Greetings, my friends at the Big A...
I am posting this question to all of the Vietnam modeling experts that we have dwelling in our ranks. Does anyone know of any research links, books, etc. regarding the useage of the types of Tanks and equipment that were used in the many battles of 'Nam? All Nationalities and types if possible... I am totally sincere in this request, as I need to know of any information resources of such...I have spent many hours searching and so far have come up with little to no such listings. I really didn't know which forum topic to post this in, but I feel that this is the best one to put it up for response. If anyone knows of such a source listing, please post it here or shoot me a pm or an e-mail...I really do appreciate anyone's help in this matter!
Sincerely,
Mark " Gunny " Smith

Hey Gunny give me some time, I have a book.. Vietnam Tracks armor in battle 1945-75. I'll go through it and list all them PM you what i find..I'll PM you no later than 6pm tonight. Will that help...

Gunny I'll tell you what...how about you send me your address and then i'll send the book your way to barrow. There is just to much to list and with all the units that were involved. This way here you can have a look at pics and get real first hand infomation from the book. I don't mind at all....Joe

The Vietnam Tracks book is by far the best reference on this subject I have found. I would strongly recommend it because it covers not only US Army & USMC but also details ARVN, French and Aussie armour as well.

Frence Armor

M5A1light tank
M8 armored car
Type 95 & 87B where pressed into French service.
Cuventry Mk.1 armored car
M3A1 scout cars
GMC trucks
M24 Chaffees
M8 HMC
M4A2 Sherman
Type 178B armored car
Humber scout car Mk.II
M36B2 tank

South Vietamese Army

M113
Gm C15 TA armored trucks
M114
M41A3 - M48A3 - M557A1 - M125A1 M106A1 - M132A1 - XM45E1 - M548 - M88 - M578 - XM806 - V-100
Canadian Ford Lynx Scout car

Australian Armor

Centurion's
M113A1
M113A1 fitted w/ FMC M74C turrets
M113a1 "Fitters" apc's
Centurion's bridge layers and recovery tanks
Centurion's Mk.5 bridge layers

US Army - Marines

M48A3
M113A1
M557A1
M88'S
M1231C/M15A2 "Dragon wagon"
Marginal Terrain Assault Bridges MTAB's
M107
M110
M551
M548
XM163

Gunny these are just a few of whats listed. And thats not even including Aircraft.

I would recommend the Armor in Viet Nam, the M551 Sheridan in Action, and the Patton Tank in action. All three are squadron/Signal books in paperback. Can be bought at very reasonable prices and are chock full of pictures and gorgeous color drawings.

G'day Gunny,
Also used by Australians in Vietnam was the M113 with the T50 Turret.
Cheers Jason

Thank you, my friends, for the speedy replies, and Mother Joe, I just shot you a PM...
Gunny

Just some more AFV used in Nam:

North Vietnam Army (PAVN) and Vietcong:
- T-34/85
- PT-76
- K-63 APCS
- Chinese Type 63 (PT-76 with a T-54 turret and 100mm rifle)
- T-54B and Chinese Type 59
- T-55A
- ZSU-57-2 and ZSU-23-4 (Anti-aircraft)
- BTR-60PB APCS
- BTR-50PKs
- BTR-152s

HTH

hi Gunny
Try your local libray to for books on the Viet Nam war and there are some excellant , tapes and dvd's out on Viet Nam to. Since I had the dubious pleasure of serving in Viet Nam if I can answer any questions please feel free to ask
Jerry

" War is the insanity of sane men."

Some that I noticed were missing:
M728 CEV
M123 flame thrower M113
M67 flame tank
M48A2
M50 Ontos
M56 Scorpion (aka SPAT or self-propelled anti-tank)
M48 AVLB
LVTP5
M151A1/A2 Jeep
M274 Mechanical Mule
M578 recovery vehicle
M108 105mm SP howitzer
M109 155mm SP howitzer
M101 105mm towed howitzer
M115 155mm towed howitzer
M35/A1 2½ ton truck

Man, this list could go on and on...

Thanks again, My friends, for sharing your knowledge with me on this matter. I'm about to embark on yet another journey that I hope will end up in doing some good for us modelers...
Sincerely,
Gunny

Hi Gunny,

Maybe this is out of subject but why don't you check out the Concord books of Hong Kong link available on DML website.
In the NAM collection they have :
two books on Uniforms (US army and US Aiborne)
three books on armor two on US & Allied and one on Vietnamese forces (PVA and ARVN).

Lots of pics and some good info on tanks and Vhls.
For more details, I sugest you search by Vhl type on the internet google query for example. It is amazing the ammount of data you get this way.

hope this helps

I was going to suggest the Concord book but I wasn't sure if it just listed Army and Marine units and the armor each units had. I don't think it went into combat support or combat service support equipment.

I've got the book at home and can check tonight.

http://vietnamresearch.com/armor/

http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/

reb