Vietnam Gun Trucks

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849083560

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Vietnam Gun Trucks by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

While Vietnam is usually perceived as an infantry war, with US forces deploying by helicopter, the long supply lines that led to their inland bases had to be traveled by ground vehicles. The 8th and 48th Transportation Groups were responsible for hauling supplies through the long, dangerous roads of Vietnam, and they often found themselves the target of ambushes, attacks, and sniping. In response to this, vehicle crews began to arm trucks with machine guns and armour them with sandbags. While these proved less than ideal, the concept was considered valid, and more and more “gun trucks” appeared, sporting heavier weapons and armor. Written by a Vietnam veteran, this book traces the development of these gun trucks from the jury-rigged originals to the powerful armoured vehicles that appeared later in the war.

Author : David Doyle
Publisher : Visual History Series
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
ISBN : 0986112739

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Gun Trucks by David Doyle Pdf

Author : James Lyles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
ISBN : 0983609217

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The Hard Ride Vietnam Gun Trucks by James Lyles Pdf

This volume contains descriptions and photographs of U.S. armored gun trucks used in the Vietnam War and the crews who manned them.

Author : Rhame House Publishers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0983609209

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The Hard Ride Vietnam Gun Trucks; Part Two by Rhame House Publishers Pdf

This book, written by James Lyles, a former Vietnam gun truck commander, is an authoritative reference on a number of special hybrid vehicles called Vietnam gun trucks and the extraordinary crews who manned them. During their 5 year history from late 1967 thru late 1972, Vietnam gun trucks were without a doubt the most important wheeled vehicles to see duty in Vietnam. They were mainly used for convoy security and installation perimeter defense, but were also used in other roles. It was originally thought that only 150 of these vehicles existed but the book now includes a list of over 350 gun truck names and rare photos of nearly 300 different guntrucks. Part Two includes almost 100 pages of COLOR photos of irregular gun trucks, eyewitness accounts, and humorous gun truck related short stories.

Author : James Lyles
Publisher : Rhame House Publishers Incorporated
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
ISBN : 0983609225

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GUN TRUCKS IN VIETNAM by James Lyles Pdf

Author : Timothy J. Kutta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
ISBN : 0897473590

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Gun Trucks by Timothy J. Kutta Pdf

Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781593813

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Armoured Warfare in the Vietnam War by Michael Green Pdf

Historian and collector Michael Green shows in this fascinating and graphically illustrated book that the two wars that engulfed Indochina and North and South Vietnam over 30 years were far more armoured in nature than typically thought of. By skilful use of imagery and descriptive text he describes the many variants deployed and their contribution.??The ill-fated French Expeditionary Force was largely US equipped with WW2 M3 and M5 Stuart, M4 Sherman and M24 light tanks as well as armoured 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 armoured vehicles arrive in theatre. The Australians 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 and BTR-40 and -50 swept the Communists to victory.??This fine book brings details and images of all these diverse weaponry to the reader in one volume.

Author : Richard E. Killblane
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782893394

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Convoy Ambush Case Studies by Richard E. Killblane Pdf

When the enemy adopts a policy to attack convoys, truck drivers become front line troops. Convoy commanders must then become tacticians. How to study war? The student of tactics studies previous fights and mentally places himself in the position of the participants. Knowing what they knew, how would he have reacted? In hind sight, what was the best course of action, remembering that there is no one perfect solution? Any number of actions would have succeeded. The tactician must learn what would have worked best for him. For this reason, I have pulled together all the examples of convoy ambushes. The 20th century, Vietnam War, and current war in Iraq provide a wealth of examples of convoy ambushes from which to study. Unfortunately, the US Army did not record many good accounts of ambushes during the Vietnam War. Much of what is presented in this text is based upon oral interviews of the participants, sometimes backed by official record, citations or reports. For this reason, some of the ambush case studies present only the perspective of a crew member of a gun truck or the convoy commander. Since this academic study works best when one mentally takes the place of one of the participants, this view of the ambush serves a useful purpose. After my own review of the ambushes, I have drawn my own conclusion as to what principles apply to convoy ambushes.

Author : Johnnie Clark
Publisher : Presidio Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307778550

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Guns Up! by Johnnie Clark Pdf

THIS GUT-WRENCHING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IS A CLASSIC IN THE ANNALS OF VIETNAM LITERATURE. "Guns up!" was the battle cry that sent machine gunners racing forward with their M60s to mow down the enemy, hoping that this wasn't the day they would meet their deaths. Marine Johnnie Clark heard that the life expectancy of a machine gunner in Vietnam was seven to ten seconds after a firefight began. Johnnie was only eighteen when he got there, at the height of the bloody Tet Offensive at Hue, and he quickly realized the grim statistic held a chilling truth. The Marines who fought and bled and died were ordinary men, many still teenagers, but the selfless bravery they showed day after day in a nightmarish jungle war made them true heroes. This new edition of Guns Up!, filled with photographs and updated information about those harrowing battles, also contains the real names of these extraordinary warriors and details of their lives after the war. The book's continuing success is a tribute to the raw courage and sacrifice of the United States Marines.

