Complementing this nose turret, stub-wing pylons on each side of the aircraft carried fixed forward firing weapons, including two 20mm cannons (ammo boxes located bilaterally within the aircraft center cabin area, and fed via chutes that ran through the stub-wings: see photo on left), and either a 19-round 2.75 inch rocket pod, or a 7.62mm high-rate-of-fire Gatling machine gun. (Ed. "mini-gun") However the 2.75 inch rocket pod became standard equipment.



The flanks of the aircraft were protected by four gunners stationed two to either side of the cabin. Each of these gunners was provided with either an M-60 or .50 caliber machine gun on flexible mounts. Generally, the .50 was mounted and the M-60 was inside, used as a backup weapon. Another gunner was stationed aft with the same type weapons mounted on the rear loading ramp. From this vantage point, the gunner could protect the aircraft from ground fire after the aircraft had passed, a capability not present in previous armed helicopters. This aircraft carried a ton of expendable munitions.

