Introduction: the Vietnamese environment, as it affected
personal LBE – listing of 'Free World' (allied) forces which used
US equipment in Vietnam
Development: background and development of the US Army M1956
LBE
M1956 Load Bearing Equipment – description and use of this most
widely seen pattern
M1967 Modernized Load Bearing Equipment, developed specifically in
response to experience in Vietnam
US Marine M1961 Load Carrying Equipment
ANZAC web equipment - description of British and M1956 LBE copies
used by Australian and New Zealand forces
Special reconnaissance equipment – description and use of
specialized equipment by MACV-SOG, Special Forces, and Long Range
Reconnaissance Patrol units
World War II & Korean War vintage equipment – as used mostly by
South Vietnamese forces, but in some use by US forces
Indigenous equipment – description and use of low-cost equipment
for Vietnamese forces, provided by the CIA's Counterintelligence
Support Office
Life in the Boonies - use of the equipments in the field, as shaped
by differing terrain, climate, evolving weapons and procedures, and
personal preferences (covering, e.g., procedures for movement,
bivouacking, preparing food, perimeter defense and security,
outposts, ambushes, etc.)
Conclusion
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A complete illustrated guide to everything that Vietnam-era American GIs and their allies carried into battle including all the belts, pouches and packs. Will appeal to all historians, modellers, collectors and re-enactors of the Vietnam War.
Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967,
volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons
specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in
1969–70 and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol
and intelligence assignments until retiring after 26 years. He was
a Special Operations Forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness
Training Center for 12 years and is now a freelance writer, living
in Texas.
Adam Hook studied graphic design, and began his work as an
illustrator in 1983. He specializes in detailed historical
reconstructions, and has illustrated Osprey titles on subjects as
diverse as the Aztecs, the Ancient Greeks, Roman battle tactics,
several 19th-century American subjects, the modern Chinese Army,
and a number of books in the Fortress series. His work features in
exhibitions and publications throughout the world.
"This book does a great job of providing the details of individual combat equipment used during the Viet Nam War." --Mike Petty, Armor Modeling & Preservation Society "Former Special Forces member Gor-don L. Rottman sorts out these variations [in gear] in Vietnam War US and Allied Combat Equipments. No. 216 in Os-prey's "Elite" series, with photographs and color illustrations by Adam Hook." --Vietnam Magazine
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