INTRODUCTION TO AH-1G HUEY COBRA HELICOPTER w/ MINIGUN & ROCKET LAUNCHER VIETNAM 84375

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Made by Bell Helicopter, this short film focuses on the brand new Bell AH-1G Huey Cobra attack helicopter, and compares it to the original Huey (1:34). An overview of the Huey XH-40, UH-1A, UH-1B gunship and troop transport UH-1D are all shown, including in action in Vietnam. The narrator speaks about the compromises inherent in using an aircraft that was designed for evacuation of casualties in a combat role. The design of the Cobra was intended to provide maximum combat effectiveness, borrowing reliable elements from the Huey design, and allowing the helicopter to easily escort transport helicopters like the UH-1A. At 4:00, the tandem seat Sioux scout helicopter is shown. It had a chin turret and weapons pylons. At 4:30, the aerodynamic design of the prototype is shown. At 4:44, the Cobra's sleek design is shown, and a side by side comparison with a Huey is shown - with 1/3rd the drag of its predecessor. The Cobra is shown in an escort capacity. At 6:05, the rotor system is shown, with its standard 540 rotor and special SAS stabilization system. At 7:00 the TAC turret 7.62 minigun is shown at work. At 7:20, grenade launchers and dual minigun options are shown. At 8:00, the pilot and gunner are shown at their controls and a discussion of their responsibilities. At 8:40, some of the 8000 rounds of ammunition that the Cobra can carry, stored in bays on both sides of the ship. At 9:00, the wing store hard points are shown with their rocket pods and miniguns. At 9:40, discussion of the aircraft's durability under fire, with it's armor panels and crew protection features, as well as redundant design and self-sealing fuel tanks to provide added survivability. At 11:00, infrared detection is lowered through the aircraft's design. At 11:25, the teflon bearing rotor is discussed. At 12:12, the narrator discusses how Bell spent time talking to personnel on the ground in Vietnam, to help finalize the design of the aircraft. The method by which stores are ejected from the aircraft, which maximizes safety, is discussed. At 12:40, the assembly line for the helicopter is shown.
The Bell AH-1 Cobra is a two-blade, single-engine attack helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter. It was developed using the engine, transmission and rotor system of the Bell UH-1 Iroquois. A member of the prolific Huey family, the AH-1 is also referred to as the HueyCobra or Snake.
The AH-1 was the backbone of the United States Army's attack helicopter fleet, but has been replaced by the AH-64 Apache in Army service. Upgraded versions continue to fly with the militaries of several other nations. The AH-1 twin-engine versions remain in service with United States Marine Corps (USMC) as the service's primary attack helicopter. Surplus AH-1 helicopters have been converted for fighting forest fires.
Bell's initial mock-up of the Model 209 largely resembled the "Iroquois Warrior" mockup. In Vietnam, events were also advancing in favor of the Model 209. Attacks on US forces were increasing, and by the end of June 1965 there were already 50,000 US ground troops in Vietnam.1965 was also the deadline for AAFSS selection, but the program would become stuck in technical difficulties and political bickering. The U.S. Army needed an interim gunship for Vietnam and it asked five companies to provide a quick solution. Submissions came in for armed variants of the Boeing-Vertol ACH-47A, Kaman HH-2C Tomahawk, Piasecki 16H Pathfinder, Sikorsky S-61, and the Bell 209. On 3 September 1965 Bell rolled out its Model 209 prototype, and four days later it made its maiden flight, only eight months after the go-ahead. In April 1966, the model won an evaluation against the other rival helicopters. The Army then signed the first production contract for 110 aircraft. Bell added "Cobra" to the UH-1's Huey nickname to produce its HueyCobra name for the 209. The Army applied the Cobra name to its AH-1G designation for the helicopter.
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[@mcrow3856]

I spent some of the best years of my life living, sleeping, and eating with these helicopters.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Thanks for your service to our great nation.

[@donalddodson7365]

Thanks for the cover!

[@ThommyofThenn]

Riding in one would be exhilarating! Their design and history are also fascinating

[@toejam7606]

Mowing down slants? Yourruthless bruh...

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@toejam7606 calling people "slants" lol. Sounds like something Barnes from Platoon would say

[@ron827]

After graduating from Cobra maintenance school in 1969 at Ft. Eustis, VA, I became an instructor in the same school. VERY impressive chopper.

[@pauly260]

Graduated AH-64 School in 2002 at Eustis. All our senior instructors were Cobra men. Loved hearing about the Apache's big brother.

