Vietnam Armored Convoy Operation [4SFG]

This operation was an armored convoy patrol through Central Vietnam, clearing villages and towns along the way to reach and secure an overrun US Marine FOB and extract with intelligence still present inside the military base. We were supported by several M113 carriers as well as an M48 medium tank and AH-1 Cobra gunship heliopter, and successfully destroyed a Vietnamese tunnel system HQ and a weapons caches in towns en-route as well as extracted from the FOB while under fire from NVA army quick reaction response forces. Campaign Briefing- Vietnam, 1970- Following the outbreak of the conflict in Vietnam, US Army and CIA forces as part of the Military Assistance Command- Vietnam Studies and Observations Group, or MACV-SOG have been deployed into Laos. Dominated by a long central river delta and mangroves through the ex-French colonial region, it is being used for the supply of Soviet and Chinese weapons and equipment and as such a range of North Vietnamese Army camps and bases have been set up in the jungles, with Viet Cong guerrillas and Cambodian civilians living in the bamboo hut villages. It’s monsoon season at the moment, so heavy rainfall has swelled the water level in the delta and slicked the few existing dirt roads through the jungle which along the central river delta are being used to supply the Ho Chi Mihn Trail along the Mekong which dominates the centre of this region. This new enemy supply route, as well as enemy caches, camps and Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army controlled areas in the region are our primary objective in this campaign. Boats and helicopters as well as FOB based mortars and 155MM fire support, callsign HAMMER are available from the SOG field HQ, with the airfield providing support from McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, a heavy twin-seater fighter-bomber for Cold War era campaigns, heavily used during the Vietnam War and sporting a wide selection of pylon loadouts. Faction Intelligence- The OPFOR in this campaign are a mix of Viet Cong Guerrilla fighters with irregular equipment, often in civilian clothing and acting predominantly as a light infantry and patrolling force, and the regular NVA, North Vietnamese Army, who have more standardised Tan or Green uniforms and limited but possible access to armoured vehicles and air support. The terrain is thick jungle so visibility is poor and most engagements outside of ricefields and other more open areas will be very close ranged. We will have limited allied support.