At first, gunships were naval vessels sporting guns, very simple. In more recent history, the term gunship has been aplied to aircraft. The role of a modern gunship is to get as much ordinance on the target as possible and blow the shit out of the enemy. Gunships come in the form of both fixed wing aircraft and helicopters. Gunships are usually based on a designasted gunship frame (the AH-64 Apache)or off cargo style craft that have been modified for the purpose (AC-47 Spooky).

usually refers to an attack helicopter but may also refer to any other combat aircraft, used in a military meaning only

If you see something cool, it should be referred to as a real gunship, or a muthafuckin gunship, or nice gunship etc.

Originally from Persist via 12stone