Download or read book Vietnam Armor in Action written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by . This book was released on 2002-03-15 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mounted Combat in Vietnam written by Donn Albert Starry and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tanks in the Wire written by David B. Stockwell and published by Jove. This book was released on 1990-06 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book No Shining Armor written by Otto J. Lehrack and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the Vietnam War, as seen by the American PFCs, sergeants and platoon leaders in the rivers and jungles and trenches. Into their stories, Lehrack has woven a narrative that explains the events they describe and places them into both a historical and a political context.
Download or read book Steel and Blood written by Ha Mai Viet and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When South Vietnam was abandoned by its American allies and consequently defeated by the North Vietnamese in 1975, all its military records were lost to the enemy. This has led to a paucity of factually based analyses of the war by South Vietnamese authors. In a project lasting some ten years, and financed by his own hard-earned resources, Colonel Viet has researched, documented, and analyzed the Vietnam War from the perspective of South Vietnamese armor forces, elements in which he himself played an important role as leader, teacher, and innovator. His travels to interview hundreds of people with first-hand knowledge of these matters took him back and forth across the United States (and to Canada, France and Australia) and enabled him to piece together the story as recalled by virtually every senior South Vietnamese who was involved, along with many of lesser rank but important experience, and many Americans as well. The result is a unique and invaluable work, one recounting from the early days of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam its organization and development, its combat operations, and its interaction with American advisors and then later with deployed American units. Viet tells this story as an historian would, not glossing over the shortcomings and failures of his fellow Vietnamese soldiers (or of the Americans), but also providing definitive accounts of their successes, their innovations, their courage and determination, and the hardships experienced and survived in the course of a long, difficult, and ultimately unsuccessful struggle. In Colonel Viet's words: "In order to give the truth back to history, we did not hide anything, whether it be victory or defeat." Finally, in a very touching portion of the work, Colonel Viet memorializes his fallen comrades of the armored force and commemorates the service of all the American advisors to the armored force he was able to identify.
Download or read book Vietnam Tracks written by Simon Dunstan and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captioned front-line photos and text describe the role of the armored fighting vehicle and the troops in Vietnam.
Download or read book Armored Fighting Vehicles in the Vietnam War written by Al Hogue and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly all of the 150 photographs in this 8X10 Vietnam War pictorial book were made from slides. That is why they are so sharp. Most of them look as though they could have been taken yesterday.I arrived in Vietnam in the summer of 1968 with an Agfa 35mm camera that I had purchased while stationed in Germany. The camera only lasted about one week in Vietnam because it was the Monsoon season in the Central Highlands, and rust from the rain and high humidity ruined it. Since the unit I was in never went into the 4th Infantry Division basecamp, Camp Enari, in Pleiku where the PX was, I spent the first half of my Vietnam tour of duty without a camera to document the extraordinary events, places, and people I encountered. Then, early in 1969, I went on R&R, and while in basecamp on my way to Hong Kong, I bought an Olympus 35mm camera at the PX. So, it was only during the last half of my tour, the first half of 1969, that I took all of the photos that I have now.Al Hogue, who was in the same mechanized infantry scout squad that I was in, also took many pictures. Using his Canon Electra 35mm camera, his pictures were all shot during the last half of 1969. The majority of the pictures in this Vietnam pictorial were made by Al. Al has a good eye for photography and a talent for capturing a moment in time and creating pictures that say a lot.Our pictures bring back memories from more than fifty years ago and they mean a lot to us. We like to show them to our friends and family and other Veterans and tell them the stories associated with each one. Since most of the guys who served in Vietnam did not have cameras and therefore have no pictures, we decided to combine our photos to share with them and anyone else that might be interested in that extraordinary period of U.S. military history.
Download or read book Seven Firefights in Vietnam written by John A. Cash and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1993-07 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on official army records, these eyewitness accounts of seven hellacious battles serve as a brief history of the Vietnam conflict. From a fierce fight on the banks of the Ia Drang River in 1965 to a 1968 gunship mission, this illustrated report conveys the heroism and horror of warfare.
Download or read book Armored Fighting Vehicles in the Vietnam War written by Al Hogue and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-02 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in the Vietnam War Pentagon Officials believed Vietnam was no place for armor. They were wrong. The tanks, APCs, Howitzers, and gun trucks played a vital role in defending fire support bases, landing zones, bridges, and convoys. They were highly effective in finding North Vietnamese Army basecamps and bunker complexes hidden in the heavily forested hills and valleys. In combat assault operations, known as "Jungle Busting" the tanks, and armored personnel carriers would overrun and crush the enemy forces. The 150 photos in this picture book were taken in 1968 and 1969 in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam by Al Hogue and Bill Miller. Both Al and Bill were in the 4th Infantry Division, 2nd/8th Infantry (Mechanized) Recon Platoon.
