Vietnam Airmobile Warfare Tactics

Name: Vietnam Airmobile Warfare Tactics
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ISBN: 9781846031366

ISBN-10: 1846031362

ISBN-13: 9781846031366

Edition: 2007

Authors: Adam Hook, Gordon L. Rottman

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- With its first major use in battle during the Vietnam War, the helicopter ushered in a radically different way of fighting, despite its proven vulnerability to ground fire. Either delivering troops into hostile territory and removing them after the fighting ended, or armed with guns, grenade launchers, and rockets to provide rapid and wide-ranging air to ground support fire, the helicopter - available for the first time in sufficient numbers and capable of a wide range of missions - played a central role in the war. - From the beginning, with obsolete Korean War helicopters carrying ARVN troops into battle, to Huey gunships evacuating the wounded at la Drang in 1965, and transport…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Osprey Publishing, Limited
Publication date: 3/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 64
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Introduction


The Helicopter


Main types, designations and popular names - US Army and Marine Corps


The enemy threat to helicopters


Helicopter armament


The Development of Air Mobility


General Gavin's initiative, 1954 - Aerial Combat


Reconnaissance Platoon, 1956 - the Rogers Board, and 101st Combat Aviation Battalion (Provisional), 1960 - the Howze Board, 1962


11th Air Assault Division (Test), 1963 - 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), 1965


Airmobile Units in Vietnam


Capabilities of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)


From Airborne to Airmobile


The aviators - numbers and demand - training: Army and Marine Corps


The airmobile division - Pathfinders - Army aviation units


Marine aviation units


Aviation Missions


The variety of possible tasks - the limitations - crew chiefs - maintenance - weather


The variety and doctrine of airmobile operations - "Jitterbug" and "Chickenhawk"


Planning the airmobile assault - reconnaissance and preparation - landing zones: hazards and limitations


The Airmobile Assault


The pick-up - the approach flight - artillery and gunship preparation - off-loading - command and control - reinforcement, medevac and resupply


Gunship Tactics


Attack missions - teams - communication with ground units - target location and fire control - scout tactics


Assessment of Operations


Further Reading


Plate Commentaries


Index