Vietnam Tracks: Armor in Battle 1945-75

by Simon Dunstan

Book Overview

Post World War 2, especially in South East Asia, commanders made increasingly imaginative and effective use of AFVs. Ingenious improvisations inspired by difficult terrain and fighting conditions led... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891411712
• ISBN13: 9780891411710
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Presidio Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A little gem

Finally a book that maange to circumvent some of the deeply entranched myths about armored forces and Vietnam. Detailing the use of armor from the first indochina war (it's nice to see the exact fate of each of the 10 M24 in Dien Bien Phu, the fact the the garrison destoyed the last ones when surrendering break many miths abbout their early distruction by the vietminh as is enlightening the amount of punishment they, light tanks, were able to sustain). The book then moves forward to detailng the creation of the RVN armored forces, the entry of the marine armor, the Army part and the importazn contribution of the ANZAC armored forces. Also the NVA armor is examined. Beside the informative text the pictures are reasonbaly good. Some of the shots are widely known, but other really less and the color section is well done. If you are interested in armored operations in vietnam this book is both a must and an introduction before tangling the magnus opus of General Starry, Mounted Combat in Vietnam.