Vietnam War US & Allied Combat Equipments (Elite)

An army that expected to fight the Soviets in Central Europe for the fate of the world ended up fighting the Viet Cong and North Vietnam half way around the world, in the very much different environment of Southeast Asia. Jungles, rice paddies, and the Central Highlands called for different combat equipment. Author Gordon Rottman surveys what was worn by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps, and their allies."Vietnam War US & Allied Combat Equipments" is an Osprey Elite Series book. The author served in the conflict. Adam Hook provides some excellent supporting illustrations. For a military still wearing surplus equipment from World War II and the Korean War, Vietnam required some adaptions in load carrying equipment and survival loads. The author walks the reader up through several generations of modifications to web gear, packs, and other equipment items. The text is in sufficient detail to guide a collector, while the narrative is interesting enough to be a trip down memory lane for veterans who lived the times and used the equipment. Highly recommended as a concise but knowledgeable introduction to the topic.

This book does all your research for you. Great information.

InformativeWell written

In this Osprey title, Elite #216, "Vietnam War US & Allied Combat Equipments", author Gordon Rottman gives the reader an exposition on the equipment of combat soldiers during the Vietnam War.In this small book, the author basically gives you everything a soldier might wear, carry, eat, what he carried his equipment in and on. Every bit of web gear, belts, suspenders, canteens, magazine pouches, weapons, field rations are included in this book.The author not only gives the reader this, but also tells the story of how this equipment changed over time to better meet the challenges of the Vietnamese environment. There's also locally-made equipment adopted by some units at some times. Author Rottman even includes equipment of ANZAC troops as well as Vietnamese soldiers. The author, an SF veteran of the conflict even gives the reader an idea of what soldiers really carried under the realistic circumstances, regardless of regulations.This small volume is fairly good for what it does and offers a good idea of everything a soldier in the Vietnam conflict had on his body and in his hands as well as how it worked...or, sometimes didn't. I would have preferred some first-hand accounts, but the author's own experience is certainly considerable. Four stars.

Typical Rottman military equipment book: very detailed description, with well explained technical data on history of the items usage in the field, and weaknesses encounter in combat usage. Osprey out does itself with actual pictures of the equipment in the field and great color illustrations of the gear being used by the men using the items in combat! An excellent book!

The illustrations are great, as usual. Gordon never lets me down. Well written and organized.Been waiting for this one for quite some time.Very happy

Always enjoyed the history of military equipment. Great book.

Nice book

When you see this authors name on a book dealing with military special forces, it is always worth a read – he was there. In the case of this book, not only was he there – but he wore and was equipped With what he is writing about. You get considerably more information than a pure textbook, And with very little paddingFrom the point of view of a modeller OR historian, this book is worth purchasing and keeping.

Accurate and helpful.

Entrega rápida, preço abaixo do preço de mercado, livro novo, bem embalado .

I liked this book. I found the information easy to follow.

Compendio di tutti o quasi gli equipaggiamenti utilizzati dalla fanteria alleata (Us Army, USMC, forze sudvietnamite, australiane/neozelandesi e sudcoreane) nel conflitto del Viet Nam. Belle fotografie, testo esaustivo nella migliore tradizione Osprey