Ouch.

[CINDERS]

No date or area where it happened but goes to show there ain't much protection in a slick from ground fire perhaps in landing troops as the bullet holes are not really elongated if coming up from below. (So I thought maybe VN)

[browningautorifle]

I wonder if that might be a fragmentation weapon that detonated close when it was at rest? Or during a touchdown?

[Surpmil]

Range target?

[CINDERS]

Could not see the rotors so not sure its a range target Surpmil but what Jim says is pretty close I reckon as looking at it again it does appear like a close detonation of some form whether RPG, mortar even artillery.

[Ovidio]

I thought exactly the same thing. Range target. Looks so close to the trucks and armored vehicles we shot up in the Army…

[fjruple]

It was common for the VC/NVA to nail 8 or 9 fragmentation grenades to board and pull the pins. The board was laid in a field that would be likely landing zone. The "loaded" board would be placed over a hole with a block or two of TNT or C4. The board could be command detonated or tripped off by wires over the landing zones. They were very effective as you can see from the photograph.