[@vihtoripuurola3775]

Went through Ft Eustis to become an aircraft electrician in the summer of 84. I believe we spent 2 weeks on each airframe starting with the Huey. We couldn't wait to get to the Cobra. Went back for the OH-58D (88) and then the AH-64A (91).

[@topgunsnake720]

Graduated Cobra school at Eustis in March 1971. April 15th I was in the Nam. REDSKINS Company D (Atk Hel), 158 th Avn. Bn. (Aslt Hel), 101st Abn. Div. (Ambl), Camp Evans Man in the front seat and in the door.

[@bryantay11]

My dad CW3 RR Taylor flew these and Hueys on his second Vietnam tour in ’69-‘70. He then got assigned as an acceptance test pilot with Army Materiel Command at the Bell plant in Ft Worth until ‘77. He knew when my elementary school recesses were, and would often come circle the playground while we were out there. I’d yell, “that’s my dad!” and felt like the coolest kid in the school. Will always love the Snake!

[@ronaldwarren5220]

I experienced these up close when I was on the Reaction Force at Long Binh in Feb of 69. One of them flew right in front of our defensive line bouncing rounds off the road to Vung Tau. What a marvelous aircraft! 4th of July was never impressive after seeing them and Puff work!

[@donalddodson7365]

How true! After Vietnam, the 4th of July was forever changed in my brain.

[@ssisnake]

My Dad said the same thing, can't imagine seeing one of these or Puff live in person, especially Puff man that thing was mean and destructive from what my old man told me.

[@danny-li6io]

Glad you made it out alive! ❤️

[@donalddodson7365]

@@danny-li6io Me too. Thanks.

[@FenderGreg]

The UH-1 and AH-1 were game changers. Bell hit it out of the park. 67 Yankee!

[@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu]

What about Hughes?

[@roybradley5532]

@@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu The OH-6 Little Bird was a fantastic helicopter. I was a crew chief on the UH-1D/H model and with both M-60 D's mounted and loaded on every flight, for ten years. Every unit I was assigned to had a cobra team. They were hard years but they were the best years .😎

[@T.R.R.Jolkien]

I was 68 golf. Airframe technician. (We did body work to helicopters)

[@gabrielinostroza4989]

That footage of the Bell 207 blew my mind, i didn't think any of it existed. This video is a treasure.

[@cheaptricked]

My Step Father, Major Earnest R Downing US ARMY, flew the Cobra in Vietnam.👍🏼

[@C-130-Hercules]

Love the sound of Hueys 🐍🚁

[@eastender74]

That sound is what makes the A-Team intro what it is. You knew some kick ass was coming! Also Radar knew the sound better than most 😅

[@C-130-Hercules]

@@eastender74 Yeah, but that wasn't a Huey... It is a Bell 47D-1 that has converted to an H-13 and painted in "M*A*S*H"configuration.

[@davidbays9848]

67Y, enlisted in 74, what a privilege to go on maintenance flights in the front seat, still have the Cobra patch, our favorite saying back then when we bloodied our knuckles or fingers turning wrenches was “ I got snake bit”

[@donalddodson7365]

I can still remember seeing my first Cobra: Fall 1969, Hensel Field, Camp Enari, Plieku, RVN. We believed they could not be shot down. Sadly, this was not the case. Sadly, these types of films do not include the unforgettable growling sound ... Brrrrrup, and the spray of tracers.

[@lriper4702]

I was a marine for the Greek army. When I first got into a Huey, I was so impressed, I couldn’t forget the experience for days…

[@farpointgamingdirect]

Semper Fi

[@dreamdiction]

The internal size is very impressive, 2.7 meters wide !

[@deafmusician2]

This bird still makes my heart go pitter-patter. I got in on the maintenance of these and the UH1 before they were finally phased out of inventory. It was fun going through the systems in my head once again. Those were the days. Im retired now.

[@BeingFireRetardant]

One of the best of the very few examples of governmental program efficiency, because they actually took feedback from the field, went to the drawing board with a clean sheet of paper, with the intention to use simplified logistics and parts commonality, and threw whatever resources they needed at it. One of the rare examples of the government providing an elegant solution to a difficult problem, in record time. A design so efficient and potently capable, it literally introduced the layout for every attack chopper that followed for the next fifty years. And the AH-1Z Viper that decended from this remarkably airworthy collection of good ideas, may still be the most agile, and lethal close air support helicopter in the world. ___

[@steven2212]

Have 2k hours in Huey's, such a fantastic airframe and joy to fly! Both models are still going strong!

