ
  experimental attack helicopter

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  HAL Rudra ⓘ
  attack variant of the HAL Dhruv helicopter

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  Korea Aerospace Industries LAH-1 Miron ⓘ
  south korean armed helicopter

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  Aérospatiale SA 341 Gazelle ⓘ
  light helicopter family

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  attack helicopter ⓘ
  aircraft class designed to attack ground targets with lift provided by a powered rotor

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  combat helicopter ⓘ
  military helicopter class

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KAI LAH-1 Miron armed helicopter

KAI LAH-1 Miron armed helicopter

A Bell AH-1 SuperCobra attack helicopter refueling at FARP.

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	aircraft		Bell 207 Sioux Scout	armed helicopter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		HAL Rudra	armed helicopter, Dhruv	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Korea Aerospace Industries LAH-1 Miron	armed helicopter	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1973	Aérospatiale SA 341 Gazelle	utility helicopter, armed helicopter	Wikidata
class	weapon		attack helicopter	attack aircraft, armed helicopter, military helicopter	Wikidata
class	weapon		combat helicopter	combat aircraft, armed helicopter, military helicopter	Wikidata
commons	image		KAI LAH-1 Miron armed helicopter		Commons
commons	image		KAI LAH-1 Miron armed helicopter		Commons
commons	image		A Bell AH-1 SuperCobra attack helicopter refueling at FARP.		Commons