1 posted on
04/16/2018 12:33:58 PM PDT by
Rebelbase
To: Rebelbase
That thing looks powerful enough to rip off all your shingles
2 posted on
04/16/2018 12:37:07 PM PDT by
cyclotic
( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
To: Rebelbase
just above the door? looks like a breeze-eastern long line winch to me.
To: Rebelbase
4 posted on
04/16/2018 12:40:33 PM PDT by
patro
(INFIDEL)
To: Rebelbase
It’s a fuel tank - they are outboard because of the tail ramp.
6 posted on
04/16/2018 12:41:42 PM PDT by
Psalm 73
("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
To: Rebelbase
It mostly contains fuel, and is also where the landing gear retracts...
9 posted on
04/16/2018 12:43:53 PM PDT by
PreciousLiberty
(Make America Greater Than Ever!)
To: Rebelbase
Fuel tanks enclosed in sponson,,,,climbed up on ‘em many times
To: Rebelbase
Asked my brother, (who was responsible for maintaining this specific S/N craft in Sicily) and he replied:
“It puts extra gas on the fire after they crash. Or in the engine if they do not.”
16 posted on
04/16/2018 12:57:22 PM PDT by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: Rebelbase
That’s where captured enemy combatants ride.
18 posted on
04/16/2018 1:00:23 PM PDT by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Rebelbase
FWIW, I found the CH-53s to be a MUCH more comfortable (passenger) ride than the CH-47s:
19 posted on
04/16/2018 1:00:53 PM PDT by
jonno
(Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
To: Rebelbase
24 posted on
04/16/2018 1:37:01 PM PDT by
Spacetrucker
(George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
To: Rebelbase
Those "Sponsons" are fuel tanks. That is an MH-53E, the Navy's mine sweeping version of the Marine's CH-53E. It tows a hydrofoil (IIRC) sled that generates strong acoustic & magnetic fields to detonate underwater mines.
The sponsons on the earlier CH-53D carried 317 gallons of fuel each. IIRC, those on the MD-53D were about 500 gallons each.
44 posted on
04/16/2018 8:27:54 PM PDT by
BwanaNdege
("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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