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Record Nr.

UNINA9910714336403321

Autore

Ross Andrew

Titolo

Mine warfare : 1st Australian task force's struggle for South Vietnam / / Andrew Ross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newport, New South Wales : , : Big Sky Publishing Pty, Limited, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-922488-27-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 pages)

Collana

U.S. Navy NWP ; ; 3-15

U.S. Marine Corps MCWP ; ; 3-3.1.2

Disciplina

355.825115

Soggetti

Mines (Military explosives) - Detection

Military readiness

Handbooks and manuals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"August 1996."

"PCN 143 000008 00."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Glossary of terms -- Series introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Zen and the art of mine warfare: enemy mine warfare tactics in Phuoc Tuy -- Chapter 2: The pattern of casualties from mine warfare in Phuoc Tuy -- Chapter 3: Why the enemy mine campaign collapsed -- Chapter 4: Enemy use of command-detonated mines -- Chapter 5: Containing the armour of 1ATF: anti-tank mines -- Chapter 6: A 1ATF exercise in self-destruction: enemy use of M16 mines -- Chapter 7: More anti-personnel mines: Viet Cong improvisation and tactics -- Chapter 8: Taming the battlefield: 1ATF mine countermeasures -- Chapter 9: 1ATF mine warfare against the VC/PAVN -- Chapter 10: Turning the sea toxic: civilian mine casualties in Phuoc Tuy -- Chapter 11: Conclusions -- Appendix A: The computer databases and methodology of this study -- Appendix B: Mine countermeasures adopted by 1ATF -- Appendix C: Mine warfare and 1RAR May 1965 to June 1966 -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- Index.