The HORRORS Of AC-47 "magic dragon" in Vietnam

The AC-47 gunship. From the outside, it looked like an ordinary cargo plane flying lazy circles over the Vietnamese jungle. But when night fell and the enemy attacked, this aircraft transformed into something absolutely terrifying. They called it Spooky, Puff the Magic Dragon, and for good reason. It could fire 18,000 rounds per minute straight down from the sky, turning entire sections of jungle into kill zones in seconds. The sound was deafening. The firepower was unimaginable. And the psychological impact on enemy forces was unlike anything warfare had ever seen. In this video, we're exposing the brutal reality of the AC-47 gunship in Vietnam. What it did during combat, how it changed aerial warfare forever, and why soldiers on both sides still remember it with absolute horror.

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