Gordon L. Rottman

Vietnam Gun Trucks

Illustrator: Bull, Peter; Bryan, Tony

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A history of the development of the Vietnam gun trucks, written by a veteran of the war.

Produktdetails

• New Vanguard
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 187mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 192g
• ISBN-13: 9781849083553
• ISBN-10: 184908355X
• Artikelnr.: 33144881

Autorenporträt

Gordon L. Rottman

Inhaltsangabe

Historical background and the need for gun trucks
Organization of transportation units
The Army convoy system
VC convoy ambush tactics
The 2-1/2-ton M35A2 cargo truck
The 5-ton M54 cargo trucks
Gun truck armament
Examples of gun trucks
Quad .50 machine gun trucks
Misc. gun truck vehicles
Gun truck employment and counter-ambush tactics
Landing clearing operations
Counter-mine and mine clearance techniques
Assessment