Italeri 0153 - 1/72 AC-119K Gunship   [IT-0153S]

Period: Vietnam

Country: United States

Model Dim.: 32,4 cm

AC-119K Gunship

The Fairchild AC-119K Stinger, updated form of the last AC-119G Shadow, has been used as gunships throughout the Vietnam War. The AC-119 replaced the obsolete Douglas AC-47 and it was useful for close support missions and unpleasant recognition duties. The AC-119K might be effortlessly recognized as a result of its two additional General Electrical J85 turbojet engines in less than wing pods. This allowed the access of a heavier armament, composed of two M61 Vulcan 20 mm cannons besides towards AC-119G's four “miniguns”, together with possibility to own more contemporary and updated navigation and electronic countermeasures systems aboard. The “Stinger” played its part as gunship extremely efficiently alongside early form of the larger AC-130 Spectre undertaking several war missions.