Author : John A. Cash
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1993-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781568065632

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Seven Firefights in Vietnam by John A. Cash Pdf

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.

Author : Robert C. Ankony
Publisher : Hamilton Books
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780761843733

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Lurps by Robert C. Ankony Pdf

Lurps is the revised edition of the memoir of a juvenile delinquent who drops out of ninth grade to chase his dream of military service. After volunteering for Vietnam, he joins the elite U.S. Army LRRP/Rangers—small, heavily armed long-range reconnaissance teams that patrol deep in enemy-held territory. It is 1968, and the Lurps find themselves in some of the war's hairiest campaigns and battles, including Tet, Khe Sanh, and A Shau. Readers witness all the horrors, humor, adrenaline, and unexpected beauty through the eyes of a green young warrior. Gone are the heroic clichZs and bravado as compelling narrative and realistic dialogue sweep the reader along with a powerful sense that this is actually happening. This poignant coming-of-age story explores the social background that shaped the protagonist's thinking, his uncertain quest for redemption through increased responsibility, the brotherhood of comrades in arms, women and sexual awakening, and the baffling randomness of who lives and who dies.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849089449

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Vietnam Gun Trucks by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

While Vietnam is usually perceived as an infantry war, with US forces deploying by helicopter, the long supply lines that led to their inland bases had to be traveled by ground vehicles. The 8th and 48th Transportation Groups were responsible for hauling supplies through the long, dangerous roads of Vietnam, and they often found themselves the target of ambushes, attacks, and sniping. In response to this, vehicle crews began to arm trucks with machine guns and armour them with sandbags. While these proved less than ideal, the concept was considered valid, and more and more “gun trucks” appeared, sporting heavier weapons and armor. Written by a Vietnam veteran, this book traces the development of these gun trucks from the jury-rigged originals to the powerful armoured vehicles that appeared later in the war.

Author : John Podlaski
Publisher : John Podlaski
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Cherries by John Podlaski Pdf

In 1970, John Kowalski is one of many young, naive teenage soldiers sent to Vietnam to fight in an unpopular war. Dubbed “Cherries” by their more seasoned peers, these newbies suddenly found themselves thrust into the middle of a terrible nightmare - literally forced to become men overnight. On-the-job-training is intense, however, most of these teenagers were hardly ready to absorb the harsh mental, emotional, and physical stress of war. When coming under enemy fire for the first time and witnessing death first-hand, a life changing transition begins...one that can't be reversed. The author is an excellent story teller, readers testify that they are right there with the characters, joining them in their quest for survival, sharing the fear, awe, drama, and sorrow, witnessing bravery and sometimes, even laughing at their humor. It's a story that is hard to put down. When soldiers return home from war, all are different - changed for life. "Cherries" tells it like it is and when finished, readers will better understand what these young men had to endure, and why change is imminent.

Author : Salvatore R. Mercogliano
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Merchant marine
ISBN : 0945274963

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Fourth Arm of Defense by Salvatore R. Mercogliano Pdf

This publication is the eighth in the series The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War. The publication focuses on the sealift and logistic operations during the war and includes a number of photographs as well as sidebars detailing specific people and ships involved in the logistic operations. This historical pictorial reference would be of interest to students, historians, members of the military, specifically the Navy, and military leaders, veterans, Vietnam War veterans, and the U.S. merchant marines.

Author : Leigh Neville
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1849081875

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Special Operations Patrol Vehicles by Leigh Neville Pdf

The patrol vehicles used by Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq vary quite dramatically between the theaters as well as amongst the Coalition members, and have been developed and upgraded to meet the demands of the deployment. Covering all the major Coalition nations, Leigh Neville continues his look at the elite forces deployed in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom with this analysis of their vehicles. Tracing the evolution of the vehicle types, from their historical precedents, through their designs to their operational developments, he discusses their advantages and disadvantages, along with their tactical employment. From the mine-protected vehicles used to counter the IED threat in Iraq, the use of Strykers as armored raiding platforms by the US Rangers, to the civilian vehicles adapted for military service by both Coalition troops and Private Military Contractors in the regions, this book uses rare in-theater photographs and color artwork to show the variety and inventiveness of the patrol vehicles being used in combat today.