{"product_id":"tanks-in-the-easter-offensive-1972-9781472849021","title":"Tanks in the Easter Offensive 1972","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis study explains how the armies of North and South Vietnam, newly equipped with the most modern Soviet and US tanks and weaponry, fought the decisive armored battles of the Easter Offensive.\u003c\/b\u003eWearied by years of fighting against Viet Cong guerillas and North Vietnamese regulars, the United States had almost completely withdrawn its forces from Vietnam by early 1972. Determined to halt the expansion and improvement of South Vietnamese forces under the U.S. Vietnamization program, North Vietnam launched a major fourteen-division attack in March 1972 against the South that became known as the Easter Offensive. Hanoi's assault was spearheaded by 1,200 tanks and was counteracted on the opposite side by Saigon's newly equipped armored force using U.S. medium tanks. The result was ferocious fighting between major Cold War-era U.S. and Soviet tanks and mechanized equipment, pitting M-48 medium and M-41 light tanks against their T- 54 and PT-76 rivals in a variety of combat environments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION  THE TANKS, DOCTRINE, AND ORGANIZATION   Army of the Republic of Vietnam  North Vietnamese Army TECHNICAL FACTORS   Medium tanks  Light tanks  Armored personnel carriers and other AFVs  Self-propelled antiaircraft guns (SPAAGs) THE OFFENSIVE   Quang Tri: the offensive begins  An Loc: attacks on the road to Saigon  Kontum: attack in the Central Highlands  ARVN counterattack in the north BATTLE ANALYSIS   Strategic, operational, and tactical lessons TECHNICAL LESSONS   Tank against tank  Airpower  ATGMs  RPGs and LAWs THE AFTERMATH: VIETNAM, 1973–75  FURTHER READING  INDEX","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867220455767,"sku":"9781472849021","price":10.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472849021.jpg?v=1722282274","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tanks-in-the-easter-offensive-1972-9781472849021","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}