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OPERATOR’S HANDBOOK

ARMAMENT Hueys were designed to be adaptable for

The Huey was lightly armed and different weapons including this minigun
vulnerable to anti-aircraft re. Most
were tted with M-60D machine
guns manned by the crew chief on
the left, and the door gunner on
the right. 2,000 rounds of linked Below: Huey gunships were
usually tted with a machine
ammunition could be carried gun operated by a door gunner
in the helicopter. These two along with other adaptable
crewmembers also carried an M-16 weapons such as rocket pods
ri e and carried coloured smoke
grenades to mark targets when
receiving hostile re or to mark
landing zones.
The of cially unarmed pilots
often carried unauthorised
weapons slung over their seats
for personal protection. Hueys
could also adapt to be armed with
torpedoes, miniguns, air-to-surface
missiles and rocket pods.

1960s helicopters were not computerised and
the pilot would spend a lot of time concentrating
to balance the rudders and rotor blades

“HUEYS COULD ALSO ADAPT TO BE ARMED

WITH TORPEDOES, MINIGUNS, AIR-TO-
SURFACE MISSILES AND ROCKET PODS”

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