| Tango01 | 11 Dec 2013 9:52 p.m. PST |
…U.S. troops unleashed hell on Viet Cong sniper in hills above an Army camp. This is old, but still impactful photos.
Full article here
link Hope you enjoye the pics. Amicalement
Armand |
| Kaoschallenged | 11 Dec 2013 10:01 p.m. PST |
Some really nice shots out there. Robert
Spooky aka Puff (AC47) working out at Pleiku Vietnam in 1969 airwarvietnam.com/ac47.htm
Puff the Magic Dragon breathes on Saigon – A time delay photo of a Spooky gunship at work on the outskirts of Saigon provides a vivid display for one of it's nicknames: Puff the Magic Dragon. The tracers raining down from the night sky represent only one of every five bullets fired from the gunships miniguns link
The Dragon's breath! The fire from the muzzle, plus the eerie growl caused by resonance inside the empy cargo compartment, caused the superstitious Vietnamese people, both North and South, to imagine a dragon in the air earning the AC-47 nicknames such as "Puff" and "Dragonship."
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Crew of American AC47 Gunship Firing 7.62 MM Miniguns on a Night Mission During the Vietnam War |
| jpattern2 | 12 Dec 2013 8:17 a.m. PST |
AC-47 Spooky begat AC-119G/K Shadow/Stinger begat AC-130H/J/U/W Spectre/Ghostrider/Spooky/Stinger II.
I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of any of those gunships. |
 Legion 4   | 12 Dec 2013 9:37 a.m. PST |
I remember at the Ranger Camp at Eglin AFB, FL hearing the AC-130 Spectre night firing off in the distance … One of my instructors when I was a cadet said in Vietnam they called the minigun fire "snake" … you can see why from the photos. |
| Milites | 12 Dec 2013 9:43 a.m. PST |
Wasn't one of the first public outings for the AC-47 when it appeared in the Film 'The Green Berets'? |
| Legion 4 | 12 Dec 2013 9:45 a.m. PST |
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 Saber6  | 12 Dec 2013 10:49 a.m. PST |
THAT is the American Way to fight |
| Tango01 | 12 Dec 2013 10:56 a.m. PST |
Wow!.
Your's are much better than mine Robert!. (smile).
As usually…! (smile).
Thanks for share. Amicalement
Armand |
| 14th Brooklyn | 12 Dec 2013 12:01 p.m. PST |
I can remember a TV series set in Vietnam when I was young. No one episode a Vietcong sniper shot a high-ranking American officer (I think it was a General IIRC) and they pounded the area with heavy artillery and bombers for hours. One of the character commented that that sniper bullet had cost 10 cents and they were spending hundreds of thousands to get the sniper, who had probably varnished out of harms way already. This kind of reminds me of that scene! |
| Kaoschallenged | 12 Dec 2013 12:29 p.m. PST |
Welcome Tango. I have also posted a similar topic awhile back,
"Stinger Gunship Nets 40 Trucks
Gunfighter Village Newspaper, Danang Air Base, Vietnam "
TMP link Robert |
| Lion in the Stars | 12 Dec 2013 12:54 p.m. PST |
Tango's initial pic is of an M42 Duster applying a whole lot of 40mm retorts to a VC sniper. |
| Kaoschallenged | 12 Dec 2013 12:57 p.m. PST |
You are right Lion. I have posted that pic before. I thought it looked familiar LOL. I should have looked closer. My bad every. Sorry. Robert |
| Kaoschallenged | 12 Dec 2013 1:03 p.m. PST |
Howse about this? 
FB Birmingham night fire in the summer of 1969 landscaper.net/theguns.htm
Two 4/60th Dustersin a "mad Minute" LZ Schueller – 1971
4/60th nightfire on the perimeter of LZ Schueller – 1971 |
| Tango01 | 12 Dec 2013 10:53 p.m. PST |
Those are great too!.
Thanks for share. Amicalement
Armand |
| Whitestreak | 14 Dec 2013 10:50 p.m. PST |
On the C-47, the paratroop door is aft on the port side of the aircraft. This door is actually part of another, larger, cargo door. One the AC-47, this door was usually removed prior to flight, to allow gases and errant casings to exit the aircraft. This open door is where A1C John Levitow tossed a live flare as it ignited, saving his aircraft and fellow crewmen – for this action he was award the MoH. Levitow was one of the nicest fellows around, and he did a lot of great work after he reitred as an advocate for disabled veterans. |
| Legion 4 | 15 Dec 2013 8:21 a.m. PST |
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