gobatp
Active Member
Dad says his was the first squadron assigned the CH53 ( can’t remember ) they were too large to be based on ships even though he did land them on ships. Later on they would station one on a ship for heavy utility needs.
MediVacs from a gun site - wounded would be carried away from gun site or it would be blown away by the rotors wash.
Carried farm animals to villages- had to be careful about where the cage was opened or the cow would run off the mountainside cliff!
The photo from Vietnam- the earlier reference to small gun fire.
Oh. No guns mounted on the outside of that copter because they were carried inside as needed. Mounted inside and swiveled and shot by hand while standing on a boiler plate.
MediVacs from a gun site - wounded would be carried away from gun site or it would be blown away by the rotors wash.
Carried farm animals to villages- had to be careful about where the cage was opened or the cow would run off the mountainside cliff!
The photo from Vietnam- the earlier reference to small gun fire.
Oh. No guns mounted on the outside of that copter because they were carried inside as needed. Mounted inside and swiveled and shot by hand while standing on a boiler plate.