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Army Huey maintenance (recovery) birds somtimes carried .50's

Don't forget all those targets(armor) and such that had .50's

Wow!

 Thank you guys!

I think I got some ideas now. Those Hueys are very tempting!

Ray - thank you for photos!

if you have any ideas where else I can use air-cooled 50 cal (all I can think of other then choppers is Italeri PT Boat:-) ) - I am open for suggestions!

 Andy

As I said on ARC, some Chinooks have .50 cals mounted on the rear ramp (as well as MH-53s but as you say they are 1/48)

Andy,

  Think HAL-3. I believe every detachment had at least one 50 cal armed gunship:

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I have a bunch more of HAL-3 but you get the idea. As far as Army goes, think Nighthawks and Fireflys.  These were perimeter defense birds equipped with either C-130 landing light clusters (Fireflys) or Starlight scopes and Xenon searchlights (Nighthawks).  Many, but not all, had a 50 cal in one door.  Here's a few shots for ya:

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 There were other one-off Hueys with 50 cals as well. Also, smoke ships frequently carried 50 cals for some extra firepower when flying low and slow in advance of a CA in a hot LZ.  Hope that helps.

   Ray

I found a couple more for ya:

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