M134D MiniGun for CH-146 Griffons

[1feral1]

The Aircraft M3, yes its a bit lighter, and yes a higher ROF. A few kg lighter or less maybe?

Don't have the specs at hand.

Cheers,

Wes

 

[421 EME]

One other thing, I saw a few combat arm types walking around here in flightsuits. Me think door gunners?

 

[Sf2]

One other thing, I saw a few combat arm types walking around here in flightsuits. Me think door gunners?

Mission Specialists (combat arms guys) have been wearing flight suits for years.

 

[421 EME]

This is true, my bad, but I have never seen it before.

 

[George Wallace]

One other thing, I saw a few combat arm types walking around here in flightsuits. Me think door gunners?

Door gunners for the eventual deployment.

 

[aesop081]

Door gunners for the eventual deployment.

Not necessarily GW.......read the posts before yours.

 

[Strike]

Probably a mix of both door gunners and mission specialists.

 

[Loachman]

If they're young corporals and privates, and mostly from reserve units, they're door gunners. All of the guys that we trained in Borden last year were reservists.

It will take me a long time to get used to seeing balmorals worn with flying suits (the traditional Canadian term, "flight suit" is American), but I like it.

 

[George Wallace]

Then again, they may be Crewsuits, as opposed to Flying Suits, and the pers are there for some other trg with another org and just happen to take a shortcut through the Flight Lines.....No longer on the M134D MiniGun for CH-146 Griffons any more are we?

 

[daftandbarmy]

If they're young corporals and privates, and mostly from reserve units, they're door gunners. All of the guys that we trained in Borden last year were reservists.

It will take me a long time to get used to seeing balmorals worn with flying suits (the traditional Canadian term, "flight suit" is American), but I like it.

Ahem... most likely you saw a Tam O' Shanter: probably khaki coloured.

Viz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tam_o%27shanter_(hat)

A Balmoral is a similar shape, but usually a different (dark blue with red and white dicing) colour and worn with a dress uniform of some kind.

Viz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmoral_bonnet

Looking forward to putting together the cultural awareness roadshow for the CF - "One army: Mostly wishing they were Highlanders" 

Ach aye the noo, Jimmy ;D

 

[Kirkhill]

Ahem... most likely you saw a Tam O' Shanter: probably khaki coloured.

Viz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tam_o%27shanter_(hat)

A Balmoral is a similar shape, but usually a different (dark blue with red and white dicing) colour and worn with a dress uniform of some kind.

Viz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmoral_bonnet

Looking forward to putting together the cultural awareness roadshow for the CF - "One army: Mostly wishing they were Highlanders" 

Ach aye the noo, Jimmy ;D

Redemption  ;D

PS and in the interest of cultural awareness : http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.futuremuseum.co.uk/images/cache/Img5630S128.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.futuremuseum.co.uk/Default.aspx%3FId%3D218&h=91&w=128&sz=3&hl=en&start=4&um=1&usg=__CWmU-7JFCcpWZOOqB8CSCtb5ED4=&tbnid=zTgxAkls6vReoM:&tbnh=65&tbnw=91&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dkilmarnock%2Bbonnet%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN "The Bunnet"

In Ayrshire  they were Bunnets, Toories, Tams, Tammy-Toories or Kilmarnock Bunnets..  Furriners kent them as Tam O'Shanters because that was the Bunnet that Tam wore.

 

[daftandbarmy]

And here's another good blend of 'Heelander' and Helicopter culture for you war (movie) pigs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00pOrjzMASA&feature=related


Music: Nick Glennie-Smith - Flying High
Soundtrack from We Were Soldiers (2002)
Lyrics:

"Lay me doon
In the caul, caul groon
Whau afore
Monie mair huv gaun

Lay me doon
Lay me doon
In the caul, caul groon
Whau afore
Monie mair huv gaun

When they come
A will staun ma groon
Staun ma groon
Al nae be afraid..."

 

[Dissident]

Anyone want to point me in the general direction to look for info on how to become a door gunner?

 

[Eye In The Sky]

Anyone want to point me in the general direction to look for info on how to become a door gunner?

I took a few minutes to do up a draft memo-picture for your Sgt.  Just give it to him/her, and they'll get back to you.

(Seriously, I have no idea but...I was bored.)

 

[Dissident]

I laughed, but it does represent pretty well how a half baked memo would be received. Kinda like:"Sgt, I want to be a supersniperninjaskymaskandtutuwearingjtf2seasore, can you please make it happen?"

Edit: I'm just looking for the official name of the trade or specialty or where I can get more info on this.

 

[armoured recce man]

some position where open in cftpo and they will be fill by member of the infantry and the armoured corps...they've just completed there training in gagetown and by the way everyone they are reg forces......

 

[NL_engineer]

I took a few minutes to do up a draft memo-picture for your Sgt.  Just give it to him/her, and they'll get back to you.

(Seriously, I have no idea but...I was bored.)

:rofl:

 

[Miller97]

A very good job indeed done by our fine forces!

 

[AirCanuck]

I took a few minutes to do up a draft memo-picture for your Sgt.  Just give it to him/her, and they'll get back to you.

(Seriously, I have no idea but...I was bored.)

thanks a lot.  I just laughed out loud in my ground school class at the airport.

 

[RetiredRoyal]

http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/lf/English/6_1_1.asp?id=3397

mayhaps read this. I think the grunts acting as a mission specialist as a door gunner is not a trade or specialty, but perhaps a position on the helomocopter. I have rode along many times as a 'spotter' never got special wings etc for it. Its just a casual position on the air weapons platform.