Douglas AC-47 Spooky
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The Douglas AC-47 Spooky was the first in a series of fixed-wing gunships developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. It was designed to provide more firepower than light and medi
A restored AC-47 in flight
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AC-47 at Nha Trang Air Base in South Vietnam
Timelapse photo showing tracer rounds visible at night while converging on the target of an AC-47D performing a pylon turn in Saigon in 1968
M134 Minigun
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The M134 Minigun is an American 7.62×51mm NATO six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire. It features a Gatling-style rotating barrel assembly with an external power source, normally an e
Douglas AC-47 Spooky
…AC-47 was a United States Air Force (USAF) C-47 (the military version of the DC-3) that had been modified by mounting three 7.62 mm General Electric miniguns to fire through two rear window openings and the side cargo door, all on the left (pilot's) side of the aircraft, to provide close air support for…
Mounted on a Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter
View of M134 from inside a UH-1 Huey, Nha Trang AB, 1967
A U.S. Air Force rotary-wing crewman fires a minigun during the Vietnam War.
A Royal Navy minigun, separated from mounting and ammunition