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Interesting topic. Thanks for kicking it off, SLIC. I'm downloading the AC-130 footage now, as I need it for a project I'm doing on USAF gunships. You see, my father flew the AC-47 "Puff the Magic Dragon"/"SPOOKY" gunships in the Vietnam war. These were the 1st of the side firing gunships, basically a modified DC-3 from the 1930s, with three 7.62mm(.308 to the civilians) GE miniguns. These are electrically operated Gatling guns capable of 6000 round a minute each. He was an instructor pilot who took part in the testing of the system, then got shipped out to Thailand with the 4th Air Commando Squadron. Their missions were to bust trucks on the Ho Chi Min trail, as well as saving literally thousands of firebases, villages, outposts, etc. If a gunship is overhead, and he's ON YOUR SIDE, you can not lose, it's that simple. <br />He would put the plane in a banking left-hand turn, aim out his side window, kick out some flares, then rain lead down on the badguys, often within meters of the good guys. Total devastation from above, and as every 5th round was a tracer, it was a real pretty light show, too. Also very vulnerable to ground fire. No happy ending... <br />I forget, how did we get from train hopping to gunships??? I'm just glad I got the link to the footage. <br />Thanks for the interesting read, folks. TANK
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