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US Army Infantryman in Vietnam 1965-73 by Gordon L. Rottman; Kevin Lyles
$29.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: Warrior Ser.
This book tells the compelling story of the average US infantryman in the Vietnam War (1955-1975). Beginning with conscription, enlistment, Basic Training, and Advanced Individual Training at the Armed Forces Induction Center at Fort Polk (the infamous "Tigerland"), it goes on to explore the day-to-day ...Show more
US Army Long-Range Patrol Scout in Vietnam 1965-71 by Gordon L. Rottman; Adam Hook (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: Warrior Ser.
Osprey's survey of the Long-Range Patrol Scouts of the US Army during the Vietnam War (1955-1975). The Vietnamese knew the Long-Range Patrol Scouts as "the men with green faces," a reference to the camouflage paint that they used. Operating in patrols of four to six men these men were like ghosts, opera ...Show more
US Army Special Forces 1952-84 by Gordon L. Rottman; Ronald Volstad
$22.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: Elite Ser.
From its very inception the United States Army Special Forces has been enmeshed in controversy, its mission misunderstood to varying degrees, and its very existence opposed by some of the Army hierarchy. Nevertheless it continues to serve in a highly specialised role in all manner of differing condition ...Show more
US Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam by Gordon L. Rottman; Steve Noon (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: Warrior Ser.
One of the most enduring and vivid images of Vietnam is the helicopter. There is little doubt that the helicopter revolutionized warfare and how the war in Vietnam (1955-1975) was fought. Helicopters lifted troops, supplies, material, equipment, and vehicles. They conducted visual reconnaissance, comman ...Show more
US Macv-Sog Reconnaissance Team in Vietnam by Gordon L. Rottman
$29.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: Warrior 159
In 1964 Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, activated a joint unconventional task force known as the Studies and Observation Group—MACV-SOG. As a cover its mission was to conduct analysis of lessons learned in combat by all branches of service. SOG’s real mission was to conduct covert strategic reconn ...Show more
US Marine Corps Pacific Theater of Opera by Gordon L. Rottman
$36.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: Battle Orders Ser.
By January 1944 the US Marine Corps had grown to a total of 405,169 personnel, comprising 28,193 officers, 10,723 officer candidates, and 366,353 enlisted men. The Fleet Marine Force now had two amphibious corps, four divisions, a separate infantry regiment, 19 defense battalions, and numerous support a ...Show more
US Patrol Torpedo Boats - World War II by Gordon L. Rottman; Tony Bryan (Illustrator); Peter Bull (Illustrator)
$35.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
Motor torpedo boat development began in the early 1900s, and the vessels first saw service during World War I. However, it was not until the late 1930s that the US Navy commenced the development of the Patrol Torpedo or PT boat. The PT boat was designed for attacking larger warships with torpedoes using ...Show more
Victory 1945 : Western Allied Troops in Northwest Europe by Peter (ILT) Gordon L.; Dennis Rottman
$29.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: Elite
Viet Cong Fighter by Gordon L. Rottman
$29.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: Warrior Ser.
Osprey's study of the Viet Cong fighters of the Vietnam War (1955-1975). An enemy in the shadows, the Viet Cong was the military arm of the National Liberation Front, the Communist Party of the Republic of Vietnam. Often generally thought of as local guerrillas, they were also an important part of the N ...Show more
Viet Cong and NVA Tunnels and Fortifications of the Vietnam War by Chris Taylor (Illustrator); Gordon L. Rottman; Lee Ray (Illustrator); Alex Mallinson (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: Fortress Ser.
Field fortifications and tunnel systems are typically thought of as defensive and active protective measures, but the VC/NVA also employed them offensively. It was common for extensive field works to be constructed to support assaults and sieges on US fire-support bases and remote camps. Their tactics r ...Show more
Vietnam Infantry Tactics by Gordon L. Rottman
$22.99 AUD
Category: War/Military
This book explores the evolving US, Viet Cong and NVA tactics at battalion level and below throughout the Vietnam War. Beginning with a description of the terrain, climate and the unique nature of operations in this theatre of war, it then explains how unit organisation was broken down by combatant forc ...Show more
Vietnam Riverine Craft, 1962-75 by Hugh Johnson; Gordon L. Rottman
$24.99 AUD
Category: War/Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
The southernmost region of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) encompassed the vast Mekong River Delta, and area covering 10,190 square miles. Three major rivers run through the Delta, the Song Hou Giang (aka Bassac) and the Song Mekong, which broke into three large rivers (Song My Tho, Ham Luong, a ...Show more