Pictures from the Net
Puff The Magic Dragon
Spooky
Spectre
All had gattlin guns on board.
Below
is the original Puff The Magic Dragon
This is a converted DC-3 or C47 Aircraft.
We also knew it just as Puff.
Later
on it was called Spooky and became a C-130 aircraft
that is still in use in Afghanistan and Iraq today.
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
This is Spooky at Night.
The gun may be seen firing below as a white line
on the right upper side of the picture.
A tracer is fired every fifth shell.
How about it today - brings back old memories?
![]() |
Below yet another shot of Spooky!
![]() |
Below is a C-130 that can lay
down fire like that above.
Note the cannon on the right front side of the C-130
in in the process of be fired.
![]() |
Below on the way out to give air
cover to the troops
This one has a later version of the Cannon which could
fire far more rounds per minute than the earlier version.
![]() |
Night time flairs be launched in
the next three pictures below
from a C-130 Aircraft somewhere in the Vietnam area.
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Close up of the guns that stick
out of the side of the C-130
the rear one is the last version of gattlin gun
and the front one is slight lower caliber.
![]() |
The last incarnation of the
C-130 now know as the Spectre showing
the Gun Placements in / on the body of the aircraft
![]() |
Above is a display of a C-130
with the gattlin guns in place
plus the big gun on display next to the aircraft.
![]() |