Douglas AC-47 Spooky aka Puff, the Magic Dragon

The AC-47 was a United States Air Force C-47 Skytrain (the military version of the DC-3) that had been modified by mounting three .30 in (7.62 mm) General Electric miniguns to fire through two rear window openings and the side cargo door, all on the left (pilot's) side of the aircraft. Other armament configurations could also be found on similar C-47 based aircraft around the world. The guns were actuated by a control on the pilot's yoke, where he could control the guns either individually or together, though gunners were also among the crew to assist with gun failures and similar issues. Its primary function was close air support for ground troops. It could orbit the target for hours providing suppressing fire. Coverage given by a Spooky was over an elliptical area approximately 52 yd (47.5 m) in diameter, placing a round every 2.4 yd (2.2 m) during a 3-second burst.

The plane carried 24,000 rounds of minigun ammunition and flares, which it could drop to light up the battleground.

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[wsboring]

I was a outpost guard at 576th Ammo in Feb 1967 when "Puff" fired on a VC group attempting a charge shortly after blowing up several pads of ammo days before. Puff fired not too far away; the sound was a deafening slow roar. The tracers looked like two red glowing streams. A small airplane dropped flares for targeting. Scared the living crap out of me! Like some space invasion...

[XDSTUPIDXD]

The AC-130, Spectre I think it is, is in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

[nickgage1162]

Love the sounds Spooky makes when it's in the air. VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

[xXxMartin96xXx]

fucking plane, tested in on IL-2 sturmovik 1946 with UP 3 mod

this plane was one of the most hard to pilot plane, shoot a gun once, and the plane will spin, and spin, and spin, and the tail will get broked!

[PuzzlingEvidenceTV]

She was so beautiful...used to support forward, the zip looking like half the DNA helix stretching out and down, and we knew the hurt was theirs for a moment...War is the worst there is.

[trje246]

@0:54 "changed the course of the war" ?? the out come was exactly the same. But Sweet as plane though. if i was on the ground, i'd be happy to know i could call in this thing for support. nice!

[RoflPwnXD]

yup, it is, 11 killstreak reward

[OH6Cayuse]

Yup. Maybe if they make a Vietnam one they could have this or the AC-119.

[gamegod19]

I know this sounds lame and most people hate when you bring games into this kind of thing but I think this would have been kinda cool in a Call of Duty game. gunships are awesome.