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The Development, Adaption, and Production of Armament for Army Helicopters (U) 1957-1963 : Part I The Antecedence and Acceptance of the Air Mobile Concept.

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The Development, Adaption, and Production of Armament for Army Helicopters (U) 1957-1963 : Part I The Antecedence and Acceptance of the Air Mobile Concept.

Authors

Weston, Leonard C
Stephens, Clifford W

Subjects

Helicopter--Armament--History.
Project ABLE BUSTER.

Language

English

Published

Rock Island Arsenal, IL : U.S. Army Weapons Command, 1968.

Publication Desc

130 pp. : photographs. Reference Works. Glossary.

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General Note

From Preface: 
"This Part I will be followed by Part II and Part III.  Part II will cover machine-gun and missile systems, and Part III will be devoted entirely to the M5 Grenade Launcher." (March 1968)

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Content Note

3 parts.  Reproduced (except Part III which is carbon copy of typescript).  (Regraded UNCLASSIFIED from original CONFIDENTIAL)

Part I:	130 pp., text.  28 captioned reproduced photographs.  Reference Works.  Glossary.
Part II:	223 pp., text.  70 captioned reproduced photographs.  Reference Works.  Glossary.
Part III:	184 pp. text.  13 captioned reproduced photographs.  Reference Works.  Glossary.

Content: Consists of a narrative discussion of the official and unofficial evolution of the concept of arming helicopters and the actual weapons systems and subsystems.  Part I Chapters:  Considering the Aggressive Role; Project ABLE BUSTER; The Early Armair Brigade Experiment; Seeking Adequate Weapons; A Formal Program Gets Under Way; and Project Managership of Helicopter Armament.  Part II Chapters:  The U.S. Seventh Army Armament Kit; The Townsend System; The XM-1, XM-1E1, and XM-2 Subsystems; Helicopter Armament Subsystem, M-6 (XM-6); Procurement and Production of Machine-Gun Subsystems for Helicopters; and Antitank Guided Missiles.  Part III Chapters:  The Springfield Armory Effort; The Ford Motor Company Effort; and The General Electric Company Effort.  Contains information about:  .50-caliber machine gun; 8cm Oerlikon Aerial Rocket; .30-caliber machine gun; 2.75-inch rocket; Intervalometer; fixed-fin aerial rocket (FFAR); folding-fin aerial rocket; Fort Rucker, Alabama; White Sands Proving Grounds, New Mexico; Springfield Armory, Massachusetts; Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois; Okinawa; B-29; HU-1; UH-1 Iroquois ("Huey"); H-13 Sioux; OH-13; H-21 Shawnee; OH-23; H-25; H-34 Choctaw; Alouette II; Utility Transport Tactical Helicopter Company; Vietnam War; Packmeyer Pods; P-61 Sight; 1.5-inch NAKA Rocket; RIA Armament Kit; 4.5-inch armament kit; XM-153 Armament Subsystem; SS-10; SS-11; F-4U Corsair; M-37 .30-caliber machine gun; 40mm grenade launcher (XM-5); XM-75 grenade launcher; USARYIS; Harry W. O. Kinnaird; 1LT R. R. Chedester; MG Normando A. Costello; CPT Anthony Carroll; and CPT C. W. Jones.  .