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The CH-47 Chinook is a twin-engine, transport helicopter fitted with two tandem rotors. It was developed by Boeing Vertol between 1957 and 1960. Its prototype, the HC-1B, made its initial flight on September 21, 1961. The CH-47 Chinook was used extensively as a transport helicopter during the Vietnam War, carrying troops and military materiel such [...]
The UH-1 Huey was a ground-attack and transport helicopter used by the US Army and US Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. It was designed and developed by Bell Helicopter between 1952 and 1956 to meet the United States Army’s requirement for a medical evacuation and utility helicopter. Its prototype, the XH-40, flew for the [...]
The Malayan Emergency was an ideological armed conflict which was fought between a communist insurgent army of Malaya and the Commonwealth armed forces, from 1948 to 1960. The guerrilla army which started the war against the colonial government was the Malayan Communist Party’s military arm, which was called Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA). The Malayan [...]
Hydro-pneumatic recoil system was a gun recoil mechanism designed and developed by the French Army weapons engineers and was first used on the French 75mm field gun, known as Soixante-Quinze, in 1898. The hydro-pneumatic long recoil mechanism kept the gun’s trail and wheels perfectly still during the firing sequence. Because it did not need to [...]
The Battle of Hill 723 was a Vietnam War battle which was fought between the South Vietnamese Army and the communist North Vietnamese Army (NVA). It took place from March 7 to March 16, 1971, during the South Vietnamese invasion of Laos. The result was a North Vietnamese Army victory. As the South Vietnamese Army [...]
Operation Coburg was an Australian military operation carried out by the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) from January 24 to March 1, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, during the Vietnam War. Two Australian Battalions from the 1ATF took part in Operation Coburg north east and east of the Long Binh-Bien Hoa complex, near Saigon. Heavy [...]