[@Whitesp44]

And variants are still in service today. Absolutely beautiful death machines. I saw the USMC (unk variant) flying CAS for us one time. Didn't get lucky but boy have you goose bumps watching it hunt. Very cool video. Hats off to all those who flew those in hunter killer teams in 'Nam.

[@Activated_Complex]

What an outstanding machine to be the world's first purpose-built attack helicopter. And easy on the eyes, too. It's like if the world's first fighter plane had been an F-16, or the Walker Bulldog had been the first tank.

[@newt21]

As a former Vietnam War pilot the Huey was my favourite to fly, that and the chinook. Just great helicopters that make your job so much easier.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Thanks for your service to our great nation.

[@newt21]

@@PeriscopeFilm thank you I appreciate that 🙏

[@pretoasted]

DEADLY EFFECTIVENESS

[@jaminova_1969]

Papa was a big fan of the Huey.

[@CobraArmament]

I was a 68J Cobra Armament Tech for 20 years. I so miss working on this aircraft. I later worked on the OH-58D and AH-64 systems. But my first love was the Cobra.

[@craigseaver8062]

Armament Dawgs!!! Ditto for me. 68J (68X once we got Apaches) from 87-94.

[@T.R.R.Jolkien]

I was 68 golf. Airframe technician. (Bodywork)

[@craigseaver8062]

@@T.R.R.Jolkien My brother was 68G from 90 - 94

[@T.R.R.Jolkien]

@@craigseaver8062 😎🇺🇸

[@TET2005]

Looked pretty slick and agile.

[@farpointgamingdirect]

As a 6132 in the Marines, the T and T+ models were my favorite helicopters to work on

[@mfcbronson8144]

My Dad was a 361st Escort Pink Panther. Panther 14 flew Tet Offensive and covered Special Forces in Laos and Cambodia

[@grimtea1715]

It's thing s like this for why Periscope Films is levels above every other channel.

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

My Uncle Steve was mechanic in Nam. He worked on F4's mostly but did chopper stuff if tuey needed him to pitch in. In 77 he was stationed at Peas AFB in New Hampshire. I went for the weekend to skate the Wizard skate park and visit the base where I stayed in the barracks. I watched Cobra's all day one afternoon. Afyer that I was hooked on em and got the Monogram kit of the day amd built 2 of em. One for Unca Steve that staued with him there until he retired many years later. I think it still sits in his office to this very day. What a machine...

[@frostedbutts4340]

That Cobra prototype with the bubble canopy is beautiful

[@nomanmcshmoo8640]

Damn! This was great to see. I know the Apache is all that and a bag of Cheetos but the Cobra will always be my favorite.

[@Lynchfan88]

This was such an odd design and it was a total homerun to the ground forces in Vietnam. Bell did an amazing job designing & building this and making so many excellent weapons platforms for it. Bell rocked this!

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

4:00 I had no idea that Bell Helicopters had experimented with making a tandem seat gunship, using a modified Bell 47 (H-13 Sioux). And this was as far back as 1963!

[@josholdham1033]

This is an awesome video. Fascinating! Love the Cobras

[@Zzzeloucious]

the cobra was very ahead of its time.

[@cowerdnerddespacito9518]

I know the Huey and cobra shared a lot of parts and designs but I didn’t know the cobra was called a Huey cobra

[@coreymerrill3257]

First and still considered the most advanced combat helicopter made with its modern upgrades and retrofits . Forget the apache ,the Ah-1 Z cobra is the best . Now with duel , improved efficiency , higher horsepower engines. Hard points that take many air to air ,air to land and air to sea missiles, Rocket pods, various types of auto cannon , usually the 20mm vulkan, it can also use the 30mm bushmaster type autocannon, .50 bmg rotary guns, or a mobile gun pod containing multiple 7.62 nato ,belt fed machine guns or as they show :: mini guns. I actually forgot they have the 40mmgrenade launcher capabilities. It can also drop the gun pod all together and use radar enhancing gear to enhance pilot to pilot awareness. Yes I am a fanboy of the cobra attack helicopter. The apache used to be my favorite until I realized it was a cobra that was enhanced at bottom dollar. " How can we make this faster and more capable in " x " amount of ways for less money than a basic cobra...well it couldn't be done, and the apache A model was born. Actually bettering the performance of the cobra of the day by a significant margin. By the time we get to modern times , the apache has been downgraded so many times it met the original goal , while the cobra kept generally improving . Now there is the serious question of do we ditch the apache for something new or for the cobra or do we bring back the apache A model and upgrade it's electronics suite, engine efficiency , armor and weapons . The A was the first helicopter to be "fly by wire " , closing the canopy off with armor and navigating by night vision and radar alone.( That I know of, please do correct me if I am wrong). The apache is having trouble integrating the new sensor arrays needed for modern air tactics. The Cobra is not( also ,as far as I am aware,and that may have changed) .

