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Tanks were a NEW weapon during WWI. Aircraft Carriers were a NEW weapon in WWII. Helicopters were a NEW weapon in Vietnam. Helicopters allowed the US Army to create a brand new Infantry Branch, "Airmobile" Divisions. Prior to these new airmobile divisions, the army only had AIRBORNE (paratroopers) Divisions, MECHANIZED (armored personnel carriers) Divisions, and STRAIGHT LEG INFANTRY (often referred to as light infantry today) Divisions, strictly traditional FOOT SOLDIERS.

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Helcopters were the workhorse's of the Vietnam War. They came of age in Vietnam. When you see a police helicopter hovering over your city, or a traffic control helicopter making it runs over the highway, or a medical chopper transporting a injured person to a hospital, or a helicopter delivering repairmen to electrical towers (power lines) deep in the mountains, those are all products of the helicopter's war experience in Vietnam.

Choppers in Vietnam:

1. Transported Riverine boats across rivers and bridges.

2. Transported M113 ACAVs

3. Transported artillery

4. Transported men

5. Transported: Food, engineering equipment, water, gasoline (mo-gas), diesel fuel, ammunition (small arms), spare parts, jeeps (1/4 ton trucks), shot down airplanes, shot down helicopters, medical supplies, tents, spare clothing (spare uniforms to the men in the field).

6. Conducts SARS in North Vietnam: Search and Rescue operations for downed US airmen.

7. Became history's first designed, built, and fielded ATTACK HELICOPTER; the AH-1 Cobra.

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Vietnam was the first helicopter war:

1. Transportation

2. Ambulance

3. Cargo delivery

4. Aerial attack gunship

5. Airmobile Divisions (equivalent to Airborne Divisions created in WWII)

6. Search/Rescue (SAR) of downed airmen deep within enemy territory

7. Aerial reconnaissance

8. Artillery/Air strike spotting (artillery/bomb adjustment) replaced the O-1 Bird Dog airplane

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transportion gun cover for convoys medavac

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