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Hi Guys,
Here is another PREVIEW of our upcoming Australian Army M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers which will be released in a few months time.
As you can see ‘TWO ZERO ALPHA’ and ‘TWO NINE JULIET’ have come to the rescue of a group of Aussie infantrymen from ‘D’ Co., from the 6[SUP]th[/SUP] Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment who were ambushed by an entire North Vietnamese Army Regiment supported by Viet Cong units just a few miles from the Australian Base at Nui Dat.
For several hours the Australians were surrounded and besieged by numerous waves of attacks that attempted to overcome and destroy their position.
Monsoon rain also poured down preventing overhead American jets from launching an airstrike.
Fortunately for the ‘Diggers’ they could rely on their own artillery batteries stationed at Nui Dat which bombarded the general area to within 50 yards of their location!
Eventually, reinforcements in the shape of 10 armoured personnel carriers broke through from Nui Dat.
During the battle, two Royal Australian Air Force ‘Hueys’ also dropped fresh supplies of ammunition despite the appalling weather and enemy ground fire.
Finally, as darkness fell, the NVA and VC began to fall back and the Aussies could reform and ‘mount-up’ into and onto the APC’s and return to their base taking with them their 18 dead and 24 wounded mates.
A sweep of the battle area the following day showed that at least 245 NVA and VC were killed (and perhaps many more).
The ‘Battle of Long Tan’ was over.
All the best and... have a great weekend!
Andy
Here is another PREVIEW of our upcoming Australian Army M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers which will be released in a few months time.
As you can see ‘TWO ZERO ALPHA’ and ‘TWO NINE JULIET’ have come to the rescue of a group of Aussie infantrymen from ‘D’ Co., from the 6[SUP]th[/SUP] Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment who were ambushed by an entire North Vietnamese Army Regiment supported by Viet Cong units just a few miles from the Australian Base at Nui Dat.
For several hours the Australians were surrounded and besieged by numerous waves of attacks that attempted to overcome and destroy their position.
Monsoon rain also poured down preventing overhead American jets from launching an airstrike.
Fortunately for the ‘Diggers’ they could rely on their own artillery batteries stationed at Nui Dat which bombarded the general area to within 50 yards of their location!
Eventually, reinforcements in the shape of 10 armoured personnel carriers broke through from Nui Dat.
During the battle, two Royal Australian Air Force ‘Hueys’ also dropped fresh supplies of ammunition despite the appalling weather and enemy ground fire.
Finally, as darkness fell, the NVA and VC began to fall back and the Aussies could reform and ‘mount-up’ into and onto the APC’s and return to their base taking with them their 18 dead and 24 wounded mates.
A sweep of the battle area the following day showed that at least 245 NVA and VC were killed (and perhaps many more).
The ‘Battle of Long Tan’ was over.
All the best and... have a great weekend!
Andy