[@doncollins786]

Well said, Sir! I have to admit a fondness for the Cobra, I was a Factory mechanic on the UH-1, Ah-1 and the Kiowa Warrior and finished my career on the V-22 Osprey. All good machines!

[@coreymerrill3257]

@@doncollins786 thankyou, I take that as high praise from a person like yourself who has such experience. I'm just putting together information I have come across In documentaries,news clips, military reports and such.

[@BeingFireRetardant]

@@doncollins786 Little Birds, always punching above their weight class...

[@roybradley5532]

@@doncollins786 The OH-58 Kiowa has changed a lot since my time in the Army. It was a crappy aircraft that couldn't fly in cold weather. And was woefully under powered. It has gotten better.

[@roybradley5532]

Do you remember the AH-1 S model. That was a big mistake. They added so much to the nose they had to put counter weights in the tail boom and under the singer cowling . And that all made it so heavy that you had to fly with either 1/2 the fuel or half the weapons/ammo. Every commander had them fly with half fuel. I was in Germany when our Cobra flight crews got the upgraded Cobra and they all hated it. The newer upgrade turn it back in the to war beast it was meant to be.

[@JeepWrangler1957]

Loved my bird

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Thanks for your service to our great nation -- and thanks for being a sub.

[@roybradley5532]

Thank you for that. I was a UH-1D/H crew chief I also and loved ever minute of flying in them. Take good care friend.😎

[@JeepWrangler1957]

@@roybradley5532 same here both D & H

[@jeffreyhanshawsr4884]

I HAVE DREAMED OF FLYING ONE OF THESE BABIES MY WHOLE LIFE!!

[@ypaulbrown]

Love that Machine.....

[@eliasmora715]

amazing design, i always love the look of this machine..

[@ahmetuzun5290]

You guys are doing great job. Thank you so much!

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Thank you ! Please subscribe!

[@chrissmith-rv5ro]

The intro is so much like the kungfu movies of that vintage.

[@STB-jh7od]

In 90s when I served in US Army, I had Vietnam vets who found a Vietcong base where cong had put up warnings to never shoot at this aircraft

[@bifftannen324]

I think this is the one that Wild Bill flew in GI Joe

[@ergot57]

where are the wax pencil cross hairs the pilot and copilot would draw on the windshield to aim with?

[@jimaye1312]

I can hear it now, “alright Mr. Johnson what’s it gonna take to get you into this?”

[@roybradley5532]

Seeing as Lady Bird Johnson owned 51% of Bell Helicopter. I don't think.that wouldn't be a question that needed to be asked.😎

[@orlandonostagiafever1964]

Was father was in Vihn Long when they received 4 of them ,the mini gun had two speeds to fire on and the 6 pound gun next to it.He got to fire it while the pilot fired the rockets.

[@violentnomad.]

More videos of cobra please

[@RicArmstrong]

Watching these Cobra's, I wonder if they had air conditioning in them during Vietnam? The Huey was open and air easily flowed throughout the cabin. But being enclosed in the Cobra in south east Asia must have been like sitting in an oven.

[@AdamsBrew78]

The earliest deployed Cobras didn’t have any air conditioning. (so for 3 years from 67 to 70, it was probably hell to fly in) 1970 is when they first started installing cockpit AC

[@RicArmstrong]

@@AdamsBrew78 Thanks for the reply. I can't imagine roasting in those Cobras and still performing their job.

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

@@RicArmstrong I’d rather roast in it than be shot at by Soviet AA missiles hidden in the jungle.

[@alangeddes268]

Spring of 68 I was in Huey crew chief school and we devoted some time to the quite new Cobra so we could work on both. Got to fly front seat one time and shot up a boat. UH! was a flying truck and we could carry anything. Even a borrowed pallet of beer from down in Hue.

[@duartesimoes508]

I can't imagine how much time and effort was spent in Bell and elsewhere until finding a suitable, aggressive, exciting sounding name for this helicopter, only for everybody ending up calling her _Snake_ ! 😀

[@BIG-DIPPER-56]

Very Nice - Thanks!

[@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu]

Strap the Alpha Mike Delta rotor suppression systems on that baby and it becomes a ghost at night.

[@VonHoffnung]

Great chopper

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

It was a 40mm grenade launcher it had. Not a rocket launcher.

