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"A Slick is a standard Iroquois helicopter. The troop and supplies
carrying version. It was called that because it had smooth sides. No
guns attached outside."
source: Air support/VietNam: The Slicks
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-air-support/vietnam/slicks.htm
'troop carrying helicopters were called "slicks" because they had
little armament... (This) differentiated them from armed helicopters
or "guns".'
source: Chickenman AO
http://users.rcn.com/chknmn/Homepage.html
"Transport versions, known as "Slicks" because of their uncluttered
appearance, were generally armed with an M-60 machine gun mounted in
each door to provide covering fire for embarking and disembarking
troops."
source: Bell UH-1B Huey
http://www.mojojets.com/helo-UH1B.htm
"The troop-carrying UH-1 had earned the nickname Slick because it
carried no externally mounted weapons, only two M-60 machine guns, one
on the port side manned by the crew chief and the other on the
starboard side manned by a volunteer infantry door gunner."
source: 187THAHC Trial By Fire
http://www.187thahc.net/Stories/Trialbyfirestory.htm
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