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FM 17-50 Attack Helicopter Operations

FM 17-50

Attack Helicopter Operations

Army · FM · Jul 1977 · 128 pages

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THIS MANUAL describes how attack helicopter battalions and companies fight. Attack helicopter units are organized primarily to destroy tanks and other armored vehicles. They will normally be supported by field artillery and sometimes by USAF tactical fighter bombers. In describing how attack helicopter battalions and companies fight, this manual will discuss employment of air cavalry squadrons and troops. For additional details about how air cavalry fights, the reader should use FM 17-95, Cavalry. Attack helicopter units may fight as part of an air cavalry combat brigade (ACCB), or may be attached or placed under operational control of a division, a ground combat brigade, or an armored cavalry regiment.

DesignationFM 17-50

EditionJul 1977

StatusSuperseded

Pages128

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 2

References 6

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