Vehicles+and+Tactics

 VEHICLES AND TACTICS  Why were they important to Vietnam? The main reason was because the troops needed more power to navigate through rough terrian with V.C at every turn. There's more to them then just that, They also transported soilder durring battle when choppers couldn't get close enough or that there was not a spot to land. Soiders also used them as cover so that they could fight without as high of a risk of injury or death. Vehicles could also deliver supplies to men on the front lines. Assault vehicles played a huge role in vietnam.

THE JEEP The Jeep (Willys MA Jeep) was first Employed in 1941 although that model of jeep was not used after the Korean war but many other models did apear during Vietnam. The M151 MUTT was the new JLUV(jeep light utililty vehical) It had More room,new suspension system, and had a much longer run time. The jeep was enjoyed by many soilders becuase of it's handling, duribility, and had a reputation for always starting. The jeep could be a recon vehicle, a light assault vehicle, and even a light transport becuse it had many diffrent types of models and attachments. The jeep was fast and almost always started because some models had a crank that could be used to charge a dead battery and would remain the United states main light vehical until the Hummer.



TANKS The M48 Patton was used reguarly during the vietnam and were ussally deployed with the Marines.There were manny varrions of the tank including Zippo(or the M67A1 flamthrower), Light,medium, and heavy packages. Tanks were invaulable during the war they plowed through encampents and V.C villages with thier catapillar tracks that could run over almost anthing and the never had to replace poped tires. more devistating then the huge size of the tanks is probally the huge cannons and machine guns on the tank. The tanks could spread Napalm which was a gelled form of gasoline the got on everthing(even pepole)and due to its high conbustability was lit on fire and instantly engulfed every thing in flames but the U.S and many other countrys don't use Napalm or Chemicals in warfare anymore. Tanks had other forms of shells and balistics that can be used as buffers in certian areas. Other Counrtrys had thier own forms of the M48 Patton but they are all considered useless by newer tank technologys. TACTICS Vietnam was a new type of war new tactics were used both by the U.S and the V.C. The most common type of tactic was used by V.C was Guerrilla warfare this is a type of warfare that focus mainly on hit and run tactics. The V.C had many advantages They new the terrian,they acess to food,they were use to the dieseses, and the had higher moralduring the war. The U.S was trying to use thier shear force to take down the V.C that didn,t work so the U.s focused on a total war type of fighting. Total war is very brutal it focuses on destroying enemy food, homes, weapons, and In rare cases destroying the enemy people with chemicals,desise,or possibly nuclear weapons fourtunetly nukes were not used. Another tacic used by the V.C was Rat Tunnels they were small holes that the V.C would hid in and tunnel rats would have to crawl though a small hole usally only about 3feet around and then crawl until they came upon V.C and ethier were killed or killed. Being a tunnel rat was one of the hardest jobs to do becuse some tunnels had traps everwhere. Due to the V.C tactics the U.S was forced to retreat. This is the Vietnam War Dispaly Area. This Picture is a picture of a M274 Mule and the M151 Mutt.

The Viet Cong was a light infantry group. The South Vietnamese fought in a large style called Guerrilla Warfare Like the picture above.

Aircraft and Airplanes There were many aircraft and airplanes used in the vietnam war im gonna name some of them. Antonov An-2 (Colt)

Antonov An-24 (Coke)

Bell AH-1 HueyCobra / Cobra (Bell 209)

Bell AH-1 Heuy

Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey)

Boeing B-47 Stratojet

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter

Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight

Boeing CH-46 Chinook

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

Boeing VC-137 Stratoliner

The Viet Cong was a light infantry group. The South Vietnamese fought in a large style called Guerrilla Warfare Like the picture above.

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