F-105 Vietnam 1-5-1969 Col Ray Kingston- Scotch 490 Gun Camera

Gun Camera F-105 Vietnam

[@williamgalbraith3621]

That's a very well boresighted gun! He is probably very pleased with his weapons troops!

[@jerrylclement]

Taking into consideration what this is… so freaking cool!!!!

[@mr.commonense8177]

Perfect gunsite calibration.

[@scotto7924]

The villagers were under strict instructions that downed pilots were to be taken alive. Must have been difficult.

[@nickmitsialis]

'Cept missions this low in 'Route Packs One thru Six' were suicide. Where are these missions taking place?

[@SpAzZzZz_]

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[@EgoAlters]

This is footage from Laos in 1969. The F105 featured, is targeting NVA - who were attacking Laos.

[@nookie077]

Your comment is confusing.... be more clearer. This "village" must have some extremely combustible rice though.... seing as it looks like an ammo dump goes off from the gun fire at one point.

[@jerrylclement]

1:01 Whoa!!!

[@kevinmccorkle7476]

20mm is devastating

[@otdosa]

Especially against a straw hut.

[@kevinmccorkle7476]

@@otdosa someone that you know?

[@otdosa]

@@kevinmccorkle7476 good one, but no.

[@indaloman80]

Straw huts don't usually explode from 20mm rounds.

[@decimated550]

@@otdosa"the side with the helicopters always loses"

[@aun70s79]

💥🔥

[@user-il2ye8ww3c]

F-105 это крутой.😊

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

That M61 don’t fuck around

[@themigratingcoconut562]

watch 2x speed for the real speed I think. Also makes it 2x as smooth so 60fps

[@Adair9800]

Never flew fighters, so am curious to know what altitude are these guys at? I have read 500 KIAS was preferred, but maybe even higher would be reasonable for the Thud.

[@codyking4848]

500 KIAS is an airspeed, not an altitude.

[@Adair9800]

My question should have been written more clearly. Yes, 500 KIAS is an airspeed - I've flown aircraft at that speed and above. I am curious to know roughly what altitude most of these passes were flown at. Also, were they usually flown at 500 Kts indicated, or sometimes higher?

[@codyking4848]

@@Adair9800 Thuds typically did wing level attacks at 2k feet, wingovers from as low as 8k feet, offset popups from as little as 100 feet with the wingover at 5k-10k. Very maneuverable aircraft despite its age. Gun runs could be from any in hot altitude. It all depended on the threat matrix. As far as airspeed goes, the more speed, the higher in the HUD the pipper would be, so if there was AAA threat, they would absolutely go higher than 500KIAS, but within the restriction of weapons envelope for release to avoid recontact. Edit: what did you fly?

[@decimated550]

these pilots had it easy above southern vietnam strafing 2nd world soldiers. Over the central european plain, a shallow dive over a soviet division would be fatal. The israeli pilots were more skilled in ground attack and strafing - recall the gun camera footage from 1967 six day war attack on egypt airfields, those men were at 100 feet

[@Adair9800]

@decimated550 I was aware of the gun camera footage, just haven't seen it yet. Thanks

[@JohnDoesItAll]

I thought they were only used as bombers in vietnam

[@EgoAlters]

This is Laos.

[@user-jc4yv7eg7c]

Too bad no audio :)

[@drewnogy]

Just what the F-105 was designed for, ground attack.

[@insideoutsideupsidedown2218]

That was not what the F105 was designed for.

[@jeffreyb8770]

Total air superiority . . . and we still lost.

[@simonnomis5302]

well shooting houses isnt a thing...

[@CFITOMAHAWK2]

20 years after USA left, Vietnam asked USA to come back as tourist and business, so they wasted their time and lives to ask us to come back 20 years later. It is not full communist anymore. USA Friend. We won. They are not spreading communism anymore.

[@user-cg7kq4bx9r]

shooting wooden huts - no wonder they lost

[@lightza5290]

well if u look Crossley u can se secondarty explotinosn from those hutts..this is most likelu cas mission whit troops caling in airstrikes on enemy positions

[@lightza5290]

Btw south vietnam lost

[@sgttv8797]

France,America and South Vietnam lost so not sure what your talking about .

[@GatorGreenGladiator]

​@sgttv8797 congress never signed a declaration of war against NV or VC. I see it as a draw. They had the casualties, we didn't have the hearts and minds at home.

[@sgttv8797]

@@GatorGreenGladiator it's your opinion ,your entitled to it ;). But the truth is the states was pushed out and the North rolled over the south.that is what we call a loss.

[@thisisafact9181]

Shoot anything shape of a house , typical american war tactics

[@indaloman80]

Shooting your mouth off about something you know nothing about, probably your highest and best use. You see the secondary explosions? Google it... How many "houses" flame on with 20 cal hitting it.

[@BucF16]

Got pretty good secondaries...

[@samiua1578]

Sivillerin evlerini vuruyor?? 😳🤔