United States Marine Corps in Vietnam by Green Michael;

Author:Green, Michael;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Published: 2020-03-30T00:00:00+00:00

In the late 1950s, the Marine Corps decided that it needed a new gas-turbine-engine-powered helicopter to replace its piston-engine-powered OH-43D Huskies. In 1962, the decision was made to acquire a modified version of the US Army UH-1B Iroquois, better known by its unofficial nickname of the ‘Huey’. The Marine Corps’ Hueys received the designation UH-1E, with an example pictured here. (USMC)

The Marine Corps had at one point tried to come up with a gunship version of the UH-34 for use in South Vietnam. Unfortunately, the helicopter’s design did not lend itself to that role. More successful in that role would be the Marine UH-1E. In this picture, the crew chief/door gunner of a UH-1E gunship is checking over its fixed forward-firing machine guns and 2.75in rocket pod. (USMC)

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