Download or read book Vietnam Studies Mounted Combat In Vietnam Illustrated Edition written by General Donn A. Starry and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Includes 1 chart, 17 maps, 6 diagrams and 38 illustrations] “The generally unsuccessful experience of French armored forces in Southeast Asia from the end of World War II to 1954 convinced American military men that armored units could not be employed in Vietnam. “It was not until 1967, however, when a study titled Mechanized and Armor Combat Operations, Vietnam...was sent to the Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Army, that the potential of armored forces was fully described to the Army’s top leaders. Despite the study’s findings that armored cavalry was probably the most cost-effective force on the Vietnam battlefield-there was little that could be done to alter significantly either the structure of forces already sent to Vietnam or those earmarked for deployment...The armored force of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, meanwhile had been successful enough in fighting the elusive Viet Cong that U.S. armored units had been deployed in limited numbers, usually as part of their parent divisions. “From early March 1965 until the cease-fire in Jan. 1973, U.S. armored units participated in virtually every large-scale offensive operation and worked closely with South Vietnamese Army and other free world forces. After eight years of fighting over land on which tanks were once thought to be incapable of moving, in weather that was supposed to prohibit armored operations, and dealing with an elusive enemy against whom armored units were thought to be at a considerable disadvantage, armored forces emerged as powerful, flexible, and essential battle forces. In large measure they contributed to the success of the free world forces, not only in close combat, but in pacification and security operations as well. When redeployment began in early 1969, armored units were not included in the first forces scheduled for redeployment, and indeed planners moved armored units down the scale time and again, holding off their redeployment until the very end.”
Download or read book Military Vehicles Of Vietnam War written by Erinn McComb and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you interested in war machines? armored monsters? wars between them? Find out their role in this book. Early in the Vietnam War Pentagon Officials believed Vietnam was no place for armor. They were wrong. The tanks, Armored Personnel Carriers, self-propelled howitzers, and armored gun trucks played a vital role in defending forward fire support bases, landing zones, bridges, and convoys. Moreover, the tanks, armored infantry, and armored cavalry were very effective in search and destroy and reconnaissance missions, and were a formidable force in combat assault operations. In addition to the 150 photographs, there are official after-action reports, and contemporaneous articles detailing battles between American armored fighting vehicles and the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong. There are photos of one of the Soviet-made T-76 Tanks that attacked Ben Het Special Forces Camp near the Laotian border, which was the only tank-to-tank battle between American and North Vietnamese tanks in the Vietnam War.
Download or read book Armor In Vietnam Illustrated Edition written by Frederick Eugene Oldinsky and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 24 maps This thesis begins with a brief history of armored vehicles from their earliest concepts to the modern battle tank of today. It critically examines the decision not to include tank units with the first American combat forces deployed in Vietnam and the irrationality of that decision in light of a similar decision made prior to the Korean conflict. Tanks were deployed in limited numbers in Vietnam in spite of a decision to the contrary and, once there, I proved their usefulness and their ability to perform in a tropical environment against an elusive enemy. Examples of the tank’s effectiveness in Vietnam are given and the feasibility of deploying major armored forces to that country is discussed. Problems created by insufficient armor are addressed as well as the limitations and vulnerabilities of tanks and other armored vehicles. Armor doctrine is traced from the tank’s role in breaking the stalemate of World War I through the formative years of World War II, and its application to the war in Vietnam. Since most armored weapons were designed primarily for conventional warfare, a number of modifications were required to adapt the weapons to an unconventional war. Some of the more significant modifications are described. Finally, lessons learned by the Vietnam experience and their future application are discussed. Concluding consideration in the paper is whether or not decision makers will need these lessons learned or continue to make the same mistakes.
Download or read book Armor written by James R. Arnold and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1987-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines some of the armaments--and their role--used during the Vietnam War
Download or read book French Armour in Vietnam 1945 54 written by Simon Dunstan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: French experience with armour in Indo-China dated back to 1919, when it sent FT-17s to the colony, followed by a variety of armoured cars. After World War II, French troops were equipped with a motley collection of American and cast-off British equipment until the outbreak of war in Korea saw an increase in military aid. This included large numbers of the M24 Chaffee light tank, along with amphibious vehicles such as the M29C Weasel and LVT4 Buffalo, to conduct operations in coastal and inland areas that the Viet Minh had previously thought immune to attack. France's armour was a key part of the battle against the Viet Minh right up until the last stand at Dien Bien Phu.
