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How the U.S.'s Helicopter Tank Destroyers were Born

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:62 Howze Board (1962)
1:37 Tank Destroyer Comparison
2:28 Maneuverist Mindset Shift
4:08 TRICAP Experiment (1971)
4:27 6th Cavalry Brigade
4:57 Air Cavalry Squadron (ACCB)
5:44 Attack Helicopter Battalion (ACCB)
6:37 Attack Helicopter Employment
7:35 Recon & Security Missions
9:02 Attack Helicopter Employment (cont'd)

Sources:
• FM 115 "Aviation Reference Data" (1977)
• FM 1750 "Attack Helicopter Operations" (1977)
• FM 3435 "Armored Cavalry Regiment and Separate Brigade Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Operations" (1990)
• U.S. Army Tactical Mobility Requirements Board Final Report (20 August 1962)
• 1967 Infantry Reference Data
• ST11001 "Reference Data for Army Aviation" (May 1973)
• ST 1711 "Armor Reference Data, Volume II, Nondivisional Organizations" (197879)

• McGrath, J. "Fire for Effect: Field Artillery and Close Air Support in the US Army"
• Simmons, J. (1989) "The Attack Helicopter Battalion: Ready for the 60's or the 90's?"

posted by mastercanw4