The Battle of West Dong Ha (1972)

The greatest recorded tank battle of the late Vietnam War (maybe)

The training of the 20th Tank Regiment, South Vietnam's first ever tank unit, is put to the test in one of the deadliest offensives in the entire Vietnam War, right up there at the gates of Dong Ha, the city right on the frontlines of the Demilitarized Zone.

Corrections:
203 Tank Regiment, not Battalion
36th Infantry Regiment, not Division
36th Regiment is under the 308th Battalion

Map visuals:
Google Earth

Video:
Some Vietnamese movie about Xuan Loc    • Видео  
Smell of Burning Grass
Phim tài liệu: Xứng danh anh hùng thời chống Mỹ
   • Видео  
AP footage of 1975 in South Vietnam

3d model credits
"M41 WALKER BULLDOG" (https://skfb.ly/ouZVw) by fantom2205 is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b....
"type_59" (https://skfb.ly/oBUu9) by FlashPoint is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b....
"M60A3 Patton Medium Tank - Toshueyi" (https://skfb.ly/ErsL) by Joanthan To is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b....

Sources:
Tanks in the Easter Offensive: The Great Conventional Clash by Hiestand
The Easter Offensive Vietnam 1972 Vol 2 by Albert Grandolini
https://mikesresearch.com/2019/03/24/...
[REPORT] ARVN 20TH TANK AT DONG HA
https://emu.usahec.org/alma/multimedi...
[CORRESPONDENCE FROM STAN L. MCCLELLAN, BRIGADIER GENERAL TO BRIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON WITH ATTACHMENTS]
https://emu.usahec.org/alma/multimedi...
[ESSAY REGARDING THE 20TH TANK (M48A3) REGIMENT, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM]
https://emu.usahec.org/alma/multimedi...
MAJOR TANKS DAO HUY VU
Author: Nguyen Khac Nguye
(THIẾU TƯỚNG XE TĂNG ĐÀO HUY VŨ)
http://nxbqdnd.com.vn/?nav=book-detai...
Melson, Charles (1991). U.S. Marines In Vietnam: The War That Would Not End, 1971–1973. History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. p. 32.
"U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Command History 1972, Annex K. Kontum, 1973. MACV" (PDF). p. K-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-1975
Book by George J. Veith
Bridge at Dong Ha (Bluejacket Books) Paperback – October 1, 1996
Steel and Blood: South Vietnamese Armor and the War for Southeast Asia
Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam
Starry, Donn (1978). Mounted Combat in Vietnam. Vietnam Studies
Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975: Hastings, Max

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