accomplishing the mission without mechanized support and artillery would prove difficult. The two chief natural obstacles to fire on the ground in Vietnam were stability and mobility. Stability ...

Although Vietnam was supposed to reunify after national ... To negate the advantage of U.S. air and artillery power, the Viet Cong were advised to "grab the enemy by the belt and hang on ...

American tactics in Vietnam can be summed up by the acronym BEAST - Bombing, Escalation, Air and artillery, Search and destroy and Technology. Example Bombing President Johnson ordered the bombing ...

The sole U.S.-government-owned and operated arsenal has been unable to meet the “unprecedented demand” of more than 30 new barrels per month.