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Pertinence pour les conflits
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Opérateurs
France: Flown by French Army light aviation in Serval's opening engagements; withdrawn from the Sahel with the end of Barkhane.
Rôle sur le champ de bataille
Serval's light attack helicopter in the January 2013 counter-offensive — low-level gun and missile runs against advancing jihadist columns in the campaign's opening engagements, where France took its first loss of the intervention.
Points forts
Small, quick to deploy by transport aircraft and cheap to keep flying from austere strips; precise enough with the HOT missile and the 20 mm cannon to engage vehicles in the open, which is what the January 2013 engagements required.
Limites
No armour and no defensive systems: the pilot killed on 11 January 2013 was hit by small-arms fire during a low-level attack, and the type was soon overshadowed by the Tigre for armed escort. Historical only.
Identification visuelle
A small, slim helicopter with a shrouded tail rotor set into the fin and a rounded glazed cabin; the fenestron tail is the identification.
Emploi documenté dans les conflits
Engaged the jihadist columns around Konna on 11 January 2013 in the opening hours of Serval; the French Ministry of the Armed Forces announced the loss of a pilot in that engagement, the intervention's first fatality. Historical only.
Opérateurs par composante et par service
- Opération Serval Associé historiquement
Événements clés liés
Lancement de l’opération Serval
Après qu’une colonne djihadiste a poussé vers le sud en direction de Sévaré et de la route de Bamako, la France intervient à la demande du Mali avec des frappes aériennes et une force terrestre rapide.
Évalué au — 2014-08 Dernière revue — 2026-09-28