±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: cgsimpson
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6645

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 777
Total: 777
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Community Forums
02: Community Forums
03: Home
04: Community Forums
05: Community Forums
06: Community Forums
07: Photo Gallery
08: Community Forums
09: Community Forums
10: Community Forums
11: Statistics
12: Community Forums
13: News
14: Community Forums
15: Home
16: Community Forums
17: Community Forums
18: Home
19: Downloads
20: Community Forums
21: Community Forums
22: Community Forums
23: Photo Gallery
24: Community Forums
25: Community Forums
26: Community Forums
27: Community Forums
28: Downloads
29: Photo Gallery
30: Home
31: Community Forums
32: Community Forums
33: Photo Gallery
34: Community Forums
35: Home
36: Community Forums
37: Home
38: Home
39: Community Forums
40: Community Forums
41: Home
42: Community Forums
43: Community Forums
44: Community Forums
45: Member Screenshots
46: Community Forums
47: Member Screenshots
48: Home
49: Home
50: Photo Gallery
51: Community Forums
52: Statistics
53: Community Forums
54: Photo Gallery
55: Home
56: Home
57: Community Forums
58: Community Forums
59: Community Forums
60: Photo Gallery
61: Photo Gallery
62: Community Forums
63: Community Forums
64: Home
65: Community Forums
66: Community Forums
67: Community Forums
68: Photo Gallery
69: Downloads
70: Community Forums
71: Community Forums
72: Community Forums
73: Home
74: Community Forums
75: Your Account
76: Photo Gallery
77: Photo Gallery
78: Community Forums
79: Community Forums
80: Photo Gallery
81: Community Forums
82: Community Forums
83: Community Forums
84: Downloads
85: Community Forums
86: Home
87: Community Forums
88: Community Forums
89: Community Forums
90: Home
91: Community Forums
92: Community Forums
93: Statistics
94: Downloads
95: Home
96: Downloads
97: Community Forums
98: Home
99: Community Forums
100: Home
101: Home
102: Community Forums
103: Community Forums
104: Photo Gallery
105: Home
106: Community Forums
107: Photo Gallery
108: Community Forums
109: Downloads
110: Downloads
111: Community Forums
112: Community Forums
113: Member Screenshots
114: Home
115: Community Forums
116: Community Forums
117: Photo Gallery
118: Community Forums
119: Home
120: Statistics
121: Statistics
122: Community Forums
123: Community Forums
124: Community Forums
125: Photo Gallery
126: Community Forums
127: Member Screenshots
128: Community Forums
129: Community Forums
130: Your Account
131: Downloads
132: Photo Gallery
133: Community Forums
134: Photo Gallery
135: Community Forums
136: Photo Gallery
137: Home
138: Home
139: Your Account
140: Community Forums
141: Home
142: Photo Gallery
143: CPGlang
144: Community Forums
145: Community Forums
146: Community Forums
147: News
148: Community Forums
149: Community Forums
150: Community Forums
151: Downloads
152: Community Forums
153: Community Forums
154: Community Forums
155: Community Forums
156: Photo Gallery
157: Home
158: Photo Gallery
159: Community Forums
160: Community Forums
161: Downloads
162: Community Forums
163: Community Forums
164: Community Forums
165: Community Forums
166: News Archive
167: Home
168: Community Forums
169: Community Forums
170: Home
171: Community Forums
172: Community Forums
173: Community Forums
174: Community Forums
175: Community Forums
176: Photo Gallery
177: Community Forums
178: Downloads
179: Photo Gallery
180: Community Forums
181: Community Forums
182: Photo Gallery
183: Photo Gallery
184: Community Forums
185: Community Forums
186: Community Forums
187: Photo Gallery
188: Home
189: Community Forums
190: CPGlang
191: Photo Gallery
192: Community Forums
193: CPGlang
194: Home
195: Community Forums
196: Downloads
197: Photo Gallery
198: Downloads
199: Community Forums
200: Community Forums
201: Photo Gallery
202: Community Forums
203: Community Forums
204: Community Forums
205: Community Forums
206: Home
207: Community Forums
208: Photo Gallery
209: Community Forums
210: Community Forums
211: Community Forums
212: Community Forums
213: Community Forums
214: Photo Gallery
215: Community Forums
216: Home
217: Community Forums
218: Home
219: Community Forums
220: Community Forums
221: Home
222: Home
223: Community Forums
224: Community Forums
225: Community Forums
226: Home
227: Community Forums
228: Home
229: Photo Gallery
230: Community Forums
231: Home
232: Photo Gallery
233: Photo Gallery
234: Photo Gallery
235: Community Forums
236: Community Forums
237: News
238: Photo Gallery
239: Community Forums
240: Your Account
241: Community Forums
242: Statistics
243: Community Forums
244: Photo Gallery
245: Community Forums
246: Photo Gallery
247: Community Forums
248: Community Forums
249: Community Forums
250: News
251: Community Forums
252: Community Forums
253: Photo Gallery
254: Downloads
255: Community Forums
256: Community Forums
257: Community Forums
258: Photo Gallery
259: Community Forums
260: Photo Gallery
