I've been making some bamboo for next weekends game of FNG, and man, it's a lot of work. By that, I mean, it takes a lot of verticles to ge the right look. I...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the Vietgaming group: When I create game scenarios, on the anti-Communist side I include o Only US leg...
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Feb 11, 2007 3:47 am
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Dear Gregg, Yes I received it. Been having some trouble with my internet connector lately. Mission Bir Hacheim sounded pretty suicidal. Where they going to ...
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Feb 11, 2007 7:36 am
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I only do FRench Indochina on the battalion level. Alex Newman...
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Feb 11, 2007 7:40 am
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G'day Alex, I was hoping it was something wrong with comms and not yourself :-) Yes, you are right, its a suicidal mission...so British commandoes would have...
Yes, I knew you did French, but it is a less gamed period of the conflict, and the Vietnamese operations against the Japanese are even rarer as a scenario...
Yes indeed. I use Vietnamese Para's, with whom I currently have the honor of appearing next to in the annual Veteran's Day parade. I use tribal minorities a...
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Feb 11, 2007 7:48 pm
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Hi Alex, Were Colonial units used in Indochine after WW2? What was it like for the troops to adjust to the SE Asian climate and terrain after the deserts of...
You need to drop this into the spreadsheet Shipbuilder Type Pennant # Design # of Boats Length Tons FY Delivery Uniflite PBR 31RP 66001-161 Mk. I 161 31 7 66...
Dear Greg, Yes indeed! There are only a few metropolitan French airborne units that are not. The first to land in Saigon was the Ninth Colonial Marine...
Alex Newman
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Feb 12, 2007 4:08 am
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There were a lot of Frenchmen in the CEFEO (many of them Gendarmes), but with sizeable numbers of Legionnaires, North Africans and Africans (as well as a lot...
Though there were a lot of Frenchmen, I have read that only 5,000 or so were below the rank of non-commisioned officer. And are you the famous Danny O'Hara of...
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Feb 12, 2007 7:24 pm
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Hello, We can answer all your questions about Indochina. Besides we're 1 member short of 100 and that would be a good excuse to drink a couple of beers to...
Due to the flu running around, only a single person showed for the game this weekend. So, we ran a LLRP mission. I set up the table, rolled on the random...
Not sure about famous, but that is me! Apologies for the garbled table as well - I previewed it on the website and it looked fine... A lot of the French were...
WO MACHT MEIN SCHREIBT? Gdya Peeshoo? Where do I sign up? Alex Newman, Cochin China et Cambodia 69-71...
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Feb 14, 2007 1:29 am
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Merci Boucoup, This I will take as a preview for you long awaited addition to your articles on the Indo-China War. If you google French Army Organization in...
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Feb 14, 2007 1:33 am
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Could I ask what percentage of the French troops were WW2 veterans as opposed to post-WW2 recruits? Greg ... table as well - I previewed it on the website and...
Would anyone have a source, or even better, the actual numbers of equipment (at least major) transfered to South Vietnam as part of Vietnamization? Greg...
Hi Tom, Thank you for your advice, but this may be difficult to follow since I am not located in USA. I will try through my local Defence Library. Cheers Greg ...
This doesn't really answer your question (there isn't any statistical data and it is more conceredwith training issues) but maybe this will interest you : The...
If I remember correctly Tom Gervasi's Arsenal Of Democracy II has listings of all US military equipment in service and exported in the late 1970s and early...
Its funny, but although I have read parts of that document before, I had read it for information on training operations, so never got so far as to read about...
