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English: A Lynx Mk 9A helicopter prepares for takeoff in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

The Army Air Corps are now deploying the Mk 9A variant of the Lynx helicopter, which has a more powerful engine than the MK7 predecessor. The new engine allows the helicopter to fly faster, carry more weight and fly in hotter conditions (the Mk 7 was unable to fly in the day time during the Afghan summer).

Because the Mk 9A can carry more weight it can carry more firepower in the form of a 50 cal Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) rather than the 7.62mm General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) that the Mk 7 carried, this makes the Mk9A more effective at engaging targets on the ground.

  • Organization: Army
  • Object Name: HQUKTF-2010-101-195
  • Category: RMY
  • Supplemental Categories: Lynx, Helicopters, Aircraft
  • Keywords: AAC, The Army Air Corps, Lynx, Attack, Helicopter, Aircraft, Equipment, Army, 9A, Mk9A, Operation, Op, Campaign, Herrick, Afghanistan, Afganistan, Helmand
  • Country: Afghanistan
Date Taken on 18 July 2010
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Author Cpl Barry Lloyd RLC
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