Peter,
I got to Vietnam in October 68....and flew Chinooks. The only time I flew Huey's in Vietnam was by carrying them as underslung loads....and when I took a Bus Man's Holiday and went flying with friends in the Huey Unit down the way from us.
Early UH-1B and C models had a Flex Gun Sight on the left side of the cockpit for use by a Pilot for controlling the four 7.62 machine guns....or the later two 7.62 Mini-gun system. Generally, the Aircraft Commander (Pilot) flew in the right hand seat and the Co-pilot rode in the left hand seat. Either seat could shoot rockets, either seat could shoot the guns....but only the left seat could control the movement of the gun system....as the right hand seat pilot could only shoot them from a "fixed" position.
The M-6 system....had four M-60 machine guns and rockets.....the M-21 system had two Minii-guns with rockets. Later in the War TOW missiles came into being....and FLIR was used (INFANT Project).
Last edited by SASless; 11th May 2012 at 11:51.