武装直升机以一种强大武器系统的形式在战场上出现,改变了地面作战的样式,使地面部队由靠坦克、炮兵为主要火力,转变为武装直升机、坦克、炮兵三种火力的有机结合。从世界各军事强国的陆军编制来看,武装直升机大有上升到第一火力的趋势。“沙漠风暴”中,美军武装直升机充当了地面部队“开路先锋”、“空中杀手”等角色,所表现出的“全方位、全天候、多功能、高精度”的能力,在战斗的各个阶段、各个环节上广泛使用,充分说明武装直升机已成为地面战争中不可缺少的重要武器,尤其在近距空中支 The armed helicopters appeared on the battlefield in the form of a powerful weapon system and changed the style of the ground operations so that the ground forces could be transformed into the organic combination of three types of firepower such as helicopter gunships, tanks and artillery with tanks and artillery as the main firepower. Judging from the military establishment of all the world’s major military powers, the armed helicopters have greatly risen to the first firepower trend. In the “Desert Storm,” the U.S. armed helicopters have acted as the “all-around, all-weather, multi-functional and high-precision” capability demonstrated by the “pioneer” and “air killer” ground forces. At various stages of the battle, It has been widely used in all aspects to fully demonstrate that armed helicopters have become indispensable and important weapons in the ground war, especially in the near-air branch