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Bell (model 204) UH-1B Iroquois, gunship,
quad M-60 MG and rockets or 30&50 cal MG and 20 - 40mm grenade launchers.
The HU-1A began as a utility transport designed in 1954 with prototype flown
1956 as the first U.S. Army heliocopter with turbine eengine, It was called
Iroquois HU-1A in March 1959 with 860 hp Lycoming T53-L-1 engine, rotor 44',
length 44' 7", speed 148 mph, range 382 miles - crew of 2 and 8 troops
with 2 7.62 machine guns, The armed HU-1A in action in October 1962 in VietNam
with 2 machine guns and 16 rockets. The model 1B began in June 1959 with
production in 1960 and in action also in October 1962 with 4 machine guns and 2
containers of rockets.
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