261: Community Forums
262: CPGlang
263: Photo Gallery
264: Community Forums
265: Home
266: Community Forums
267: Community Forums
268: Community Forums
269: Community Forums
270: Home
271: Community Forums
272: Community Forums
273: Community Forums
274: Home
275: Community Forums
276: Community Forums
277: Member Screenshots
278: Community Forums
279: Community Forums
280: Community Forums
281: Community Forums
282: Community Forums
283: Photo Gallery
284: Search
285: Photo Gallery
286: Photo Gallery
287: Home
288: Downloads
289: Downloads
290: Community Forums
291: Community Forums
292: Community Forums
293: Member Screenshots
294: Community Forums
295: Community Forums
296: Community Forums
297: Community Forums
298: Community Forums
299: Community Forums
300: Photo Gallery
301: Community Forums
302: CPGlang
303: Community Forums
304: Community Forums
305: Statistics
306: Community Forums
307: Downloads
308: Community Forums
309: Community Forums
310: Photo Gallery
311: Community Forums
312: Community Forums
313: Community Forums
314: Community Forums
315: Home
316: Home
317: Community Forums
318: Community Forums
319: Downloads
320: Community Forums
321: Community Forums
322: Community Forums
323: Community Forums
324: Home
325: Community Forums
326: Community Forums
327: Home
328: Your Account
329: Photo Gallery
330: Community Forums
331: Photo Gallery
332: Home
333: Community Forums
334: Photo Gallery
335: Community Forums
336: Community Forums
337: Community Forums
338: Community Forums
339: Home
340: Community Forums
341: News
342: News
343: Community Forums
344: Community Forums
345: Community Forums
346: Community Forums
347: Photo Gallery
348: Photo Gallery
349: Community Forums
350: Member Screenshots
351: Home
352: Community Forums
353: Community Forums
354: Community Forums
355: Community Forums
356: Downloads
357: Community Forums
358: Community Forums
359: Community Forums
360: Community Forums
361: Community Forums
362: Community Forums
363: Community Forums
364: Community Forums
365: Home
366: Home
367: Downloads
368: Photo Gallery
369: Community Forums
370: Community Forums
371: Community Forums
372: Community Forums
373: Photo Gallery
374: Home
375: Community Forums
376: Home
377: Community Forums
378: Community Forums
379: Community Forums
380: Community Forums
381: Community Forums
382: Community Forums
383: Photo Gallery
384: Community Forums
385: Community Forums
386: Home
387: Community Forums
388: Community Forums
389: Community Forums
390: Community Forums
391: Home
392: Community Forums
393: Member Screenshots
394: Community Forums
395: Community Forums
396: Community Forums
397: Home
398: Community Forums
399: Community Forums
400: Community Forums
401: Member Screenshots
402: Community Forums
403: Photo Gallery
404: Home
405: Community Forums
406: Community Forums
407: Community Forums
408: Community Forums
409: Home
410: Photo Gallery
411: Community Forums
412: Photo Gallery
413: Community Forums
414: Community Forums
415: CPGlang
416: Community Forums
417: Photo Gallery
418: Home
419: Community Forums
420: Community Forums
421: Community Forums
422: Photo Gallery
423: CPGlang
424: Community Forums
425: Photo Gallery
426: Photo Gallery
427: Photo Gallery
428: Home
429: Community Forums
430: Community Forums
431: Home
432: Community Forums
433: Downloads
434: Community Forums
435: Community Forums
436: Community Forums
437: Community Forums
438: Photo Gallery
439: Home
440: Community Forums
441: Downloads
442: Community Forums
443: Home
444: Community Forums
445: CPGlang
446: Community Forums
447: Community Forums
448: Community Forums
449: Community Forums
450: Photo Gallery
451: Home
452: Photo Gallery
453: Community Forums
454: Community Forums
455: Home
456: Community Forums
457: Community Forums
458: Community Forums
459: Community Forums
460: Your Account
461: Community Forums
462: Community Forums
463: Community Forums
464: Photo Gallery
465: Downloads
466: Home
467: Community Forums
468: Community Forums
469: Community Forums
470: Community Forums
471: Community Forums
472: Community Forums
473: Home
474: Community Forums
475: Community Forums
476: Community Forums
477: Home
478: Community Forums
479: Community Forums
480: Community Forums
481: Community Forums
482: Community Forums
483: Community Forums
484: Photo Gallery
485: Community Forums
486: Downloads
487: Photo Gallery
488: News Archive
489: Community Forums
490: Member Screenshots
491: Community Forums
492: Community Forums
493: Community Forums
494: Community Forums
495: Community Forums
496: Community Forums
497: Community Forums
498: Community Forums
499: Community Forums
500: Community Forums
501: Community Forums
502: Community Forums
503: Community Forums
504: Photo Gallery
505: Community Forums
506: Home
507: Community Forums
508: Community Forums
509: Photo Gallery
510: Community Forums
511: Community Forums
512: Home
513: Community Forums
514: Community Forums
515: Downloads
516: Community Forums
517: Community Forums
