[tevake]

Got to see those side firing mini gun setups a couple of times along the DMZ in Nam.

Really spectacular at night. The ones I saw had a couple of guns firing from one plane.
Looked like glowing waving ribbons of red light.

Pretty intense concentrated fire for such a Rube Goldberg creation.

Seems like the A 10 took that idea and was designed for the job.

Seeing close support from ships probably 20 miles away with big guns was also pretty mind blowing. Got to say their spotter seemed a bit out of his element when visiting us for a couple of days. Think he was happy to head back to the ship.

Cheers Richard