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And there was one more (mini) gunship developed during the Vietnam war based on the Pilatus Porter: The Fairchild AU-23A 'Peacemaker' was not quite the classic pylon-turning/side-firing gunship, though it did have some capabilities along that line. The USAF evaluated it as too slow and too vulnerable to ground fire and ended up turning all examples over to the Royal Thai Air Force.