Originally Posted by thewhiterabbit
You guys did a great job in Vietnam but just because it worked then in that specific war doesn't mean it is the way we will always do it.
You forgot to add...
40 Freaking Years Ago!!!
That's right, "Mr. lost in the past BR71"... the great days of the Huey gunship were over & done
40 years ago!
The USMC uses our UH-1s as
light utility helicopters (with a
supporting armed transport role), not as
primary gunships!
We* use our
AH-1 purpose-designed (with turreted gun, enclosed cockpit, FLIR, etc)
gunship helicopters for that role.
And guess what... we made that decision right around the time you are holding up as "proving the the Huey gunship's worth"... and so did US Army Aviation!
Sorry, your idea was rejected
during the Vietnam War, because the Huey gunship
wasn't doing the job well enough... that's why the US Army asked Bell to design the Cobra!
And here you want the Australian military to regress back to something that was NOT working well enough
40 years ago!
*Yes, I said "we"... Jon A., Sgt USMC 1981-1989
