In 1965 the military situation in the Mekong River Delta of southern Vietnam had deteriorated to such a degree that the decision was made to commit a joint US Army and Navy Mobile Riverine Force to the area. This force was unique in its composition, mission, and the means by which it operated – riverine craft. Comprising the Army’s 2d Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, and the Navy’s River Assault Flotilla One, it used a variety of watercraft, including heavily modified landing craft, purpose-built patrol boats, and a whole host of auxiliary and support craft. This book explores those craft, and also gives an account of Task Force Clearwater, a much smaller operation in the extreme northern part of South Vietnam.
Название: Vietnam Riverine Craft 1962–75
Author: Gordon L. Rottman
Illustrator: Hugh Johnson
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 10 Nov 2006
Серия: y New Vanguard 128
ISBN: 9781841769318
Страниц: 48 pages
Язык: english
Формат: pdf в rar
Размер: 32.6 Мб
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