Looking at the wrong end of a quad fifty in Korea. K9 AFB Pusan Korea 1953 on Radar Hill.
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Looking at the wrong end of a quad fifty in Korea. K9 AFB Pusan Korea 1953 on Radar Hill.
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Love to wring one out for a minute, Gumn't paying for ammo of course.
Army Air Defense Artillery pretty much abandoned guns in the Fifties in favor of missiles like the Nike and the Hawk. But both the M42 Duster and the M45 Quad Fifty proved themselves useful in Viet Nam. Despite the popular notion that it was the Huey that hauled everything, the truth is an awful lot of the "beans and bullets" traveled in the lowly deuce and a half. Trucks travel by road and roads are where the ambush will be. No airplanes to shoot at, but the truck carrying a Quad Fifty found a new role.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...untruck7-1.jpg
I forgot about those too...very effective out to a couple thousand I should think...Quote:
Originally Posted by old tanker
Was that on Gun Trucks of Vietnam?Quote:
Originally Posted by old tanker
Russ
WHEN THE ARMY WENT MAD MAXQuote:
Originally Posted by RASelkirk
Nice toy
DaveHH used to drive over there, wonder if he had any of these guntrucks accompany him on runs? Where's he at anyway?
More pretty pictures--a great restoration & superbly done model.
I posted this in another thread talking about the quad fifty its not a nice thing to find yourself on the receiving end of apart from it being on the trucks he says they also used it in perimeter defense makes sense when you think of those 600 or 700 grain bullets flying around point blank just 1 would definately penetrate more than a few VC in the wire.
Interesting they were all electric 5 minutes guns 5 minutes rest & charge guns and battery says he does not like using the generator too noisey! and he owns a quad fifty really..........I for one would not want to feed that puppy ammo would cost thousands..:yikes:
M45C Quadmount 50 cal in action (4K) - YouTube
Rich guys toys...Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
Agreed BAR you and me have to be content with watching video's.......
Rich toys for rich boys. :dunno::dunno:
I had an M2 with mount group for a bit but ammo here was about $10 CDN per shot at the time. Had to sell it as the $3800 it gleaned for me was much more attractive...had been rebuilt from a dewat...Quote:
Originally Posted by mmppres
The firepower unleashed by those quad .50's must have been absolutely horrendous, not a beaten zone you would want to be in, that's for sure!
I could spend a year's salary in a pretty short time feeding that sucker!
Ed
B/Action :rofl:
I guess the follow on to the quad fifty was the GAU series of rotary cannons, or electric Gatling guns. The Air Corp already knew about what a group of 4 or 6 fifties could do in the ground attack role. You think you might have shallow pockets feeding a quad fifty!? Can’t even add high enough to cover what the mini gun can go through in a few minutes. But when Uncle Money Bags is paying, why skimp?