You Take a C-130.....

[Subdeacon Joe]

 

[Alpo]

That 40 mm Bofors uses a four round clip? Then why was the guy in the picture loading a six?

[Tex Jones, SASS 2263]

11 minutes ago, Alpo said:

That 40 mm Bofors uses a four round clip? Then why was the guy in the picture loading a six?

Metric system.  😁

[Boggus Deal #64218]

28 minutes ago, Alpo said:

That 40 mm Bofors uses a four round clip? Then why was the guy in the picture loading a six?

Common core math?

[Subdeacon Joe]

1 hour ago, Alpo said:

That 40 mm Bofors uses a four round clip? Then why was the guy in the picture loading a six?

 

Might have been a different Mk. in the film than when she was in.  

 

Or, as isn't unusual in videos, it's a clip for something other than what is mentioned. 

[Pat Riot]

3 hours ago, Alpo said:

That 40 mm Bofors uses a four round clip? Then why was the guy in the picture loading a six?

Probably an image from a free state that doesn’t regulate magazine size. 

[Cyrus Cassidy #45437]

Funny thing about the C-130:  I've taken off in one a few times, but I've never landed in one!

[Blackwater 53393]

She didn’t mention those itty bitty GE Mini-guns that can blanket the ground with 20mm or 30mm rounds in short order!!

[Subdeacon Joe]

5 hours ago, Cyrus Cassidy #45437 said:

Funny thing about the C-130:  I've taken off in one a few times, but I've never landed in one!

 

Sucks when you step out to take a leak at angels 20 and get left behind.   

[Charlie Harley, #14153]

6 hours ago, Cyrus Cassidy #45437 said:

Funny thing about the C-130:  I've taken off in one a few times, but I've never landed in one!

All the Way!

[Caprock Kid]

Field Artillery 105 rounds are not crimped so you could adjust the charge (powder bags) for range.   AC-130 105 rounds were crimped because the rounds  are loaded at a downward angle. Also, AC-130 gunners were the only Air Force personnel that could receive the Field Artillery’s Patron Saint Order of Saint Barbara. 

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

I was in Tucson last weekend, and took a wrong turn - which turned out to be fortuitous; it took me right past the "Boneyard."  And from my rough estimate, there were over two hundred C-130's neatly parked there.  Don't know how many - if any - were gunships, but it was an amazing sight!  Row after row after row....  

 

 

 

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

On 3/20/2025 at 9:03 AM, Alpo said:

That 40 mm Bofors uses a four round clip? Then why was the guy in the picture loading a six?

Cause you’re not looking at it right.

 

 

[Sedalia Dave]

Yep 4 round clips.  The feed magazine on the Bofors holds 7 or 8 rounds.

 

In the video below, at the 1:20 mark, you can see them loading the 4 round 40mm clips into the ready storage magazine on the AC. Starting at the 7:25 mark you can watch them load and fire it.

 

 

Edited March 22 by Sedalia Dave

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

Huh!  Can't believe I just now remembered this...

 

While he was growing up, my son had a "hero" - Ken N.  Kid's mom's best friend's husband.  And when asked, he'd told the Kid that he'd "served in the Air Force."  When further pressed, he told the Kid that yes, he had been in Viet Nam.  No details; just that he'd flown some large airplanes around.

 

Sadly, Ken passed back in '16.  The Kid was surprised when I pointed out this line from the obituary:  "Ken served his country in combat as an Air Force pilot and gunship commander during the Viet Nam war and afterwards in other duties in the Reserves..."  

 

Ironically, when he was little, I'd bought a kinda cool toy for the Kid.  And I also just remembered and found it atop a cabinet in the guest room.  Don't recall who made the thing, and can't find a maker's mark on it anywhere ~ but it's still cool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

A lot C130 models on Amazon, but I think the gunship needs to be a custom job.

Edited March 24 by Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984