Description: Commando Machine Gun, Chicago Coin, July 1972, electronic sound system (multiple cards) and no 8-track tape. Produces helicopter sounds, machine gun sounds, and copter crashing sounds. Different than the Chicago Coin 1958 Commando Machine Gun. Similar to the 1971 CCM Defender Machine Gun, but an upgraded version of that game. Similar to 1971 CCM Sky Battle. Also a bit like the 1973 Williams Ambush gun game, Midway's Gang Busters, and even the dual gun Chicago Coin's 1971 Foreign Legion Twin Machine Gun.

Commando Machine Gun uses a motor with a counter weight for recoil on the machine gun (a cold water ground clamp on motor shaft can be used for a counter weight if the original is gone). The helicopters change directions to make hits more difficult. This is unlike the similar 1971 CCM Defender where the planes only travel counter clockwise. Commando also uses a pair of 3 volt DC motors to turn the props on the two helicopters' blades (these can be replaced with Radio Shack hobby motors, mounted in parallel). This is a really nice touch. There are also lighted clouds which uses two lights inside a rotating drum (use a blue 25 watt and a white 60 watt bulb). Use a red light bulb for the helicopter "crash" when the player hits.

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