![]() ![]() ![]() The American's heavy tanks were delayed or destroyed by rocket-propelled grenades. No tank is, because there is no room for maneuver. First, we used tanks in half-demolished cities like Hue, where they weren't suited to the terrain. Tank warfare in Vietnam, as described in this program, evolved through three states. Usually, those several years of combat are ablated from our media and our memories, as if they'd never happened. Then, too, we get a description of what happened in Vietnam between the time the US pulled out its troops and the final humiliation of those helicopters taking off from the embassy roof. But there were territories that were well suited to the deployment of tanks, particularly in the northern provinces. It's all jungle - at least in the movies. For one thing, we don't usually think of Vietnam as tank territory. This episode deals with some usually neglected areas of the Vietnam War. ![]()
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