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Vietnam Artillery Firebase Tactics

The Vietnam War was quite different in many ways, especially when it came to artillery combat and tactics. Since in a regular war, your artillery sits usually a considerable distance behind the frontlines. Yet, Vietnam was a war without fronts. One of the key innovations in terms of artillery combat during the Vietnam War was the "firebase" or "fire support base". »» SUPPORT MHV «« » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view?language=en_GB »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « US military: Fire Support Base Crook, June 1969, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fire_Support_Base_Crook_1969-06.jpg Ott, David E. Field Artillery, 1954–1973. Vietnam Studies Series. Washington, DC: Department of the Army, 1975. Scales, Robert H., Jr. Firepower in Limited War. 2nd ed. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1995. Hay, John H.: Tactical and Material Innovations. Vietnam Studies. Department of the Army, Washington, D.C., 2002 (1974). Foster, Randy E. M.: Vietnam Firebases, 1965-73: American and Australian Forces. Osprey: Oxford, UK, 2007. Amazon.com Link (Affiliate): https://amzn.to/2NYDhqo Amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2XWXv3B Tucker, Spencer C. (Ed.): The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A political, social, and military history. Second Edition. ABC CLIO: Santa Barbara, California, 2011 Amazon.com Link (Affiliate): http://amzn.to/2ns0eko Amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2vQEneJ Zabecki, David T.: Artillery Fire Doctrine. In: Tucker, Spencer C. (Ed.): The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A political, social, and military history. Second Edition. ABC CLIO: Santa Barbara, California, 2011. Zabecki, David T.: Artillery, Allied and Democratic Republic of Vietnam. In: Tucker, Spencer C. (Ed.): The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A political, social, and military history. Second Edition. ABC CLIO: Santa Barbara, California, 2011. Coan, Francis M.: Fire-Support Base: In: Tucker, Spencer C. (Ed.): The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A political, social, and military history. Second Edition. ABC CLIO: Santa Barbara, California, 2011. Thayer, Thomas C.; Daddis, Gregory A.: War Without Fronts – The American Experience in Vietnam. Naval Institute Press: Annapolis, Maryland, 2016 (1985). Amazon.com Link (Affiliate): http://amzn.to/2mrVFos Amazon.de (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2HtmyHY Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: Armageddon in Stalingrad. The Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume 2: September-November 1942. University Press of Kansas: United States, 2009. amazon.com link (affiliate): https://amzn.to/2y15l25 Amazon.de link(affiliate): https://amzn.to/2QtHuyy Herring, George C.: America’s Longest War. The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975. Fifth Edition. McGraw Hill Education: New York, NY, 2014. Link Amazon.com (Affiliate): https://amzn.to/2R0SKns Link Amazon.de (Affiliate): https://amzn.to/2Dymeq2 U.S. Department of the Army. FM 6-40 Field Artillery Cannon Gunnery. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967. U.S. Department of the Army. FM 6-20-1 Field Artillery Tactics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965. U.S. Department of the Army. FM 6-2 Artillery Survey. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965. » DISCLAIMER « As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Als Amazon-Partner verdiene ich an qualifizierten Käufen. » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone #Artillery #Firebase #VietnamWar

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7th Level Johnny

Ok, switch from European theatre to Far East theatre....where's my notepad? These firebase tactics seem similar to those used in the MidEast by the U.S. forces. They seem especially akin to the bases used in Afghanistan.