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What nasty weapon was used widely during the Vietnam war as a fireball dropped from planes?
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Just like with the "young generation" of today, the "young generation" of yesterday "got off" on all that "flame". Hollywood loves that stuff! It sells!
In Hollywood movies one hand grenade goes up like an atom bomb, destroys more stuff than a B52 bomber! In truth "Naplam" was simply jellied gasoline. It burned initially, then burned itself out. Caused NOWHERE near the destruction of a general purpose H-E bomb (250lb, 500lb, 750lb, and 1,000lb). But the press certainly loved it! Just like today.
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Did army tanks used to be parachuted out of planes?
The WWII era US Army M24 Chaffee light tank was air dropped (in pieces) to the French Army during the battle of Dien Bien Phu during the French Indochina War in 1954. (The French fought in Vietnam for 10 years before the Americans tried it). After the pieces reached the ground, the French assembled the light tanks. During the (US) Vietnam War, in 1969, the US Army fielded it's first truly "airborne tank"; the M551 Sheridan light tank; officially designated as the "Armored Airborne Reconnaissance Assault Vehicle." The Sheridan fought on from 1969 until 1972, losing nearly 200 Sheridians during the war (they blew up easily, they were built of aluminum and fired 152mm shells). But it was never air dropped in Vietnam. The Sheridan was finally "combat air dropped" for it's first time & only time during Operation Just Cause in 1989 (the invasion of Panama). It was a successful combat air drop.
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Did army tanks used to be parachuted out of planes?
The WWII era US Army M24 Chaffee light tank was air dropped (in pieces) to the French Army during the battle of Dien Bien Phu during the French Indochina War in 1954. (The French fought in Vietnam for 10 years before the Americans tried it). After the pieces reached the ground, the French assembled the light tanks. During the (US) Vietnam War, in 1969, the US Army fielded it's first truly "airborne tank"; the M551 Sheridan light tank; officially designated as the "Armored Airborne Reconnaissance Assault Vehicle." The Sheridan fought on from 1969 until 1972, losing nearly 200 Sheridians during the war (they blew up easily, they were built of aluminum and fired 152mm shells). But it was never air dropped in Vietnam. The Sheridan was finally "combat air dropped" for it's first time & only time during Operation Just Cause in 1989 (the invasion of Panama). It was a successful combat air drop.
