Jeff,

Interesting idea. Rob is correct about the 'Cong not going "head to head" with armour. But applying a little 'artistic license' there are a few ways you could 'tweak' the idea, while still maintaining the ingredients.
How about this:
Same set-up, M-41, followed by an M163 coming down the jungle path towards a small clearing with steps leading up to a temple, enemy skulking behind the ruins, right? Well, you could establish the waiting VC as a decoy to draw the attention and concentrated fire from the U.S. AFV's, who would be returning fire, and engaging what's in front of them. Meanwhile the main enemy ambush force is actually now behind the American force in the jungle foilage both on the left and right of the trail catching the M-41 & M163 in a 'killing zone'. Arm the main ambush force with RPG 7's, or recoiless rifle's or maybe something even more 'meaty'. (though they tended not to carry anything "more 'meaty" to maintain mobility).

Here's another 'quickie':
Same set-up. (it's a 'flight of fantasy' right?) A little further along in the engagement, the VC monkeys have felled tree's that have landed behind the AFV's and cut off their escape route.
Show the vehicles with multiple RPG hit's, and the m-41's turret has traversed around to engage the ambush to the left/rear.
A potential add: If you want to 'nix' the tree idea, depict the M163 with a thrown track, having hit a remote detonated mine in the road leading in to the ambush point .

Just a few idea's for ya......hope that generate's some brain juice. #:-)

Tread.

Hey I might be wrong here but I thought that the only tank used by US forces in VN was the M48. The 41 from all references I've ever seen was used by the ARVN. But hey this is an art form and "artistic license" is a topic I preach so I think it sounds like a really cool dio.

Stephen Magee

As always Rob's input here is invaluable. I had originally typed something to that effect (but not quite as detailed as our good Major 'G's ) but decided to delete it instead and try to go with the original ingredient's of sgtreef's dio idea.
But, now that you're changing the cards dealt.............
Let me know the basic parameters and I'll throw some ideas at ya!

Tread.
BTW, my ideas were meant to generate tension in the engagement (gee, will they get out of this predicament!). I wasn't trying to 'slaughter' your troops. Incorporating 'implied tension' in your dio is a good idea. Especially in competition.
Additionally, (on another point). I believe your question was "...Also at night was a change of bases a go or nogo." Answer: Not unless your immediate desire was to be killed, or, you had a 'butter bar' in command.

i'd like to see someone make a dio out of a village on the edge of a rice patty maybe. but deffiently a village of some sort.