Ever wanted to be a door gunner?

[BigWaylon]

I don't recall seeing this posted...my dad sent it over yesterday. Not sure 60rds would be enough for me.

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/july/pilot/helicopter-door-gunner

 

[Chuckman]

Never appealed to me.

Speaking of door gunners....my father was a Marine, 21 years. He was in intel for most of it, a grunt in the early days. His last Vietnam deployment was as intel chief for HMLA-167. The squadron offered him the opportunity to qualify as door gunner (because they had the highest mortality rate of any aircrew member in VN). The story goes my dad went ape shit, told the S3 'you wanna sacrifice your intel chief so you have a warm body manning a gun? I don't think so.' Needless to say, he didn't do it.

 

[nbkky71]

Looks interesting, but $500 for 10 min and 60 rounds? Too rich for my blood.

Want to shoot something from the air? Head down to Texas for a helo hog hunt. helibacon.com offers a package: 2 people, 2 hours flight time, semi-auto rifles and unlimited ammo for $3695. Machine gun upgrades available!

 

[georgel]

I once had a neighbor that survived being a door gunner in a Huey. Ran twin swing mounted m60's. Needless to say, he had stories.

 

[Bailey Boat]

Yea, but without someone shooting back it seems to be another arcade game.....

 

[NCLivingBrit]

Yes, but they decommissioned the space shuttle.

 

[Mirac]

I once had a neighbor that survived being a door gunner in a Huey. Ran twin swing mounted m60's. Needless to say, he had stories.

My wife's cousin, Peter ...

 

[georgel]

IIRC, his name was Studwell.

 

[Bunsen]

I'd rather do this:


or this:

 

[yard mongrel]

No passes over DC? pft.

Really though, my uncle was a door gunner in Vietnam. You have to be a special kind of mad man. If you've ever seen Watchmen, imagine the comedian with a country accent.

 

[Mirac]

You have to be a special kind of mad man..

I don't think they started out that way...

 

[4MrLifer]

I wonder about bringing your own ammo.........?

 

[Mightyox04]

Door gunner? Thats for people who didnt go to college and become a 2nd lt and has terrible ASVAB score. So yeah thats me. Then they said hundreds of dollars and that wasnt me. Id rather pretend from my sons tree house with a 10/22.

 

[HMP]

Looks fun, but not for that price, too rich for me

 

[Crazy Carl]

Would love to have been a door gunner. Guy I went to Bosnia with told me he'd gotten "detail'd out" as a door gunner in Sand Box I. Said he got zapped by a lucky shot (he assumed from a Mosin or Dragunov). He was wearing his gear & plated up. Says thank God he was strapped in, 'cos it knocked his ass out the opposite door & hurt like a bitch.

I would pay good money for a ride in the Rangers' seat in a Little Bird.

 

[Long_Hunter]

 

[.EC.]

*raises hand*

 

[Combat Diver]

People used to ask me what my dive badge was on my uniform. Used to tell them door gunner on the space shuttle!


CD

 

[Sandman_NC]

I'd like to give it a try. Would also like to see a couple of vehicles loaded with tannerite too!

 

[VA_GENTLEMAN]

I once had a neighbor that survived being a door gunner in a Huey. Ran twin swing mounted m60's. Needless to say, he had stories.

Dated a girl in high school, her dad was a Door Gunner in Nam. Took him to the VA every now and then when he would have "some hard visions". Everybody in the valley was scared of him, called him crazy. He said it was true, I said .. nah.. I call you a patriot... with baggage picked up in your travels.

Her and I didn't work out.. but I damn made sure it was an amicable separation.

 

[lufbro]

A good friend of mine was a door gunner in Vietnam, he has some stories too.

 

[WeepingAngel]

Yes, but they decommissioned the space shuttle.

While that would be cool, I have more frequently wished that door guns could be attached to minivans (not a fan of the minivan overall, but try getting a decent field of a fire without a sliding door!)