Re: How big is a troopship? [DS/FT/SG2] (and what it all means)

>> Even the Helos used in vietnam were armed some how. Though the slicks
>> (UH1 with door gunners) were discreet from the gunships.
>>

>But slicks were not designed to hang around and provide fire support
for
>infantry companies and that's my point. Big honking difference. Some
hueys 
did
>carry heavier ewapons (mini guns and rockets but thse were dedicated 
gunships.
>Please read and understand my posts more carefully before responding.
Thanks.

>Los

If you read any of the many histories of the Vietnam War you will read
of 
lots of incidents of just that, Hueys with just door guns laying down 
suppressing fire for troops on the ground, esp when there weren't enough

gunships to go around. So having your landing boats carry some decent 
firepower to add to the general mayhem makes sense. It also makes some
sense 
in the economic sense too, since you've already bought the airframe to
add 
some firepower to it, rather than buy a new one. Also given the fact
that 
troops have a tendency to add guns to just about any vehicle they get
there 
hands on and you will probably have a LOT of guns to sweep the DZ.