Do RAF Gazelles carry guns?

[Prowlus]

just curious after reading the following article

http://www.earthfiles.com/news/news.cfm?ID=575&category=Environment

the witnesses said the helicopter appeared armed but i don't think the
RAF use gazelles for gunship roles do they?

[Greg Hennessy]

On 5 Sep 2003 07:09:38 -0700, (Prowlus) wrote:

>just curious after reading the following article
>
>http://www.earthfiles.com/news/news.cfm?ID=575&category=Environment
>
>the witnesses said the helicopter appeared armed

Well they would say that given the alleged camera man is a conspiracy nut
follower of David Icke.



greg


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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.cfm?ID=575&category=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

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[El Bastardo]

On 5 Sep 2003 07:09:38 -0700, (Prowlus) wrote:

>just curious after reading the following article
>
>http://www.earthfiles.com/news/news.cfm?ID=575&category=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....

[Guy Alcala]

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

[Peter Kemp]

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

[John Halliwell]

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

[Nele_VII]

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

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[Simon Robbins]

"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