Door gunner

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A door gunner operating the 7.62 GPMG over Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Afghan soldier M240 near Kabul 2013 01 121129-F-PM120-898.jpg
A door gunner operating the 7.62 GPMG over Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

A door gunner is a crewman tasked with firing and maintaining manually directed armament aboard a military helicopter. The actual role will vary depending on the task given on a particular mission. For certain aircraft a door gunner would use a fully automatic Gatling gun placement. On many larger aircraft such as military planes a turret is used along with heavy cannons.

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Origins

Modern door gunners

Equipment

Most door gunners use some sort of machine gun such as the M60 or the M60D (a modification of the basic M60 for aircraft), M240, M2HB, or more recently, the General Electric M134 minigun.

See also

References

  1. "HH-43B".
  2. "Ordnance Notes -- by Bob Stoner GMCM(SW) Ret".

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