Armoured Warfare in the Vietnam War by Michael Green

Armoured Warfare in the Vietnam War by Michael Green

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 Most of these eventually went to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam but were outdated and ineffective due to lack of logistics and training.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.

Michael Green is a much published author and collector who specialises in armoured vehicles of all nations. His works in the Pen and Sword Images of War Series include The Patton Tank (2012) and Russian Armour in the Second World War (2013)

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ISBN 13	9781781593813
ISBN 10	1781593817
Title	Armoured Warfare in the Vietnam War
Author	Michael Green
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published	2015-02-01
Number of pages	192
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