UH/1M 1323 BELL HELICOPTER GUN SHIP (HUEY)

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After it crashed in Vietnam in April 1969 it was repaired by Bell in Amarillo Texas. It was then reassigned in April of 1971 to the California National Guard. In 1993 it was transferred to our museum.

SpecsDetail
Manufactured1965
Cruising speed140 knots
Fire Power– Rocket launchers – seven 2.75 rockets on each side
– 7.62 high rate of fire machine gun which fired 2,000 to 4,000 rounds per minute
– a 40mm grenade launcher on the nose with a rate of fire at 100 rounds per minute
Azimuth travel60 degrees left or right, Elevation: + 15degrees, – 35 degrees
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