Re: Tech Levels and Quality was Re: DS3 design (long)

The Tet offensive was a large scale battle. Ten Viet Cong regiments hit
our lines and hurt us bad before pulling back with the core leaders in
good order. 

Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:At 6:49 PM +0200 9/26/04, John
Atkinson wrote:
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>The PAVN (AKA NVA) remained in the field, though utterly incapable of
>defeating the United States.

Anybattle they engaged in resulted in their 
trying to Hug US forces and getting their clocks 
cleaned.

>Due to political problems at home largely caused by pro-Communist
>agitators, the US withdrew from Vietnam.

Just like some politicians now. They're using 
national security interest and their opposition 
to it for personal aggrandizement. That crap 
didn't wash during WWII after Pearl.

>And the PAVN ran T-55s over the ARVN. Hardly a case of inferior
>technology prevailing on the battlefield.

And where US forces were still present in any 
numbers, the T-55s were so much grist for the 
mills of US Airpower.

>You could make the argument that the US lost Vietnam. More correctly,
>the United States never managed to turn military victory into
>political gains that would secure a favorable peace. At no time did
>the PAVN/NLF forces meet American troops in the field and beat them in
>a fight.

Aside from the odd tiny squad on squad type 
ambush. Nothing of substance on the larger local 
or regional tactical picture.
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