[@user-xq3kg8hk5q]

Хьюин друг и товарищ❤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤🙋‍♀️🇷🇺

[@lawrencetate145]

They should have decoupled the copter from a gyro-stabalized gun. The same flaw plagued the Apache 20mm. They should have done like they did on Spooky. Super cool video, though! As is everything from Periscope!

[@PeriscopeFilm]

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[@shaider1982]

Apache has 30 mm gun

[@lawrencetate145]

@@shaider1982 Right, my mistake. Accuracy is bad for same reason, though.

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

@@lawrencetate145 Not really.

[@LA-ep2nr]

“Snakes!!!”

[@olegvitalich8978]

Дуже дякую!Glory to US Force!

[@RaymondKarlVeasey75]

I Had The G.I. Joe Version Piloted By Wild Bill.

[@emanuelmifsud6754]

"slim fuselage" now that is a slim hlioptr, about as wi as a human WOW< WOW< WOW

[@bryantbridgewaters7177]

@ 13:23 when you say one thing but mean another...

[@richardleetbluesharmonicac7192]

My friend Dennis Rogers welded a 50 mm machine in a rear firing position because of constant fire from the rear.

[@richardleetbluesharmonicac7192]

He used to fly 100 miles an hour through the middle of triple canopy

[@SodiumGreen]

What year was this made ?

[@edwardschmitt5710]

"Maximum use of Huey components"...but but then the Defense Contractors won't be able to make more money! Must be from a time when government funding wasn't a blank check and there were balanced budgets.

[@carlosvelez9798]

I loved my job.

[@para1324]

Pink Teams.

[@user-rm6ti1gz3v]

04:04 喜歡

[@userbosco]

"Virtually unlimited visibility" ...except on your six. LOL

[@laakona8381]

The original Helo, the HU-1 (Helicopter, Utility-1) Is where the name "Huey" came from The AH-1 Cobra is only known to non-aviators as the "Huey Cobra". There were UH-1 Hueys and there were AH-1 Cobras. Not "Huey Cobras" How can an attack helicopter be a utility helicopter? Periscope Film should have known this.

[@deruta37]

(He does not know the Cobra is derived from the Huey)

[@braincraven]

2 years from concept to deployment is impossible today.

[@crazyralph6386]

Imagine those poor Huey pilots seeing one of these for the first time, as it pulls up and passes you, essentially leaving you in the dust? 😂

[@user-pp1ni2jy3f]

Why doesn't Ukraine have choppers like the Huey or Cobra? I bet they would change the battlefield just because the troops can be moved around much quicker.

[@Kastev30]

Ah, so this was pre-TOW? When they were talking about armaments you only had the dumb rockets & miniguns. Which AH-1 model first incorporated anti-tank guided missiles?

[@CobraArmament]

The first was the AH-1S in the late '70s. It still had the round canopy, the later ECAS and Modernized Cobra had the squared off flat plate canopy. I was a 68J, Cobra Armament for 20 years.

[@danielcarlson800]

Bitchin' film!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!!

[@eastender74]

Does the Marine Corps still fly the Cobra or were they considered obsolete and disbanded?

[@marshallblythe7240]

Still flying the AH-1Z variant. My son works on them.

[@ablemagawitch]

The Marines take all the old discarded equipment other branches are phasing out. Then use it until it becomes fashionable again. Look at their usage of the A-10....

[@thedungeondelver]

@@ablemagawitch The Marines don't fly the A10.

[@ablemagawitch]

@@thedungeondelver "The Marines don't fly the A10." You're right my bad. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Aviation They're still rocking the T-34 (cool points for a proud plane and history) and F-18s and the Heuy as Bell's UH-1Y Venom

[@daniellanglois9973]

Bad Ass

[@haroldmclean3755]

C O B R A 🐍

[@NetzKanal]

I did not fly the Cobra.

[@isaach.7324]

cmon man when do they teach us how to circle strafe? I wanna spin around like a ballerina and turn the area behind E into a hot lead wasteland

[@artidcommercial-id]

Most oldest Film

[@1969CampEvans]

SNAKES

[@dziban303]

Sssssssssnakes

[@jimjoe9945]

Jesus is the way, the truth, the life.

[@Dickusification]

Its like the A10 of helicopters

[@Scott-gt6od]

68-70 phoniex program Dealing Death

[@BeingFireRetardant]

Wasn't McGuyver in the Phoenix Program?

[@matkremzar5474]

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[@BeingFireRetardant]

@@matkremzar5474 Lol, yep. Thanks.

[@informativeclassics]

Thank you guys for setting the record straight on one of my videos. No disrespect, and that video has been removed. Thank k you! 🦾❤️