518: Community Forums
519: Community Forums
520: Community Forums
521: Community Forums
522: Community Forums
523: Community Forums
524: Photo Gallery
525: Community Forums
526: Community Forums
527: Community Forums
528: Community Forums
529: Community Forums
530: Community Forums
531: Statistics
532: Community Forums
533: Community Forums
534: Photo Gallery
535: CPGlang
536: Community Forums
537: Statistics
538: Community Forums
539: Community Forums
540: Community Forums
541: Member Screenshots
542: Community Forums
543: Community Forums
544: Member Screenshots
545: Community Forums
546: Community Forums
547: Photo Gallery
548: Community Forums
549: Photo Gallery
550: Community Forums
551: Community Forums
552: Community Forums
553: Community Forums
554: Community Forums
555: Home
556: Community Forums
557: Community Forums
558: Community Forums
559: Member Screenshots
560: Community Forums
561: Photo Gallery
562: Community Forums
563: Community Forums
564: Community Forums
565: Home
566: Home
567: Community Forums
568: Your Account
569: Community Forums
570: Photo Gallery
571: Home
572: Home
573: Community Forums
574: Community Forums
575: Community Forums
576: Community Forums
577: Community Forums
578: Photo Gallery
579: Home
580: Community Forums
581: CPGlang
582: Community Forums
583: Community Forums
584: Downloads
585: Community Forums
586: Community Forums
587: Community Forums
588: Photo Gallery
589: Member Screenshots
590: Community Forums
591: Community Forums
592: Photo Gallery
593: Statistics
594: Photo Gallery
595: Community Forums
596: Community Forums
597: Community Forums
598: Photo Gallery
599: Community Forums
600: Community Forums
601: Community Forums
602: Community Forums
603: Home
604: Community Forums
605: Community Forums
606: Home
607: Member Screenshots
608: Community Forums
609: Community Forums
610: Community Forums
611: Community Forums
612: Community Forums
613: Downloads
614: Your Account
615: Photo Gallery
616: Home
617: Community Forums
618: Community Forums
619: Community Forums
620: Community Forums
621: Community Forums
622: Home
623: Community Forums
624: Community Forums
625: Community Forums
626: Community Forums
627: Community Forums
628: Community Forums
629: Downloads
630: Community Forums
631: Community Forums
632: Home
633: Community Forums
634: Community Forums
635: Photo Gallery
636: Photo Gallery
637: Community Forums
638: Community Forums
639: Statistics
640: Community Forums
641: Photo Gallery
642: Community Forums
643: Community Forums
644: Photo Gallery
645: Community Forums
646: Community Forums
647: Photo Gallery
648: Community Forums
649: Community Forums
650: Photo Gallery
651: Community Forums
652: Photo Gallery
653: Community Forums
654: Home
655: Photo Gallery
656: Photo Gallery
657: Community Forums
658: Community Forums
659: Member Screenshots
660: Home
661: Community Forums
662: Community Forums
663: Statistics
664: Your Account
665: Community Forums
666: Downloads
667: Community Forums
668: Community Forums
669: Community Forums
670: Home
671: Community Forums
672: Community Forums
673: Home
674: Photo Gallery
675: Community Forums
676: Community Forums
677: Home
678: Community Forums
679: Home
680: Home
681: Community Forums
682: Home
683: Community Forums
684: News
685: Community Forums
686: Your Account
687: Community Forums
688: Community Forums
689: Community Forums
690: Home
691: Photo Gallery
692: Photo Gallery
693: Community Forums
694: Downloads
695: Downloads
696: Community Forums
697: Community Forums
698: Home
699: Photo Gallery
700: Community Forums
701: Home
702: Community Forums
703: Community Forums
704: Community Forums
705: Photo Gallery
706: Home
707: Community Forums
708: Community Forums
709: Community Forums
710: Home
711: Community Forums
712: Community Forums
713: Community Forums
714: Community Forums
715: Community Forums
716: Community Forums
717: Downloads
718: Community Forums
719: Home
720: Community Forums
721: Home
722: Community Forums
723: Home
724: Community Forums
725: Community Forums
726: Community Forums
727: Community Forums
728: Community Forums
729: Home
730: Home
731: Community Forums
732: Downloads
733: Home
734: Photo Gallery
735: Community Forums
736: Community Forums
737: Community Forums
738: Photo Gallery
739: Photo Gallery
740: Photo Gallery
741: Community Forums
742: Photo Gallery
743: Photo Gallery
744: Community Forums
745: Community Forums
746: Home
747: Home
748: Community Forums
749: Community Forums
750: Community Forums
751: Photo Gallery
752: Community Forums
753: Community Forums
754: Statistics
755: Home
756: Community Forums
757: Community Forums
758: Home
759: Community Forums
760: Community Forums
761: Community Forums
762: Community Forums
763: Community Forums
764: Community Forums
765: Community Forums
766: Community Forums
767: Community Forums
768: Community Forums
769: Community Forums
770: Community Forums
771: Community Forums
772: Home
773: CPGlang
774: Community Forums
775: Home
776: Community Forums
777: News

