 Courtesy of Anthony (Tony) Ralston, 632d Security Police Squadron, Binh Thuy Air Base, 1967-1968. |
Armament: Three SUU-11A 7.62 mm "miniguns" firing at up to 6,000 rounds per minute. The AC-47D typically carried about 16,500 rounds of ammunition. Three aircraft initially equipped with 8 or 10 .30-caliber machine guns and others had just two SUU-11A miniguns (due to lack of availability from the manufacturer at that time). Later, the SUU-11A's were replaced by specially designed General Electric MXU-470/A 7.62 mm miniguns. |
48 MK-24 Mod 3 flares with 2 million candlepower and a 3 minute maximum burn duration.
Initially (in 1964 and early 1965) 30 MK-6 flares of 750,000 candlepower were carried before the MK-24 flares were available. Later in the war, several replacements for the MK-24 flares were proposed including the MK-33 one million candlepower rocket and MLU-32/B99 "Briteye" 5 million candlepower flare. There was also the addition of a recoilless rifle. Engines: Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830s of 1,200 horse power each. Crew: Seven or eight (Pilot, Copilot, Navigator, Flight Engineer, Load Master, 2 gunners and a South Vietnamese observer) |
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