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Originally Posted by Apache6
The USMC has recently developed a package that allows them to employ KC-130s as a "poor mans" version of the AC-130. Look up the Harvest Hawk module. It includes ISR systems and the ability to fire missiles and rockets (both hellfire and 2.75 rockets.
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They're using Hellfires and Griffins. The Harvest HAWK is an interesting package of systems. It mounts a quad Hellfire launcher from an AH-1 Cobra under the left wing, the Target Sight Sensor from an AH-1Z Cobra in an empty fuel tank under the left wing, the fire control system from an SH-60 Seahawk in the cargo bay, and a Griffin missile launcher in the left paratroop door with a "wine rack" of ten reloads (it originally had a 10-tube "Gunslinger" launcher on the rear ramp, but that required depressurizing the aircraft and made it inconvenient to use the Griffins). The modifications cost around $10 million per kit.