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
OT - Grid system in use during Vietnam war
The AFV ASSOCIATION was formed in 1964 to support the thoughts and research of all those interested in Armored Fighting Vehicles and related topics, such as AFV drawings. The emphasis has always been on sharing information and communicating with other members of similar interests; e.g. German armor, Japanese AFVs, or whatever.
Go to page Previous  1, 2
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
L.Delsing
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Feb 10, 2006
Posts: 960

PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:52 pm
Post subject: Re: OT - Grid system in use during Vietnam war

There was also a lot of former Dutch Waffen SS serving in the Netherlands Indies after the war. Some veterans have a double set of medals, a German one from service on the Eastern front and a set of fighting the so called (in that time) ''peloppers'' in the Netherlands Indies. Once spoke to some who were at the Eastern front and then the jungles of Indonesia. Interesting stories and different times...
Back to top
View user's profile
Maple_Leaf_Eh
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 517

PostPosted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:02 am
Post subject: Re: OT - Grid system in use during Vietnam war

I had a look at the DLA map catalog for series L7014 TLM50 sheets of Vietnam. Most are editions 1,2 and 3. Considering the production effort, it looks like DMA issued the sheets on the last day of the month, running between 1963 and 1973. One sheet is 1976, and the remaining dates are in the '80's.

TLM50 sheets conform to the NATO specification MGRS grid reference with a 1000m grid and a two-letter 100,000m grid zone designator. What still needs clarification is what is the grid and projection?

