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pwillie
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USA
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 Posted - 09/04/2014 : 11:11:53 PM
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| ...anyone here fly the C-47's with the Gatlin guns?... I can't remember how many guns and which side(I think port side) they were on..??? |
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CapnMidnight
Advanced Member
USA
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Posted - 09/04/2014 : 11:29:18 PM
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Puff saved our butts on more than one occasion. Thank you to everyone who flew on a Puff crew.
W.D. |
"The most pervasive and least condemned form of dishonesty is not doing the best you can." Jeff Cooper
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kimi
Advanced Member
USA
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Posted - 09/08/2014 : 01:50:52 AM
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Puff was bad, badder than Big Bad John and Leroy Brown. One round per square foot over the size of a football field, so it was said. 3 guns port side:
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pwillie
Advanced Member
USA
25686 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2014 : 10:01:18 PM
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| I knew it was the Port side,but couldn't remember if two or four Gats!...I know they sounded like fog horns in the sky...So did the mini's on the little Bell Helo... |
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MMOMEQ-55
Advanced Member
USA
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Posted - 01/19/2016 : 1:44:44 PM
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Originally posted by CapnMidnight
Puff saved our butts on more than one occasion. Thank you to everyone who flew on a Puff crew.
W.D.
Amen Brother!. I am here today thanks in part to Puff. |
The day you are born you are dying. Make every day count! -Johnny B.
"Love says I sacrifice myself for the good of the other person.
Abortion says I sacrifice the other person for the good of
myself..." -unknown
In essence many modern day, legally-sanctioned abortion clinics serve the same purpose as Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachhau and Hitler's other slaughterhouses, which exterminated an unwanted segment of the population. - Charlie Daniels
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perry shooter
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Posted - 01/31/2016 : 5:06:09 PM
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| the first time I ever knew of such a thing I heard it about 4or5 times before I saw 'it"sounded like a herd of elephants passing gas" when I did see it and the curtain Of red from the tracers I was awe struck knowing how many rounds a minute was spewing out I had fired thousands of rounds from both M60 and M2 |
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11b6r
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USA
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Posted - 01/31/2016 : 9:52:46 PM
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| I THINK the original Puff and the original Spooky (AC-130) are at the Air Force Ordnance Museum just outside Eglin AFB Florida. |
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Laredo Lefty
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USA
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Posted - 02/04/2016 : 11:43:30 PM
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| I remember well watching them shoot fire missions thru a starlite scope. It looked like they were shooting 100 watt light bulbs. |
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Wild Turkey
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Posted - 02/21/2016 : 2:50:37 PM
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How large was the "beaten zone" of a Spooky strike?
I remember laughing at the shot in "Green Berets" when they showed all the bullets in a straight line because I knew there would be more dispersion due to altitude.
I've heard stories of leaves coming off trees, etc, but always wondered how intense it really was.
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11b6r
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USA
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Posted - 02/21/2016 : 6:35:53 PM
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Correction to my last- the AC-130 was Spectre- "Spooky" was the call sign for the AC-47s.
Regarding the size of the beaten zone- depends on distance from target, and duration of fire. The guns for Spooky were 3 ea 7.62 mm miniguns, capable of 6,000 rounds per minute. While more than one gun could fire at once, they were usually cycled one at a time. Spooky used a WW 2 fighter gunsight, mounted looking out to the pilot's port side. Not precise, but when you have God's own shotgun to shoot with....
The AC-130 raised the stakes- 40mm cannon, a 105 howitzer, upgraded gatlings, etc.
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Jim Rau
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USA
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Posted - 04/27/2016 : 10:18:29 PM
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| They would 'wag' their wings and spray the area back a forth. The weak link with he mini-guns was the 'feeder-delinker'. Most would not try to fire more than about 3k per minute to keep the feeder-delinker from going FUBAR!!! |
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