RARE M134 Minigun Armament for the Huey Helicopter (Picture Heavy)

[Aaron in Mohnton Pa 101]

 ... Every now and then we get stuff in that has extreme historic significance.... Museum pieces..... This is one of those things and I thought it would be worth sharing with my fellow enthusiasts on here..... We recently obtained a complete system to outfit a Uh-1 huey Helicopter with Miniguns in the doors. ALL of this is Vietnam War Surplus... These systems were issued during the war in extremely small numbers... Primarily used by the Air Force Green Hornets on Hueys and Jolly Green Giant Helicopters... It is nothing short of amazing that this stuff survived Vietnam, survived the scrapper, sat for decades in a storage container out west, and is now here..... Likely sold as scrap at some point way back when.

   These ammo magazines I believe hold 8,000-10,000 Rounds of Ammo. Have not loaded them up yet. Each magazine has a booster motor assembly on it which runs in sync with the guns motor. We tested everything and after a good clean up it all functions properly.

Aaron - Mohnton, Pa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 4:02 PM by Aaron in Mohnton Pa

[Ryo 32]

So.. you have 10k of rounds lying around somewhere. Take videos!

Beautiful collection. How in the world you find these things?

[Aaron in Mohnton Pa 101]

@Ryo , my company is at a crossroad where the aviation industry and the gun industry meet. We specifically deal in Huey a helicopter Armament in addition to what we do with machine guns .... we work closely with companies operating entire fleets of Huey Helicopters ... with that being said, sometimes these outfits come up with some really great stuff and have no use for it being they are mostly putting their aircraft to work.... We got a call on this load of stuff and worked out a deal. Crazy how these things happen ..... it’s what makes this fun though... the hunt for this stuff.... 

 

Edited 18 February by Aaron in Mohnton Pa

[Ryo 32]

I can see how that could be fun.. I have a deep affection for Hueys after riding one as a kid so I find your job double interesting.

[BrettBaker 5]

Any sets of PsyOps speakers so a guy can play Wagner properly?;)

[Aaron in Mohnton Pa 101]

35 minutes ago, BrettBaker said:

Any sets of PsyOps speakers so a guy can play Wagner properly?;)

Lol.. Those speakers they had on these birds were absolutely massive.

[johnsonlmg41 33]

Not just for Helo's  Boaters like those setups too!

[Aaron in Mohnton Pa 101]

@johnsonlmg41 , That is an awesome photo!.... That mount (the lower portion of it) was fabricated (in the field I'm sure)... A lot of navy PBR guys I know and Seawolf air crew had to fabricate their mounts. They were able to trade or pilfer ammo magazines and other components etc. Most pictures you see of miniguns in the doors on helicopters in Vietnam are custom made mounts like below. I inquired as to why any of these units would have to fabricate mounts... The Answer: Only the Air Force ordered Helicopters with factory installed miniguns in the doors .. The other branches only had miniguns on their gunships (pylon mounted) ... Who knows why....

PBR with this stuff custom mounted in the gun tub 

 

Edited 19 February by Aaron in Mohnton Pa

[davester 8]

Thanks for sharing.  Great photos.  Were the guns on a Form 4 as transferable?  Be interesting to know their paperwork background.

[Aaron in Mohnton Pa 101]

No. These are both dealer sample guns.