New Army Helicopter Hunts Vietcong in South Vietnam

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OF DEPARTMENT NEWSFILM RELEASE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PUBLIC AFFAIRS) UNITED WASHINGTON, D.C. - 20301 STATES OF PLEASE NOTE DATE January 17, 1968 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Footage: 60' Time: 1:43 OXford 7-5111 Number: V-19-68 16mm color composite print Room 2E 771 NEW ARMY HELICOPTER HUNTS VIETCONG IN SOUTH VIETNAM (Official Department of Defense motion picture film by the U.S. Army under the direction of the MACV Office of Information.) In the Bien Hoa area of South Vietnam, the U.S. Army unveiled the OH-6A Cayuse Heli- copter, a new whirlybird that will serve as a light observation craft for rapid air reconnaissance and limited gunship support. The versatile new Army chopper can vary its flying speed from 60 to 120 miles per hour, has a crew of three and packs a powerful punch with its XM-27 Mini-gun that fires 7.62 Nato ammunition at rates between 2000 and 4000 rounds per minute. The Cayuse weighs 2159 pounds, can climb 2120 feet per minute, and can carry enough C- rations to feed an entire company in the field for one day. It will replace the OH-23 and OH-13 observation helicopters and the 0-1 observation plane now in use in South Vietnam (seen in scenes b & c) . Here, on a mission north of Ben Hoa, the Cayuse attacks Viet Cong ground positions ad fires upon a sampan concealed along a canal bank. Now serving with the 3rd and 7th squadrons of the U.S. Army's 17th Cavalry, the Cayuse is proving that it is as rugged as the Indian for which it is named. The Cayuse is manufactured by the Hughes Tool Company's Aircraft Division of Culver City, California. SEQUENCES FOOTAGE VIDEO AUDIO (a) Cayuse lands Wild track " 1 (b) OH-23 helicopter 11 1 1/20 (c) OH-13 helicopter 11 1 1/20 (d) MS Cayuse 11 2 1/2 (e) CU minigun on Cayuse 11 1 (f) MS minigun 11 16 (g) Cayuse takes off on mission (h) Cayuse makes two firing runs on canal = 20 (i) Cayuse makes one firing run on land 11 9 (j) LS air-to-air of Cayuse " 3 NOTE TO EDITOR: 60' 16mm color composite print released to NBC-TV, CBS-TV, ABC-TV, UPI-Newsfilm, Telenews, Fox Movietone and a master and optical track to Deluxe Labs. EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY. This is a "V" series color composite print released to each individual DOD pool member and is available commercially to non-pool members and other authorized agencies from Deluxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Avenue, New York City, telephone CIrcle 7-3220

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Filmed News Releases