An unidentified UH-IH Iroquois Bushranger helicopter gunship of 9 Squadron, RAAF, which has ...

An unidentified UH-IH Iroquois Bushranger helicopter gunship of 9 Squadron, RAAF, which has landed at an unknown fire support base (FSB) in Phuoc Tuy Province. The rows of steel ammunition boxes on the floor of the cargo area behind the cockpit, hold thousands of rounds of 7.62mm x 51mm ammunition which feeds the electrically operated M134 six barrelled minigun, mounted outboard between the cargo hold and the pilot's door. Note the flexible ammunition feed chute and the red shroud protecting the minigun barrels. A pair of M60 machine guns with 1000 rounds of ammunition per gun, are mounted on a pintle post, at the rear of the cargo hold and are used by a designated door gunner. Note the door gunner's body armour and flight helmet on the seat behind the twin guns. Fitted below the waist guns is a seven barrelled M158 rocket launcher, with each tube containing a 2.75 inch rocket. Identical weaponry is also fitted to the other side of the aircraft. The standard cargo hook and the rescue hoist, seen on most other UH-1H Iroquois has been removed.