Doug, when you look at the surround, what is the datum and projection?
Back to top
View user's profile
C_Sherman
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 590

PostPosted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:21 am
Post subject: Re: OT - Grid system in use during Vietnam war

- TrevorLarkum
- L.Delsing
In one of the museums there were Kar 98 rifles with waffen ambt markings which were supplied by the USSR and used by the Vietnamese in the war over there.
Regards,
Lesley


That's interesting - I remember being surprised when I read up on the large numbers of ex-Wehrmacht who served in Indo-china for the French.


Hi,

My dad has two of them on the wall at home. One is in fabulous condition (considering the Germany-USSR-North Vietnam-Ho Chi Minh Trail-Tay Ninh path it took) and was taken from a cache near Tay Ninh. The second is in worse condition, having apparently been used by the VC for some time. My Dad traded a modified M16 to a ROK Ranger buddy, who had obtained it when he divided the former owner by 40mm. Both came home in a footlocker (oh, how times have changed!) in 1970. Both still work, although the headspace is really iffy and one badly shows the effects of years of corrosive ammo.

Chuck

_________________
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it
will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
-Herm Albright

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc!
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Doug_Kibbey
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 4678
Location: The Great Satan
PostPosted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:20 am
Post subject: Re: OT - Grid system in use during Vietnam war

- Maple_Leaf_Eh
I had a look at the DLA map catalog for series L7014 TLM50 sheets of Vietnam. Most are editions 1,2 and 3. Considering the production effort, it looks like DMA issued the sheets on the last day of the month, running between 1963 and 1973. One sheet is 1976, and the remaining dates are in the '80's.

TLM50 sheets conform to the NATO specification MGRS grid reference with a 1000m grid and a two-letter 100,000m grid zone designator. What still needs clarification is what is the grid and projection?

Doug, when you look at the surround, what is the datum and projection?


The 1:250,000 JOG is a transverse mercator and I only have the sheets cobbled together from the sixteenth-to-seventh parallels. I have a full border copied and pasted but no datum is given, only projection. Year is 1972.

I only have sheets for our AO in MRI (most of it) in 1:50,000 and have only assembled a fifteen minute "box" centered just below Hue because on 8.5x11" sheets, that's all that's accommodated by the biggest frame that is economical to buy "off the rack". I have 81 similar sheets in jpg format for the region, but not the margins like for the JOG map.

Likewise, I have a much smaller area for MRIII in 1:100,000, about 25km square and no margin data. Just an immediate AO from about Tay Ninh east to Bien Hoa. Much less complete than the "I"Corps maps.

Both of the above are from scans sent me by sources that prefer not to be identified. Would but that I had the originals, but "I" corps in 50K would be enough to paper two walls with. Rolling Eyes

Thankfully, there is sufficient data on some sheets that I can find coordinates or extrapolate to approximate areas from sheet-to-sheet. I have only printed out those areas most important to me on five framed maps. Everything else I resign myself to viewing electronically (which I can at least magnify as the scans are of good quality).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
bsmart
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 2523
Location: Central Maryland
PostPosted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:54 am
Post subject: Re: OT - Grid system in use during Vietnam war

- TrevorLarkum
- L.Delsing
In one of the museums there were Kar 98 rifles with waffen ambt markings which were supplied by the USSR and used by the Vietnamese in the war over there.
Regards,
Lesley


That's interesting - I remember being surprised when I read up on the large numbers of ex-Wehrmacht who served in Indo-china for the French.


And don't forget the Panther tanks that were used there also Rolling Eyes Although I am sure that there were a fair number of ex Wehrmact and even some ex Waffen SS who fought in indochina I believe the numbers and role have been overstated in several popular 'histories'. Weapons yeas, they show up on second and third hand markets for years but if you believe some of the books that came out there were entire SS battalions employed in Indochina and they would have won the war if it hadn't been for the incompetency of the French high command

_________________
Bob Smart ([email protected])
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
TrevorLarkum
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Sep 16, 2007
Posts: 1596
Location: Northampton, England
PostPosted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:48 pm
Post subject: Re: OT - Grid system in use during Vietnam war

- bsmart

And don't forget the Panther tanks that were used there also :roll: Although I am sure that there were a fair number of ex Wehrmact and even some ex Waffen SS who fought in indochina I believe the numbers and role have been overstated in several popular 'histories'. Weapons yeas, they show up on second and third hand markets for years but if you believe some of the books that came out there were entire SS battalions employed in Indochina and they would have won the war if it hadn't been for the incompetency of the French high command


