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Update on helicopter info
This is from a guy that is on the 129th web site.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The helicopter is most likely a UH-1B Huey 'gunship.' The reason I think that it's a 'B' model is because the rocket pod is one of the earlier smaller ones, which only carried six or seven 2.75 inch rockets on each side; the UH-1C was a later, much more powerful helicopter (though they looked the same as the 'B'), and the rocket pods carried sixteen or eighteen rockets on each side, and usually had an automatic grenade launcher mounted on the nose (which this one doesn't have). From the picture, I can see there are also two M-60 machine guns on each side, just above the rocket pods ? in the picture, you can just see the canvas that is temporarily covering the ones on the starboard side, to protect them from dust and such while on the ground. The UH-1B was phased out fairly quickly, so the picture was most likely taken sometime in mid-to-late 1965, 1966, or early 1967. Also said that it was prob from the 48th Assault Helicopter Company. |
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