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Puff The Magic Dragon

This is a time delay photograph of an AC-47 gunship unloading it's 3 mini-guns on a night-time battle field around Saigon during Vietnam. Those red lines are tracer rounds. There are five bullets between each tracer. The soldiers called this gunship "Puff The Magic Dragon." You can probably see why.

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Comments to Puff The Magic Dragon

  • Bicho-1217001131
    bichofelix says:

    No Shit..By the looks of it..

    2007-02-08T05:13:09Z
  • Orrin-lookin-handsom-4gd
    Playa4 says:

    whats happing in this pic, are those fireworks???

    2007-02-08T05:16:19Z
    • 16x16
      Zeratul says:

      Look above the picture (and the ads)

      2007-02-08T05:18:56Z
    • 11479

      ads? what ads? you still use internet explorer?

      2007-02-08T05:20:24Z
    • Ms_avatar

      Why do you ask these questions!!!

      2007-02-08T05:21:39Z
    • Ms_avatar

      Me likey FireFox too :P

      2007-02-08T05:22:45Z
    • 16x16
      pleep says:

      I guess Playa4 can't read.

      2007-02-08T05:58:37Z
    • Orrin-lookin-handsom-4gd
      Playa4 says:

      ohh thats from a gun lol i didnt see the writing there, and ya internet explore sucks ass. how can I type if I cant read???

      2007-02-08T07:04:47Z
    • 16x16
      pleep says:

      by method of elimination, and how the actual words sound.

      2007-02-08T07:07:53Z
    • Texas
      supernova says:

      I think he meant you don't read dumb ass!

      2007-02-08T07:08:55Z
    • Tinyanusol
      El_Wanko says:

      I'll give you a 'method of elimination': Shitting on a chair, and when someone sits in it you point and yell 'Hey look everyone, that fucker shat himself!'

      2007-02-08T12:36:28Z
    • Orrin-lookin-handsom-4gd
      Playa4 says:

      ^lmao, and he said "cant" read he didnt say "dont" read, you fuck faced zipper boy.

      2007-02-08T20:02:44Z
    • Fight_club75x75

      Shouldn't you be doing your paper route now?

      2007-02-08T20:20:03Z
    • Orrin-lookin-handsom-4gd
      Playa4 says:

      ohh yea, thanks for reminding me creepy old guy who know's my daily schedule.

      2007-02-09T01:16:57Z
    • Fight_club75x75

      At least I wasn't playa hating

      2007-02-09T16:24:29Z
  • 48x48
    monkeyfuck says:

    That is one sweet platform to have over your head when the shit is flying on the ground. I haven't seen the "new" ones (C-130's) in action myself but spoke with some guys who have. These fuckers carry a 105mm, two 40mm and 1 or 2 20mm mini guns- radar and IR targetting-give some SERIOUS cases of lead poisoning if you are on the wrong side.

    2007-02-08T05:31:42Z
    • 16x16
      firebolt says:

      yeah, this thing is a pure fucking wreaker.if clinton would have let the army have one in somalia there woundnt had a black hawk down as bad as it was.

      2007-02-08T06:06:32Z
    • 16x16
      pleep says:

      then there would be no Black Hawk Down movie.

      2007-02-08T06:12:49Z
    • 16x16
      firebolt says:

      no, the black hawk would have been shot down, but the skinnies would have been blasted to bits or held back

      2007-02-08T06:19:32Z
    • 16x16
      pleep says:

      I am sure there would be no friendly fire related deaths.

      2007-02-08T06:36:51Z
    • 16x16
      firebolt says:

      the specter gunship would of circled around the crash site creating a ring of protection around them,plus they have some of the best targeting equipment

      2007-02-08T06:44:22Z
    • Klf_avatar__75x75_

      Ja, then Schwarzenegger would come in with his harrier and snipe at them one by one while hovering.

      2007-02-08T07:08:11Z
    • 16x16
      pleep says:

      tell that to the A-10 casualties. Haaaa.

      2007-02-08T07:08:18Z
    • 16x16
      pleep says:

      or the apache ones.

      2007-02-08T07:08:35Z
    • 16x16
      pleep says:

      Get in the CHOPPAAAAAA! I love how he kills the Predator in the movie, or in Commando when he picks up the public phone booth and just throws it. Arnold is the shit.

      2007-02-08T07:21:32Z
    • 16x16
      firebolt says:

      not the same, a-10s swoop in and apaches are much closer to the action

      2007-02-08T07:23:28Z
    • 16x16
      pleep says:

      What if they actually called this plane "Puff Magic the Dragon" just because they were baked as fuck.

      2007-02-08T13:46:32Z
    • 75x75
      MrGiggles says:

      Apaches aren't always that close to the action. They're just relatively slow.

      2007-02-08T16:07:35Z
    • 16x16
      pleep says:

      and they also love sand.

      2007-02-09T00:11:34Z
  • Dr_emblem
    cdbsr00 says:

    actually the "Puff the Magic Dragon" moniker is describing the gun, not the whole aircraft. the plane was called Spooky.

    2007-02-08T08:05:42Z
    • Ms_avatar

      Spooky was it's technical nickname. The troops called the ship Puff The Magic Dragon because of the above spectacle. The guns were 7.62 mm (0.30 in) General Electric GAU-2/M134 miniguns.

      Here's the wiki.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC-47

      2007-02-08T08:40:38Z
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posted February 08, 2007

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