I'm trying to get a sense of how the VC and NVA used ambushes. Especially when ambushing from a hidden or prepared position. Once they opened fire and were...
I'm trying to get a sense of how the VC and NVA used ambushes. Especially when ambushing from a hidden or prepared position. Once they opened fire and were...
What they did probably depended on many factors you haven't furnished. 1. What is their mission? a. Protect a base camp? b. Destroy enemy units and thereby...
That, my dear Mark, is what makes the difference between the VC and NVA. The VC are guerillas. Their idea of an ambush is to blow a claymore or some other...
Alex Newman
zennine@...
Aug 14, 2008 1:04 am
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Vietgaming group. File : /TOE Quick...
Vietgaming@yahoogroup...
Aug 16, 2008 10:05 pm
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I read an interesting account in an old copy of "Military Review", by a US officer who served with Burmese guerillas in WW2. The rule of thumb he followed was...
I recall ready a book on OSS Operations in NW Burma, and in 1944 they sent a team to Tonkin, French Indochina, to assist and train the anti-Japanese guerillas...
Alex Newman
zennine@...
Aug 18, 2008 6:17 pm
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I have been thinking about how to model cohesion in a game without extensive use of a computer, extensive and complex rosters, etc. To me cohesion is more than...
A buddy of mine (C/1/27 "Wolfhounds" out of Cu Chi from 67-68) said pretty much the same thing as Mr. new man did. He also added that the VC MIGHT try to go...
Hi folks Just a quick post to announce that may collection of 15mm Vietnam wargames models is up for sale. The models are from various manufacturers (Peter...
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Hi Just joined this group and would like to know what rules best suit the first indo china war. I currently play cold war commander but want to try something...
I game the French Indochina War. I would use any system that deals with World War II, since all the weapons, and most of the personal are from that era. The...
Alex Newman
zennine@...
Aug 29, 2008 10:33 pm
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They had different packaging. And they had a random mix of figs where the RAFM minis were a set number of poses. ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
Hi Frank  I use a version of Too Fat Lardies , I Ain't Been Shot , which is almost 1 for 1 , however it could be fudged to suit fairly quickly. Have tried...
... What I don`t like about CWC is the only way to kill a base of infantry or armour is for several units to gang up on it to roll huge amounts of dice while...
One thought is were they using the same sort of metal? I seem to recall someone complaining that the metal used by RAFM was brittle and prone to breakage. But...
I also game FIC and posted some links a few weeks back before getting sick and bogged down. http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Vietgaming/message/5824 For...
CWC rewards historical tactics use. If you are looking for a game of tanks (re: Just to "kill" rather than suppress and force retirements that give up ground)...
Hello, I am an infrequent poster and logntime lurker on this forum. I am in the process fo reorganizing my 15mm vietnam collection... I have 4 Secenic Effects...
If you go on elven bravo website you will find a version of crossfire for vietnam war. With a few changes that could work for what you want. Forgot that before...
Hello all Just a quick follow up, I took Pauls advice and ordered 4 of the resin ones from Peter Pig and I'm very pleased, think they are really clean & crisp...
... them ... I covered mine with seated riflemen from the helo crew and M113 APC packs, plus a couple of seated WW2 also from PP. If you want to be entirely...
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