High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Bell 207 Sioux Scout was a modified Bell 47 helicopter, developed by Bell Helicopter, under contract from the United States Army, as a proof-of-concept demonstrator for Bell's D-255 helicopter gunship design. The Sioux Scout featured a tandem cockpit, stub wings, and a chin-mounted gun turret. Bell Helicopter had been interested in the concept of a dedicated helicopter gunship since 1958. In June 1962, Bell displayed the mockup of its "D 255 Iroquois Warrior" to Army officials, hoping to solicit funding for further development. The D 255 Iroquois Warrior was planned to be a purpose-built attack aircraft based on the UH-1B airframe and dynamic components with a new, slender airframe and a two-seat, tandem cockpit. It featured a grenade launcher in a ball turret on the nose, a 20 mm belly-mounted gun pod, and stub wings for mounting rockets or SS-10 anti-armor missiles.

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