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The life expectancy of a door gunner might be a little less than the pilot and co-pilot, only because he's visible and the pilot and co-pilot are normally not that visible; coupled with the fact that the enemy may want to kill the door gunner because he's shooting the machine gun. His survival time will be rated upon the amount of time his aircraft is hovering within enemy gunfire range. If the chopper is staying within ground fire range, and is receiving ground fire, for one or two minutes, then he may only have one or two minutes left to live. The pilot and co-pilot may have 3 or 4 minutes left of life remaining; as they are hidden from view, and if not hit by fire, and the bird crashes, they may become casualties from the crash itself. Which gave them more time to live than the dead door gunner. Time is relevant. If it's an intense fight and there's no cover (protection) then life expectancy is shorter. If it's an intense fight and there IS cover then life will last longer. If it's NOT a serious firefight (sporadic) then life may last even longer still. Then there's always those accidents...
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Communist snipers had a lower life expectancy than US snipers, because US snipers didn't have to worry about an air strike being called in on them.
In over half the cases, US forces would call in an air strike on an enemy position, snipers included. US jets dropping napalm or 250, 500, 750, or 1000 pound general purpose high explosive bombs, plus firing 2.75" rockets and 20mm cannon fire was quite effective compared to countering with just small arms fire. US snipers; USMC or USA nearly always survived their tours; they specialized in relatively long range shooting (excessive of 100 yds), most unit contacts were grenade range, about 40 yds maximum. Only one US sniper was Kia from one US brigade, in one military region in 1971; contrasted with nearly four hundred US KIA from the same region during the same time period.
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Does a former Vietnam POW have a shorter than normal life expectancy?
Some may, but being a former Vietnam POW does not automatically mean that one has a shorter, or longer, than normal life expectancy.
What was the life expectancy of American soldiers in World War 2?
The life expectancy of the servicemen depended on the job position the service person had. For instance if you were a ball turret gunner your life expectancy was three hours. If you were a General you were expected to live to see the end of the war or at least get close to the end of the war. If you were a nurse or doctor you could expect to live through most of the war but if you were a "medic" or rather an army corpsman you had a life expectancy of 3 hours too.
What was the life expectancy of a machine gunner in World War I?
I have read many world war 1 books and there exspected to live 4-5 days
What was the life expectancy of a GI in the Vietnam War?
Approximately 3,403,100 US servicemen served in Southeast Asia (2,594,000 of those men served in country); nearly 60,000 didn't make it back. Those are your "life expectancy" figures.
What was the life expectancy of a fighter pilot in Vietnam?
Nearly 12,000 US helicopters & approximately 40,000 US helicopter pilots served in the Vietnam War. Over 5,000 US helicopters were destroyed and nearly 5,000 US helicopter crewmen were killed in Vietnam. Of those 5000 dead crewmen, about 2,000 were helicopter pilots.
Did a door gunner received an purple heart during Vietnam war?
Absolutely if injured or death during declared war. And, during the Cold War era, most did earn Purple Hearts; Huey door gunners had the second shortest life expectancy of all Army and Marine MOS'es.
What is the average life expectancy for a Vietnam Veteran?
53
What was the life expectancy of a crash rescue firefighter in vietnam?
2.43 DAYS
What is the life expectancy of a corpsman in Vietnam?
5 minutes
Does a former Vietnam POW have a shorter than normal life expectancy?
Some may, but being a former Vietnam POW does not automatically mean that one has a shorter, or longer, than normal life expectancy.
Life expectancy of a paratrooper?
That all depends on what war and what battle they were fighting in.....To the best of my knowledge the avg. life expectancy of a paratrooper in Vietnam was less than 20 sec!!
What was the life expectancy of American soldiers in World War 2?
The life expectancy of the servicemen depended on the job position the service person had. For instance if you were a ball turret gunner your life expectancy was three hours. If you were a General you were expected to live to see the end of the war or at least get close to the end of the war. If you were a nurse or doctor you could expect to live through most of the war but if you were a "medic" or rather an army corpsman you had a life expectancy of 3 hours too.
What was the life expectancy of a machine gunner in World War I?
I have read many world war 1 books and there exspected to live 4-5 days
What is the lowest life expectancy in the US Army?
Military life expectancies are typically measured from the soldiers entrance into a combat situation. It is generally believed that the door gunner of a chopper has the lowest life expectancy. This is due to the common strategy of pilots to put firepower on the target when they begin to take fire. Traditionally Hueys (the former workhorse gunship of the US Army) and later Black Hawks are fitted with machine guns on both sides, mounted in the doors. The crew chiefs typically is positioned behind the pilot, while the door gunner is positioned on the opposite side of the chopper. As the helicopter enters combat, the pilot turns the door gunner toward incoming fire, putting himself furthest away from it at the same time. Making the door gunners life expectancy ring in at about 16 seconds.Those who accept this as the lowest life expectancy, however, would be wrong. From 1963 when the first firing battalion was deployed as the 4th Missile Battalion 41st Artillery in Schwäbisch Gmünd, West Germany until the last were withdrawn in October 1988 (the last were destroyed in 1991), Pershing Missile Crewmen maintained the shortest established life expectancy of any MOS in the US Army; 30 minutes before the declaration of war. Odds were that if the weapons had been fired, any Pershing soldier in a firing battery on European soil would have died with the destruction of his equipment at the hands of friendly troops to prevent capture of the equipment by enemy units or by Soviet attack in retaliation for a launch.
What is the death rate of a helo machine gunner in the marine corps?
This may be old information, as it was largely based on experiences from the Vietnam War, but the life expectancy of door gunners is about six seconds from entering combat. The reason for this is the tendency for the pilot to turn away from incoming fire, which engages the door gunner position in a direct line of sight with the shooter(s) so he may concentrate fire on the threat. (The pilot position is typically on the left side of the chopper, while the gunner is in the door on the right side.) Update: Well you are correct, your information is dated, by able four decades. In the recent conflicts the main threat to aircraft has been RPGs or MANPADS which are indescriminate in who they kill and oftenjust bring down the aircraft. Fortunately though instances of enemy engagement are few and far between. This is from a combination of better tactics and larger disparity between the US and those we are fighting.
What was the life expectancy of a GI in the Vietnam War?
Approximately 3,403,100 US servicemen served in Southeast Asia (2,594,000 of those men served in country); nearly 60,000 didn't make it back. Those are your "life expectancy" figures.
What is the life expectancy for Vietnam?
US Infantrymen were alittle more at risk at becoming a casualty, than their WW2 fore fathers; by virtue of the helicopter...which caused the Vietnam War GI to fight more battles in a smaller amount of time than a WW2 serviceman...who had no RAPID DEPLOYMENT CAPABILITIES (the helicopter). Example(s): A WW2 GI might fight one battle in 2 days; whereas a Vietnam GI might fight 2 battles in 2 days. Other than that; each GI in Vietnam was expected to complete his 12 month tour of duty in country.
