174th AHC armament

So the 174th Sharks went to Vietnam in 1966.  They only had UH-1Cs in guship platoon. Sinc ethey came over in 66, it is still POSSIBLE one could have been armed with the M16 quad M60C/M157 rocket pod system, however, all the early photos I ahve seen show the M3 24shot rocket pods or M5 40mm/M157 armed "Frog" gunships.  You can easily make a Frog ship though by leaving off the quad 60's.  I think tha's what I would do if I were you.  Have a Merry Christmas and good luck!

   Ray 

I haven't seen any pictures of early Sharks with the Quad 60's.  Only on pic in late 1966 that had the Mini-guns.   I'll have to ask some of the "Boat People" that went over in 1966 if they remember anything about the gun systems.  I'm guessing they were slated to get the mini-guns but they were not available when they shiped out and they were delivered later in Nam.