Understood, but the book I was reading was Martin Windrow's epic (700 page) 'The Last Valley' about Dien Bien Phu. On page 198 he writes:

"Legion infantry had a reputation as slightly ponderous but rock-solid troops: ... The belief that their ranks were largely filled with German ex-Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS veterans recruited straight from French prison camps with few questions asked lent them a sinister glamour in the eyes of journalists. This legend had been more credible in 1945-50, but by 1953 [just before Dien Bien Phu] the majority of the original post-war enlistees had departed after serving their five-year contracts, and it was only among senior NCOs that Wehrmacht veterans were found in any concentrated numbers - though these very capable soldiers certainly underpinned the overall quality of many units. Perhaps 50 per cent of the legionnaires in Indochina were still
Germans, but their average age was only 20-23, and Legion commanders often lamented the lack of military experience, training, and even of physical fitness among the later intakes.
"The remainder were of dozens of other nationalities, the Legion tried to limit the proportion of Frenchmen in any unit to perhaps 10 per cent..."

I highly recommend the book, and to anyone who doesn't know the story of Dien Bien Phu it's a heroic, exciting but ultimately tragic tale. The highlight from our point of view would of course be the unique event of M24 'Bison' tanks being flown in to the airstrip and being assembled by hand resulting in the appearance of a significant tank force in the middle of nowhere. The low point being the eventual surrender of the majority of the French force and the withdrawal of part of the garrison all the way back to the border on foot, and losing the majority en route.



Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...n_Bien_Phu

A number of the Chaffees are still there, left in situ.

_________________
Trevor

Dr Trevor Larkum
Preserved Tanks: PreservedTanks.com
Armour Archive: ArmourArchive.co.uk
EVs
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website
Doug_Kibbey
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 4678
Location: The Great Satan
PostPosted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:59 pm
Post subject: Re: OT - Grid system in use during Vietnam war

- TrevorLarkum

"Perhaps 50 per cent of the legionnaires in Indochina were still
Germans, but their average age was only 20-23, and Legion commanders often lamented the lack of military experience, training, and even of physical fitness among the later intakes."


I'm guessing employment opportunities back in the fatherland were still not all that encouraging 8-9 years post-war.
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
TrevorLarkum
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Sep 16, 2007
Posts: 1596
Location: Northampton, England
PostPosted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:12 pm
Post subject: Re: OT - Grid system in use during Vietnam war

Exactly my thought. Of course many of the original intakes would have become soldiers straight from school, with no trade to fall back on. Soldiering was all they knew.

_________________
Trevor

Dr Trevor Larkum
Preserved Tanks: PreservedTanks.com
Armour Archive: ArmourArchive.co.uk
EVs
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website
Dennis_Smith
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 17, 2006
Posts: 192

PostPosted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:49 pm
Post subject: Re: OT - Grid system in use during Vietnam war

Sorry to bring back such an old thread, but I saw this book on Amazon and it reminded me of this thread.

It explains the map grid system in use during the Vietnam war. The book includes a number of 1:50,000 maps of Vietnam and directions on where to acquire others.

Where We Were in Vietnam

I linked to the Kindle version because it has the best "Look Inside" preview. Hardcover book version is also available.
Back to top
View user's profile
Roy_A_Lingle
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 1997
Location: El Paso & Ft Bliss, Texas
PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:00 pm
Post subject: Re: OT - Grid system in use during Vietnam war

Hi Folks!

- TrevorLarkum
- L.Delsing
In one of the museums there were Kar 98 rifles with waffen ambt markings which were supplied by the USSR and used by the Vietnamese in the war over there.
Regards,
Lesley


That's interesting - I remember being surprised when I read up on the large numbers of ex-Wehrmacht who served in Indo-china for the French.


I remember reading something a very long time ago about the ex-Wehrmacht in French service. They were WWII POWs of the French and where drafted into the French Army. It was a form of get out of jail option.

Sgt Scouts out!

_________________
"You can never have too much reconnaissance."
General G.S. Patton Jr.
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board
Page 2 of 2
All times are GMT - 6 Hours
Go to page Previous  1, 2



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum