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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.

Puff The Magic Dragon

Puff The Magic Dragon
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Comments to Puff The Magic Dragon

  • bichofelix
    bichofelix 2007-02-08T05:13:09Z says:

    No Shit..By the looks of it..

  • Playa4
    Playa4 2007-02-08T05:16:19Z says:

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

    • Zeratul
      Zeratul 2007-02-08T05:18:56Z says:

      Look above the picture (and the ads)

    • Snotcricket
      Snotcricket 2007-02-08T05:20:24Z says:

      ads? what ads? you still use internet explorer?

    • Babies Kill You
      Babies Kill You 2007-02-08T05:21:39Z says:

      Why do you ask these questions!!!

    • Babies Kill You
      Babies Kill You 2007-02-08T05:22:45Z says:

      Me likey FireFox too :P

    • pleep
      pleep 2007-02-08T05:58:37Z says:

      I guess Playa4 can't read.

    • Playa4
      Playa4 2007-02-08T07:04:47Z 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???

    • pleep
      pleep 2007-02-08T07:07:53Z says:

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

    • supernova
      supernova 2007-02-08T07:08:55Z says:

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

    • El_Wanko
      El_Wanko 2007-02-08T12:36:28Z 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!'

    • Playa4
      Playa4 2007-02-08T20:02:44Z says:

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

    • Tyler_Durden
      Tyler_Durden 2007-02-08T20:20:03Z says:

      Shouldn't you be doing your paper route now?

    • Playa4
      Playa4 2007-02-09T01:16:57Z says:

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

    • Tyler_Durden
      Tyler_Durden 2007-02-09T16:24:29Z says:

      At least I wasn't playa hating

  • monkeyfuck
    monkeyfuck 2007-02-08T05:31:42Z 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.

    • firebolt
      firebolt 2007-02-08T06:06:32Z 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.

    • pleep
      pleep 2007-02-08T06:12:49Z says:

      then there would be no Black Hawk Down movie.

    • firebolt
      firebolt 2007-02-08T06:19:32Z says:

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

    • pleep
      pleep 2007-02-08T06:36:51Z says:

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

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

    • chairman_of_the_bored
      chairman_of_the_bored 2007-02-08T07:08:11Z says:

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

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

      tell that to the A-10 casualties. Haaaa.

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

      or the apache ones.

    • pleep
      pleep 2007-02-08T07:21:32Z 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.

    • firebolt
      firebolt 2007-02-08T07:23:28Z says:

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

    • pleep
      pleep 2007-02-08T13:46:32Z says:

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

    • MrGiggles
      MrGiggles 2007-02-08T16:07:35Z says:

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

    • pleep
      pleep 2007-02-09T00:11:34Z says:

      and they also love sand.

  • cdbsr00
    cdbsr00 2007-02-08T08:05:42Z says:

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

    • Babies Kill You
      Babies Kill You 2007-02-08T08:40:38Z says:

      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

Babies Kill You
posted February 08, 2007

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