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Can we get the miniguns on the stern position (together with the rockets)


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We have this system, but mounted in the a lot less common variant with the miniguns at front. Is possible to have this mount? With miniguns and rockets in the rear position?

 

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That position was typical for short body Hueys, as they had no front hardpoints for attaching anything (and CofG limits). The long hueys got provision to mount the M156 pylon in front, and mount the M6 and M21 minigun flex guns there. They were mounted up front, because there was no compensation for the distance between gun mounts and sight position - the angular error was pretty substantial.

 

Now, in the Vietnam, Australians got their flex kits from US Army UH-1Bs, so those were configured from the get-go for aft installation, and that's what they did the first time:

 

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Saying that accuracy was poor, would be an understatement, it was simply unusable. So the guns went forward - there were still some problems with feeding chutes and jams occurred when traversing guns, so this idea was also abandoned in favor of keeping the guns, and their position, but as fixed, co-witnessed with the FFAR launchers:

 

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There was another XM60 sight mounted for the co-pilot, and the whole system proved much more reliable and trouble free. With the exception of reload times, that were far too long for crews from "down under", so they invented a "chute" ammo boxes, that were replaced in their entirety on the ground, so the reloading was taking a minute instead of 15:

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Nice info Sundowner, that made me think why I always tought the B and C Jueys look better than the H.

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