The term "gunship" is used in several contexts, all sharing the general idea of a light vessel armed with heavy guns. In
navies, the term originally appeared in the mid-1800s as a less-common synonym for
gunboat.More recently, a "gunship" has been used to refer to
helicopters to which
machine-guns and similar
weapons systems have been mounted, or a
fixed-wing aircraft with heavy guns on board. The
etymology of this usage is obvious, since
pilots often refer to their aircraft as "ships". The recent application of the term for military aircraft is more specific, describing a vehicle that is capable of hovering or circling its target instead of performing strafing runs. According to such a definition, the
AC-130 Spectre/Spooky or the
AH-64 Apache are gunships.
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