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General William Wallace, CG TRADOC has ordered changes in the Army's deep strike doctrine. The changes
reduce the role of the Apache as it has shown to be vulnerable to small arms fire. The new concept will feature the MRLS and unitary long range precision rounds, Army TACMS. The new doctrine uses the Apache in the close air support role.
http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=0-ARMYPAPER-1665859.php
"Questions about helicopter survivability arose early in the Iraq war when 34 AH-64 Apaches undertook a deep-attack mission against a division of Iraq’s Republican Guard positioned south of Baghdad.
Every airframe was hit by ground fire, one Apache was downed, and 27 of the 33 that returned to base were so heavily damaged they couldn’t fly until repaired. Since 2001, the Army has lost 85 helicopters in Iraq and Afghanistan to ground fire and combat-related accidents."
reduce the role of the Apache as it has shown to be vulnerable to small arms fire. The new concept will feature the MRLS and unitary long range precision rounds, Army TACMS. The new doctrine uses the Apache in the close air support role.
http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=0-ARMYPAPER-1665859.php
"Questions about helicopter survivability arose early in the Iraq war when 34 AH-64 Apaches undertook a deep-attack mission against a division of Iraq’s Republican Guard positioned south of Baghdad.
Every airframe was hit by ground fire, one Apache was downed, and 27 of the 33 that returned to base were so heavily damaged they couldn’t fly until repaired. Since 2001, the Army has lost 85 helicopters in Iraq and Afghanistan to ground fire and combat-related accidents."