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CONFIDENTIALARMY CONCEPT TEAM IN VIETNAM

APO 143, San Francisco, California

SU.J..T: 1 al Nay o Fnal Helicopter Test 0)

TO: See Distribution

This is a supplement to the final report of the Armed Helicopter Test*which covered the period 16 October 1962-15 March 1963.

> In accordance with verbal authority from Camander, US Military Assist-anes Comand, Vietnam, ACTIV has continued the collection of data on the

t O operation of armed helicopters in Vietnam. By this smans ACTIV will amplifythe results of the Armed Helicopter Test and verify, where possible, the

. data contained in the final report of the test..--I

r - This supplement is the first of a series that will cover monthly re-porting periods commencing at the end of the Armed Helicopter Test. The

'> ") following reporting periods are summarized herein:

C 1. 16 March-31 March 1963.

2. 1 April-30 April 1963.

3. 1 May-31 May 1963.

The cutoff date for each reporting period is the end of the calendarmonth. Hence the first reporting period is only two weeks long to providefor the time from the end of the test to the end of March. The second,third, and subsequent reporting periods are whole months.

The unit that generated the data for this supplement is the UtilityTactical Transport Helicopter Conpany (UTTHCO). The personnel and equip-meint status of the UTTHCO is as follows:

Present for Duty Present for DutyPeraml TD Authorization 30 Atril 31 May

Officers 14 31 36Warrant Officers 16 10 7Enlisted Men 83 100 92

NQuium1 TD Authorization On Hand 30 Awil

Armed Helicopter, 25 20 20UUH-1

*"Operational Evaluation of Armed Helicopters (C)", Short Title OPNU,Final Test Report, ACTIV, APO 143, San Francisco, California, 10 Yy 1963.

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SUDJMT: Supplement Numbdr 1 to Final Report of Armed Helicopter Test(16 March-31 Nay 1963) (U

This supplemsnt consists of the 13 attached tables.

THOMA 0. BIAKLNI!Colonel, Armor

DISTRIBUTION:

Cmander, Us Military Assistance Cewnrd,Vietnam (ATTENTION: Director, JOAG-V) 15

Cander-n-Chief, US Army Pacific 5

Commnding General, US Army Cmat DevelopexAsComnd 50

.'mmnding General, US Continental Army Commnd 30

Comnding General, US Army Materiel Comnd 35

Comnding General, US Army Support Group,Vietnam 20 (Includes 5 eys for

CG, USAIS)Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Groups

Vietnam (ATTENTION: Chief, Army Section) 35

Assistant Chief of Staff for Force Devlomnt,Department of the Army 20

Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics,Department of the Army5

Deputy Chief of Staff for Persameol,Department of the Army 5

Chief of Research and Develcpment,Department of the Army5

ACTI? Liaison Officer, 0ACSFOR,Departmient of the Army .10

Connuning General, 11th Air Assault Division 5

Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations,

Department of the Army 5

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1. Selected Mission Data

2. Mission Sumsa7 16-31 Mar 63

3. Mission Sumr7 1-30 Apr 63

4. Mission Summary 1-31 May 63

5. Target Fageints 16-31 Mar 63

6. Target Emageimnts 1-30 Apr 63

7. Target Emsagemonts 1-31 May 63

B. Ground Fire Damge Report &umry 16 Mar-30 Apr 63

9. Ground Fire Damge Report &minary 1-31 MaY 63

10. UH-1 Availability 16-31 Mar 63

11. UH-i Availability 1-30 Apr 63

12. UH-i Availability 1-31 May 63

13. Ammmition Expenditure

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SLECTED MISSION DATA

16 Oct 62 16 Oct 62

Operations 15 Mar 63 16-31ar 1-0Ar 1-31 fy6

Number of Missions 78 12 20 10 120Mission Hours 674 121 168 201 1164Combat Support Hours 1807 253 504 424 2988UH-I Sortiese (Armed) 1556 238 707 418 2919UH-1 Sorties (Transport) 0 0 0 120 120CH-21 Sorties 3382 314 714 514 4924CH-34 Sorties 23 0 33 30 86Landing Zones Protected 257 27 52 27 363Eagle Flights Escorted 26 0 3 1 30Med Evac Flights Escorted 10 4 3 0 17

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Missions in WhichFire Was Returned 73 7 16 5 101

7.62 Rounds Expended 36,180 43,600 79,190 49,550 208,5202.750 Rockets Expended 585 143 628 311 1,667

Effects

Estimated InsurgentCasualties (KI+WIA) 246 4 112 94 456

US KIA 2 0 0 0 2US WIA 3 1 0 1 5UH-ls Hit by Insurgent

Fire 11 1 12 7 31Number of Hits on UH-Is 17 1 17 8 43U-la Disabled by Insurgent

Fire 1 0 0 1 1

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Average Number of UH-isOn Hand 19 21 20

Average Number of Wi-isFlyable 13 16 16

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