C 130 puff the magic dragon2/11/2023 ![]() The Stinger was also armed with two 20mm multi-barrel guns capable of firing up to 2,500 high explosive incendiary rounds per minute while a 2-billion candlepower searchlight lit up targets. The AC-119 Shadow and AC-119 Stinger were introduced at a later date. They were known as Spooky, but the GIs christened it Puff the Magic Dragon after a well-known song because the thousands of tracer bullets made it look like the plane was breathing fire. It would stay overhead until the base’s own helicopters were in the air and able to take over. The planes could circle a base when it was under attack, illuminating the target area with 2-million candlepower flares. The AC-47s were armed with three 7.62 miniguns, each capable of firing up to 6,000 rounds per minute, in one side of the fuselage several tons of ammunition were also loaded on board. ![]() ![]() The majority of Viet Cong and NVA attacks against bases took place at night and the Air Force responded by converting the Second World War vintage transport planes into flying gun platforms. ![]()
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