Hello,
I'm building the new 1/35th Bronco M114A1 Vietnam kit & was wondering if these artillery pieces were used by the US Marines at Khe Sanh during the 77 day siege in early '68.
If so, what unit was it?
Any help from you vets out there would be a real help.
Thankyou for your time.

Joe.

I guess so Joe

This one belonged to Alpha Battery,13th Marines :



From this webpage : http://www.vietvet.org/jwodecki.htm

Another one from Battery W, 1st Battalion, 13th Marines :



Interesting reading :
http://www.marines.mil/news/publications/Documents/US%20Marines%20In%20Vietnam%20The%20Defining%20Year%201968%20%20PCN%2019000313800_9.pdf

HTH

Frenchy

I remember seeing a couple film clips of Marine 155's up there. Units looked to be combined units as most arty units in that time period were six guns per battery. My guess is that they were two full companys or maybe as many as four.

If you are building the pig with the Bronco metal barrel, remember it's too long and the guns used do not have the grooved end that is depicted. That grooved barrel never saw service in RVN. You also need to find some good close up photos of the howitzer you desire to copy as most units tended to customize them a little bit (nothing major).
gary

Look at the top photo closely, and you'll see something ugly in the user's mind. Look at the grease coating on the barrel, and you can see that it's wiped away about a foot and a half. This could well mean a bad sign, as they are probably shooting charge one green bag powder. That kinda means that the guys on the other end are sharing lunch with you. In the bottom photo, I never saw a rammer staff that long ever! Most are about six feet long and there maybe a two and a half foot one laying about for high angle fire.

gary