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Combat helmet. Vietnam. The PAVN's standard issue bump shell is a hard plastic replica of the PASGT helmets. It is used for training exercises and combat drill. Vietnamese Pith Helmet. Helmet. Vietnam. Traditional standard issue hard hat, used as the army's utility and barracks cover.
M24 Chaffee – light tank; main ARVN tank early in the war, [234] used at least as late as the Tet Offensive. M41A3 Walker Bulldog – light tank, replaced the M24 Chaffee as the main ARVN tank from 1965. [235] [236] M48 Patton – main tank of the US Army and Marines [237] throughout the war, and also used by ARVN forces from 1971. [238] [239]
The M48 Patton is an American first-generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in February 1952, being designated as the 90mm Gun Tank: M48.It was designed as a replacement for the M26 Pershing, M4 Sherman, M46 and M47 Patton tanks, and was the main battle tank of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps in the Vietnam War.
1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division. 1st Aviation Brigade. 1st Signal Brigade. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. 11th Infantry Brigade. 18th Military Police Brigade. 44th Medical Brigade. 173rd Airborne Brigade.
The People's Army of Vietnam composes of the standing (or regular) forces and the reserve forces. The standing forces include the main forces and the local forces. During peacetime, the standing forces are minimised in number, and kept combat-ready by regular physical and weapons training, and stock maintenance.
The Battle of Lang Vei (Vietnamese: Trận Làng Vây) began on the evening of 6 February 1968 and concluded during the early hours of 7 February, in Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam. Towards the end of 1967, the 198th Tank Battalion of the People's Army of Vietnam 's (PAVN) 202nd Armored Regiment received instructions from the North ...
Swimming: 5.8 km/h (3.6 mph) The M551 "Sheridan" AR/AAV (Armored Reconnaissance /Airborne Assault Vehicle) was a light tank developed by the United States and named after General Philip Sheridan, of American Civil War fame. It was designed to be landed by parachute and to swim across rivers. It was armed with the technically advanced but ...
The 20th Tank Regiment was a unit of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the South Vietnamese army. The 20th Tank Regiment was organized on 31 July 1971 and soon saw extensive combat during the 1972 Easter Offensive .