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APACHE (AH MK1)

 

 

An Apache gunship of 9 Regiment 656 Squadron Army Air Corps, hovering over the Devon countryside, during Exercise Bowman Vanguard. Exercise Bowman Vanguard tested the combat capability of the new Bowman communications system and the Apache gunship. They were based on board HMS Ocean, a helicopter carrier for the duration of the exercise. The culmination of the exercise saw the live firing of various weapons from the Apache gunships at the Castlemartin ranges in South Wales. Although the firepower of the Apache replaces the obsolete TOW weapons on the Lynx Mk7, the venerable and much smaller helicopter still has a role to play in supporting its more fearsome-looking brother in maritime operations.

 

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