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Aircraft
- AH-6 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- MH-6 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- MH-47E [r]: Add brief definition or description
- MH-47G [r]: Add brief definition or description
- AH-60L [r]: Armed helicopter variant of the MH-60K Blackhawk, formerly the MH-60L Direct Action Penetrator (DAP) [e]
- MH-60A [r]: First-generation U.S. Army special operations helicopter, derived from the underpowered UH-60A, with enhancements including air refueling probes, forward-looking infrared (FLIR) and two Miniguns on pintle mounts in side windows. [e]
- MH-60K [r]: Army Special Operations Command special operations troop carrier helicopter; DAP or AH-60K armed variant [e]
- MH-60L [r]: U.S. Army Special Operations Command troop-carrying helicopter for covert infiltration and exfiltration [e]
- MH-60M [r]: U.S. Army special operations helicopter based on the UH-60M redesigned and rebuilt (or new-built) improved light utility transport helicopter; may have a stealth variant [e]
Avionics
- AN/AAQ-16D [r]: Add brief definition or description AESOP FLIR
- AN/APQ-174B [r]: Add brief definition or description Terrain Following Radar
- AN/ARN-148 [r]: Add brief definition or description Omega/VLF navigation
- M-130 chaff/flare dispensers
- AN/ALQ-144 [r]: A defensive electronic warfare system for U.S. military helicopters, which provides infrared countermeasures against heat-seeking missiles and can also control an radar jammer [e]
Weapons
- M134 machine gun [r]: A U.S. medium machine gun, firing 7.62mm ammunition but rotating-barrel and belt-fed as opposed to the more common, but slower firing single barrel machine guns. [e]
- AGM-114 Hellfire [r]: A U.S. Army guided missile, fired from attack helicopters, Air Force and CIA unmanned aerial vehicles and ground platforms against tanks and other armored vehicles, bunkers, "soft" vehicles, and cave targets. [e]
- FIM-92 Stinger [r]: A second-generation United States Army surface-to-air missile that can be fired from a soldier's shoulder, from vehicle-mounted launchers, and, in an air-to-air missile configuration, from attack helicopters. Uses combined infrared-ultraviolet guidance to resist countermeasures. [e]