Скачать или смотреть How 100 Australians at Fire Support Base Coral Fired 16,000 Artillery Rounds... In One Night

May 13, 1968. Fire Support Base Coral, Vietnam. 110 Australian soldiers—mostly artillerymen—face a nighttime assault by 2,500 NVA regulars. The enemy expects a quick victory. What they get instead is the most intense artillery barrage in Australian military history.

This is the story of how six 105mm howitzers and their crews fired 16,237 rounds over four days of siege—including 6,800 rounds in a single night—breaking a regimental assault through sheer weight of fire. It's a story of training, discipline, and men who fired until their gun barrels glowed white-hot and kept firing anyway.

Timestamps:
0:00 - The Night the Mortars Came
3:45 - "Intel Says Charlie's Nowhere Near"
8:20 - 2,500 vs. 110: The NVA's Perfect Target
13:10 - 0200 Hours: When Everything Went Wrong
18:45 - "To The Guns!" - Point-Blank Artillery
25:30 - The Guns That Wouldn't Stop
32:15 - 1,133 Rounds Per Gun in 12 Hours
38:40 - How the NVA Tried to Adapt—And Couldn't
45:20 - 16,237 Rounds: The Numbers That Shouldn't Be Possible
50:10 - Legacy: The Battle That Changed Artillery Doctrine

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