Why chopper door gunners do what they do 👀 #military #helicopter #aviation #militarylife #navy | Frontline Diary

US Army Helicopter Door Gunner talks about the Vietnam War. #vietnamwar #USMarines #semperfi #usarmy #military #militarylife #Britisharmy #Royalairforce #helicopter | The Giant Killer

Door gunners in action during the #Vietnam War. The door gunner was in charge of operating and maintaining manually directed guns aboard the helicopter. Throughout the Vietnam War, the primary weapon of the door gunner was a medium machine gun. The door gunner position was not very popular because it required manning a machine gun in a helicopter's open door. According to popular rumor, the life expectancy of a door gunner on a Vietnam-era #Huey gunship was about five minutes. Although this stat