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OK, Jim, at first they tried a bunch of Browning .50 calibers on the DC-3, then the settled on the GE Miniguns. That's the AC-47s you saw in "The Green Berets". After a bunch were shot down in '66 they decided to go with something bigger for the plane and guns, that could therefore fly higher, like the AC-119 "Flying Boxcar" (Train-related discussion now??) but that was just an interim measure until more C-130s could be diverted from their primary job of pulling freight into small airstrips. The AC-130 had 7.62mm miniguns, 20mm gatling guns, and then also 40mm Bofors cannons, plus a lot of imaging technology like IR cameras, TV, truck motor ignition sensors and what-not, to seek and destroy in the dark. Then some seriously sick and excellent guy figured out that you could put a 155(?) mm howitzer in the beast, and blow some BIG holes in whatever was ailing you. There's a 5-man crew operating the electronic sensors and feeding the pilot the info he needs, 2-7.62mm miniguns, 2- 20mm gats, 2- 40mm Bofors cannons, and one huge howitzer, all firing down from the left side of the plane, which has to be in a banking turn to bring them on target. The AC-130s also have a megamillion candlepower spotlight, flares, and fresh cinnabuns for the crew. Thanks for your interest. I want one of those cool T-shirts. <br />Oh yeah, the original Puffs could only put a round into each square FOOT of a football field. That should be enough, though, right??
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