FOR DESTROYING TANKS.—A United States Army Cheyenne combat helicopter firing the first live TOW missile ever launched from an aircraft (top left) during gunnery tests near Yuma, Arizona. Hie tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided missile is specially designed to destroy tanks. In a flash of flame (bottom right) it hits its target, to which it was directed by a trailing leash of fine wire.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32349, 15 July 1970, Page 7
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62FOR DESTROYING TANKS.—A United States Army Cheyenne combat helicopter firing the first live TOW missile ever launched from an aircraft (top left) during gunnery tests near Yuma, Arizona. Hie tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided missile is specially designed to destroy tanks. In a flash of flame (bottom right) it hits its target, to which it was directed by a trailing leash of fine wire. Press, Volume CX, Issue 32349, 15 July 1970, Page 7
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