Hey ObL, guess who's coming to visit?
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Re: Hey ObL, guess who\'s coming to visit?
Those are nice 'buddys' to have around when in need. Just called'em spookies in 'Nam', and they sure helped to weed out some opposition a time or two.
Those are nice 'buddys' to have around when in need. Just called'em spookies in 'Nam', and they sure helped to weed out some opposition a time or two.
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Re: Hey ObL, guess who\'s coming to visit?
Puff dun went and growed up!
I remember when he was just a nice little C-47.
Only question I have is how far does that big bird yaw when the cannon is fired.
Puff dun went and growed up!
I remember when he was just a nice little C-47.
Only question I have is how far does that big bird yaw when the cannon is fired.
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Re: Hey ObL, guess who\'s coming to visit?
I worked the Spectres (AC130) at Ubon in 70 - 71 - 72 --- at first they had 2 -20MM and 2 - 40MM but they developed the 105 mount at Hurlburt so that it fires out one troop door and recoils out the other troop door on the other side. The crews used to complain that they could kill the trucks and elephants but not tanks -- hence the need for a 105. (Elephants sometimes got in the way - they'd follow the trail and had a heat imprint almost like a truck engine.) You're right - it knocked the pilot off target initially until they developed a mount with hyd cylinders that would absorb the recoil. - The pilot had the gunsite and did the firing. ---- You've seen the cartoon with 2 buzzards perched on a limb and one says "Patience my a__, I'm gonna kill something" ? --- Spectre patch -- A 3 second burst from the 20s would put a round in every square foot of an area the size of a football field. (and probably empty the rack) The belts of 20s were racked just behind the guns - hung up - looked like they were hung up in a closet with multiple closet rods. 4 engine fighters - and boy howdy! the fire power!
mfk
I worked the Spectres (AC130) at Ubon in 70 - 71 - 72 --- at first they had 2 -20MM and 2 - 40MM but they developed the 105 mount at Hurlburt so that it fires out one troop door and recoils out the other troop door on the other side. The crews used to complain that they could kill the trucks and elephants but not tanks -- hence the need for a 105. (Elephants sometimes got in the way - they'd follow the trail and had a heat imprint almost like a truck engine.) You're right - it knocked the pilot off target initially until they developed a mount with hyd cylinders that would absorb the recoil. - The pilot had the gunsite and did the firing. ---- You've seen the cartoon with 2 buzzards perched on a limb and one says "Patience my a__, I'm gonna kill something" ? --- Spectre patch -- A 3 second burst from the 20s would put a round in every square foot of an area the size of a football field. (and probably empty the rack) The belts of 20s were racked just behind the guns - hung up - looked like they were hung up in a closet with multiple closet rods. 4 engine fighters - and boy howdy! the fire power!
mfk
mikim
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Re: Hey ObL, guess who\'s coming to visit?
I dunno.... They were at NKP... let's see .. PUFF the magic dragon ... C47 - tail draggin' fire breathin' flyin' monster?
just guessin here
mike
I dunno.... They were at NKP... let's see .. PUFF the magic dragon ... C47 - tail draggin' fire breathin' flyin' monster?
just guessin here
mike
Mike_Dumond
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Re: Hey ObL, guess who\'s coming to visit?
The dragon's teeth were dragon mini-guns, and a reporter for stars and stripes described the tracers as a dragons breath and the sound as a dragons roar. And who was the most favorite dragon of them all?
"Puff the magic Dragon,
A bird of days long gone,
Came to fly the evening sky,
In a land called Vietnam"
Keep the greasy side down.
Mike
The dragon's teeth were dragon mini-guns, and a reporter for stars and stripes described the tracers as a dragons breath and the sound as a dragons roar. And who was the most favorite dragon of them all?
"Puff the magic Dragon,
A bird of days long gone,
Came to fly the evening sky,
In a land called Vietnam"
Keep the greasy side down.
Mike
Re: Hey ObL, guess who\'s coming to visit?
From the stories I've heard Mike has it right. The tracer fire supposedly looked like a dragon breathing fire and the popular song of the time was Puff the magic dragon.
From the stories I've heard Mike has it right. The tracer fire supposedly looked like a dragon breathing fire and the popular song of the time was Puff the magic dragon.
