Скачать или смотреть How NZ Artillery Saved 108 Men at Long Tan — 3,000+ Shells in 3 Hours, VC Never Got Within 30 Meters

On August 18, 1966, 108 Australian soldiers from D Company, 6th Battalion walked into a nightmare. Hidden in the rubber plantation near Long Tan were up to 2,500 Viet Cong soldiers preparing for a major assault. What followed was one of the most desperate battles of the Vietnam War.
Outnumbered fifteen to one, D Company should have been annihilated. Instead, they survived — thanks to the incredible skill of New Zealand artillery. Captain Morrie Stanley called in fire missions so close that shells landed just 30 meters from Australian positions. The gunners of 161 Battery fired over 3,000 rounds in three hours, pushing their howitzers beyond every limit in the manual.
This is the true story of Long Tan — where 18 Australians died, but 90 survived against impossible odds. Learn how artillery doctrine was rewritten, why the Viet Cong assault waves disintegrated, and what happened to the men who fought that day.
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