Download or read book Search and Destroy written by Keith W. Nolan and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2010-07-08 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using firsthand accounts from Vietnam soldiers, this book “tells it like it is, warts and all . . . [an] honest account of a cavalry squadron’s experience” (Military Review). The 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, of the 1st Armored Division deployed to Vietnam from Fort Hood, Texas, in August 1967. Search and Destroy covers the 1/1’s harrowing first year and a half of combat in the war’s toughest area of operations: I Corps. The book takes readers into the savage action at infamous places like Tam Ky, the Que Son Valley, the Pineapple Forest, Hill 34, and Cigar Island, chronicling General Westmoreland’s search-and-destroy war of attrition against the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army. Exploring the gray areas of guerrilla war, military historian Keith Nolan details moments of great compassion toward the Vietnamese, but also eruptions of My Lai-like violence, the grimmer aspects of the 1/1’s successes. Search and Destroy is a rare account of an exemplary fighting force in action, a dramatic close-up look at the Vietnam War. “Nolan’s research, his comprehension of the political as well as the military actions, his careful concern for those who were there, and, most of all, his writing, are superb.” —Stephen Ambrose
Download or read book Armoured Warfare in the Vietnam War written by Michael Green and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pictorial history of the Indochina and Vietnam Wars captures the range of armored warfare used in the region through rare wartime photographs. The two conflicts that engulfed Indochina and Vietnam in the decades after World War II are generally thought of as infantry wars. But in fact, they both involved a significant amount of armored warfare. In this fully illustrated volume, military expert and Vietnam veteran Michael Green describes the many kinds of armored vehicles deployed and their contributions in combat. The ill-fated French Expeditionary Force of the Indochina War was largely equipped with World War II era American tanks—including M3 and M5 Stuart, M4 Sherman and M24 light tanks—as well as armored cars and half-tracks. Most of these eventually went to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, but were outdated and ineffective due to lack of logistics and training. The US Army and Marine Corps build-up in the 1960s saw vast quantities of M48 Pattons, M113 APCs and many specialist variants and improvised armored vehicles arrive in the theatre. The Australians also brought their British Centurion tanks. But it was the Russians, Chinese and North Vietnamese who won the day and their T-38-85 tanks, ZSU anti-aircraft platforms.
Download or read book Armored Fighting Vehicles in the Vietnam War written by Al Hogue and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-10 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly ninety percent of the 150 photographs in this 8X10 pictorial book were made from slides. That is why they are so clear and with such true color. Most of them look as though they could have been taken yesterday. I arrived in Vietnam with an Agfa 35mm camera that I had purchased while stationed in Germany. The camera only lasted about one week in Vietnam. It was the Monsoon season in the Central Highlands, and rust from the rain and high humidity ruined it. Since the unit I was in never went into the 4th Infantry Division basecamp, Camp Enari, in Pleiku where the PX was, I spent the first half of my Vietnam tour of duty without a camera to document the extraordinary events, places, and people I encountered. Then, I went on R&R, and while in basecamp on my way to Hong Kong, I bought an Olympus 35mm camera at the PX. Al Hogue, who was in the same mechanized infantry scout squad that I was in, also took many pictures. Using his Canon Electra 35mm camera, his pictures were all shot during the last half of 1969. The majority of the pictures in this Vietnam pictorial were made by Al. Al has a good eye for photography and a talent for capturing a moment in time, and creating pictures that say a lot. Our pictures bring back memories from more than fifty years ago and they mean a lot to us. We like to show them to our friends and family and other Veterans and tell them the stories associated with each one. Since most of the guys who served in Vietnam did not have cameras and therefore have no pictures, we decided to combine our photos to share with them and anyone else that might be interested in armored fighting vehicles in the Vietnam War during that extraordinary period of U.S. military history.The role of Armor in the Vietnam War -- Early in the Vietnam War Pentagon Officials believed Vietnam was no place for armor. They were wrong. The tanks, Armored Personnel Carriers, self-propelled howitzers and armored gun trucks played a vital role in in defending forward fire support bases, landing zones, bridges, and convoys. Moreover, the tanks, armored infantry and armored cavalry were very effective in search and destroy and reconnaissance missions, and were a formidable force in combat assault operations. In addition to the 150 photographs, there are official after-action reports, and contemporaneous articles detailing battles between American armored fighting vehicles and the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong. There are photos of one of the Soviet made T-76 Tanks that attacked Ben Het Special Forces Camp near the Laotian border, which was the only tank-to-tank battle between American and North Vietnamese tanks in the Vietnam War.
