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Armed helicopter is a helicopter equipped with weapons and developed to perform combat tasks. It is divided into ordinary armed helicopter, stealth helicopter and high-speed armed helicopter. Armed helicopters can be divided into special-purpose and multi-purpose types. The special-purpose fuselage is narrow and long, with strong combat capability; In addition to performing attack tasks, the multi-purpose type can also be used for transportation, aircraft landing and other tasks. The AH-1 of the United States is a special type, while the Mi-24 of the former Soviet Union is a multi-purpose type. The installation of weapons on helicopters began in the 1940s. In 1942 (or 1944), Germany installed a machine gun on the fa-223 transport helicopter. In the 1950s, the United States, the Soviet Union, France and other countries installed weapons on helicopters respectively. At first, they were mainly used for self-defense, and later they were also used to carry out bombing, strafing and other tasks. In the early 1960s, the United States made extensive use of helicopters (mostly transport type) in the Vietnam War. In the war, its helicopter suffered heavy losses, so it decided to develop a special armed helicopter. The first specially designed armed helicopter is the American ah-ig, which began to equip troops in 1967 and was used in the Vietnam battlefield.