Ok, my initial run at this campaign has failed miserably.. The UH1-D I was building is, well we wont go into that.. So I have to switch up.. I have a Tamyia M42 Duster sitting here.. Was it used in Nam?? Thanks


Dave

Yes it was used quite a bit in all the areas of South Vietnam. Most of the larger base camps had a few for area defense. Also seen them used for bridge security and for check points along the convoy routes

Thanks Dave..


Dave

Hi Dave, my friend I do the commision builds for, served in Nam in the early days. one of the first jobs he had was to guard an M-42 Duster. He told me that the crews would fire them each morning at sunrise (why? I don't know ) He and his partner were sleeping on the glacis plate on thier first night on base, and guess what happened at sunrise??
You got it !! The Duster crew let off a salvo right over top of them! Talk about a rude wake-up call :-) :-) :-)
Check out www.popasmoke.com and go through the gallery. I'm sure you'll find pics of them in there!

Regards, Ed

Hedre is alink to some photos of teh Dusters in Nam. http://www.landscaper.net/theguns.htm#Dusters