![]() Before that we saw the miniguns firing only from Spooky or Moon Glow but never from an Army helicopter.The information provided within is for informational purposes only. When they arrived I vividly remember Adolpho Eshenwald firing them one night for the first time and blurting out "Look at those Fooking Minnie Guns" and all of us laughing our sides off and being amazed at seeing them in action for the first time. I don't remember the 116 AHC at Chu Chi having Miniguns. Right seat pilot (Copilot) can fire the M60's when they are in the stowed position using the XM60 Infinity sight (or grease pencil mark on the windshield) and firing button on the control cyclic.ĭ Troop received the M21 Minigun kits in June July 1967. M60 Flex guns fired by the left seat (PIC) using flexible sighting station. Rockets to converge at 1250 meters.Ĭan be used simultaneusly engage dual targets. XM-16 System: Boresighted and harmonized to converge at 700 meters. The quad M60 machine gun armament kit was an M16 nomenclature shown below. They were flex guns fired by the Pilot in Command. The older Heavy Scouts had 4 M-60 machine guns, two on each side. I think C to M happened at depot, (during the 67 era) however by mid 1968 or 69 it is conceivable that l-13 engines became available for the UH-1Cs that D Troop had about the time that l13 engines were going into UH-1D making them like a UH-1Hs. It required a modified air intake system plus some other changes. Tom Fleming: The conversion of a UH-1C to a UH-1M entailed more than an L-13 engine. Here is what it looked like (photo to the left) but for the life of me I can't remember the tail number.īob Taylor: Other then the short try out with the larger pods, this is the only configuration we had on 444 (photo to the right Heavy Scout) We only had one ship with the strength to pull both the miniguns and the 38 rockets. So we went back to the 7 rocket pods and she still had them when I left in June of 68. EGT went into the red the minute we tried to hover. I remember that we all wanted to fly the minihog because it could carry so much and even hover.īob Taylor: We tried loading the 19 rocket pods on 444 but she didn’t have enough strength to pull it. Maybe more ships were configured that way after I deros'd in August, I don't know. ![]() Pat Eastes: I think it had a L13 engine to make it a M model. A good guess from these notes would say the conversion took place between April and August of 68. Pat Eastes left Nam in Aug 68 and he took the photo. Rick Williams left Nam in Aug 68 and he remembers a conversion from the 7 rocket pods to the 19 rocket pods (like the photo). ![]() You fellows from 69 thru 72: Did you have such a configuration? Pictures? Stories? Names? Tail numbers? Can you get us more info on him?ĭid you fly it? How many rockets could be loaded and still get off the ground?ĭo you remember working on this aircraft or others like it? This photo of the Minnie Hog may have been taken in mid 1968. Minnie Hog: There were other configurations like this one a cross between the two above. Heavy Scout: The Heavy Scout version had two seven tube rocket pods (one on each side) fired by the pilot and a flex gun system (4 M60 machine guns "XM-16 System" or 2 miniguns "XM-23 System") fired by the pilot in command (right seat). Heavy Weapons (Hog): Usually quickly identified by the 40mm (chunker) cannon on the nose, and larger rocket pods (19 tube or 24 tube on each side. The UH-1C Huey's with its more powerful engine and 540 rotor system were configured differently for the two roles of Scouting and Heavy Weapons. We need more information on the "M" model that followed the "C". Hence, the UH-1C upgrade, designed specifically for the gunship role, was performed. In combat we found out quickly that the UH-1B gunship lacked the power necessary to carry weapons and ammunition and keep up with transport Hueys. The Huey UH-1C is a UH-1B with improved engine, modified blades and rotor-head for better performance in the gunship role. ![]() See UH-1C Tail Numbers and Conversion to XM21 Minigun System Pat Eastes (Bob Tayor, Tom Fleming, Bruce Powell)
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