PGM 5 ZIPPO 1/35th scale

Description

Program 5 Zippo Specifications Type: Converted World War II, LCM(6) Landing Craft Manufacturer: Various Naval Ship Yards Design: Length: 60' • Width: 17' 6" Height above Water Line: 12'6" Speed: 8 Knots Maximum Draft: Empty: 4'4" • Full Load: 4'6" Crew: Eleven Propulsion: 2 x 64HN9 Detroit Diesel engines 2 x Marine twin disc gear clutch model 22:1 reduction gears 2 x 22" 4-Blade clockwise screws Electronics: 2 x AN/VRC-46 low band VHF 2 x AN/PRC-25 portable radio 1 x Raytheon Pathfinder 1900 Surface Search Radar Fuel Capacity: Diesel 788-galllons in 2 x tanks Auxiliary Fuel Capacity: 450-galllons in 3 x tanks Armament: 2 x M10-8 Flamethrower turrets mounted side by side forward on bow 2 x 7.62-mm machine guns mounted in M10-8 turrets (optional) 2 x 20-mm Mark 16 (Mod 4) cannons in Mark 48 Turrets 1 x 40-mm Mark 19 grenade launcher 6 x M-16 automatic rifles 1 x 40-mm M-79 grenade launcher (shoulder-fired) 1 x 12-gauge riot shotgun 1 x .38-caliber pistol (Boat Captain) 1 x flair pistol Background: Program 5 Zippos were used in Vietnam to clear enemy fortifications located adjacent to the rivers. These flamethrower boats also had a tremendous psychological effect on the enemy. Tanks containing 1,350-gallons of compressed air and gelled gasoline (napalm) were located inside the well deck. The flamethrowers were capable of producing a steady 225-second flame out to an effective range of 300 meters. Six Program 5 Zippos were built and delivered to Vietnam between May and June of 1968.