03 The Use of Armoured Vehicles in the Vietnam War: Conclusion
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This article is from the Vietnam FAQ, by Brian Ross, John R. Tegtmeier, Edwin E. Moise, Frank Vaughan, John Tegtmeier with numerous contributions by others.
03 The Use of Armoured Vehicles in the Vietnam War: Conclusion
This article has attempted to provide only a quick overview of the
way in which armour was employed during the Vietnam War. In
particular I felt it was important to try and convey the
conflicting opinions of how armour was used by the various
combatants during the war. I would recommend that the reader, if
interested in following up the subject further, refer to the
bibliography below for more information.
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Bibliography
Dunstan, S., Vietnam Tracks, Arms & Armour Press, London, 1982.
Hopkins, R.N., Australian Armour; a history of the Royal Australian
Armoured Corps 1927-1972, Australian War Memorial, Canberra,
1978.
Royal Australian Armoured Corps, An Illustrated Record of the Royal
Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum Puckapunyal, Victoria,
1977.
Stacey, K., `Armour in Vietnam: the lessons of 1972 and 1975,' Defence
Force Journal, May/June 1980, No.22.
Stanton, S., The Rise and Fall of an American Army: US Ground Forces
in Vietnam, 1965-1973, Spa Books, Stevenage, 1985.
Ulmer, W.F., `Notes on Enemy Armor at An Loc,' Armor, Jan- Feb.1973.
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Endnotes
1) quoted, p.62, Dunstan, S., Vietnam Tracks, Arms and
Armour Press,
London, 1982.
2) p.56, Starry, D.A., Armoured Combat in Vietnam, Blandford
Press,
Poole, 1981.
3) quoted, ibid.
4) p.57, ibid.
5) quoted, p.140, ibid.
6) p.251, Hopkins, R.N., Australia Armour: A History of the
Royal
Australian Armoured Corps, 1927-1972, Australian War
Memorial,
Canberra, 1978.
7) p.49,, Starry, D.A., Armoured Combat in Vietnam.
8) ibid.
9) p.251, Stanton, S., Rise and Fall of an American Army,
Spa Books,
Stevenage, 1985.
10) p.59, Dunstan, S., Vietnam Tracks
11) p.46, Starry, D.A., Armoured Combat in Vietnam.
12) p.5, Ward, I., `North Vietnam's Blitzkrieg, Why Giap did
it:
report from Saigon,' Conflict Studies, Oct.1972, No.27.
13) p.150, Starry, D.A., Armoured Combat in Vietnam.
14) p.71, ibid.
15) ibid.
16) p.39., Dunstan, S., Vietnam Tracks.
17) p.27, Starry, D.A., Armoured Combat in Vietnam.
18 pp.150-153, ibid; p.286, Stanton, S., Rise and Fall of an
American Army.
19) pp.250-275, Hopkins, R.N., Australia Armour: A History
of the
Royal Australian Armoured Corps, 1927-1972.
20) p.203, Starry, D.A., Armoured Combat in Vietnam.
21) p.210, Ibid.
22) Stacey makes use of five works by VPA officers which
have been
translated and published in English. They are:
Senior Colonel Doan Ba Khanh, `The Advances Made in the
Combat
Operations of the People's Navy in the General Offensive and
Uprising
of the Spring of 1975,' Tap Chi Quan Doi Nhan Dan, Hanoi,
No.11, Nov.
1976, in U.S. JPRS, Translations on Vietnam, No.1906, 28
March 1977;
Colonel Pham Quong, `In the General Offensive and
Uprising in the
Spring of 1975: Some Experiences in Assuring the Mobility of
the
Military Engineering Forces', Tap Chi Quan Doi Nhan Dan,
Hanoi, No.12,
Dec. 1976, in U.S. JPRS, Translations on Vietnam, No. 1920,
28 Apr
1977;
Major General Than Tho, `In the General Offensive and
Uprising of
the Spring of 1975: Some Successful Lessons of the
Rear-Service Task',
Tap Chi Quan Doi Nhan Dan, Hanoi, No.10, Oct.1976, in U.S.
JPRS,
Translations on Vietnam, No. 1885, 2 Feb. 1977;
General Van Tien Dung, Our Great Summer Victory: An
Account of the
Liberation of South Vietnam, Monthly Review Press, New York,
1977;
Colonel Dao Van Xuan, `In the Spring General Offensive
and
Uprising-Tank-Armoured Troops in Strategic Group
Offensives,' Tap Chi
Quan Doi Nhan Dan, Hanoi, June 1976, in in U.S. JPRS,
Translations on
Vietnam, No. 1839.
23) p.43, Stacey, K., `Armour in Vietnam: the lessons of
1972 and
1975,' Australian Defence Force Journal, May/June 1980,
No.22.
24) Ulmer, W.F., `Notes on Enemy Armor at An Loc,' Armor,
Jan-
Feb.1973.
25) p.4, Ward, I., `North Vietnam's Blitzkrieg, Why Giap did
it:
report from Saigon,' Conflict Studies, Oct.1972, No.27.
26) p.15, Ulmer, W.F., `Notes on Enemy Armor at An Loc,'
Armor,
Jan-Feb.1973.
27) p.45, Stacey, K., `Armour in Vietnam: the lessons of
1972 and
1975,' Australian Defence Force Journal, May/June 1980,
No.22.
28) ibid.
29) ibid.
30) ibid.
31) Colonel Dao Van Xuan, `In the Spring General Offensive
and
Uprising-Tank-Armoured Troops in Strategic Group
Offensives,' Tap Chi
Quan Doi Nhan Dan, Hanoi, June 1976, in in U.S. JPRS,
Translations on
Vietnam, No. 1839, quoted p.47, in Stacey, K., `Armour in
Vietnam: the
lessons of 1972 and 1975,' Australian Defence Force Journal,
May/June
1980, No.22.
32) p.48, loc.sit.
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