Marine River force in Vietnam

[Kessu]

I have a soft spot for anything remotely having to do with the navy, so I was eager to sink my teeth into this one.

It's your 1st campaign so I'll go easy on you.

Rule #1 - background research - A main force Viet Cong regiment's AA-assets consisted of 2 X AAMG batteries of 2 HMGs each. On the company level and the battalion level you would not expect to find AA- assets apart from smallarms.

The 1st scenario quickly decended into the realm of science fiction as I counted the seemingly countless number of 12.7s and 14.5s raking my sole gunship. Six Zpu 4s (?) and Lord knows how many DShK 1938s. That kind of firepower simply did not materialise in any given single location. Unless they consentrated the entire VC-AA arsenal in the Republic of Vietnam.

The above applies for the countless rockets. Vietcong used rockets in a similar fashion as the Hajis do in Iraq and the Talis in Afghanistan. One or two rocketlaunchers fire a salvo and then clear out.I think you had a dozen or so RA -units on the map?

Similar logic applies to the number of grunts. US military doctrine follows the age old math of superior force & firepower. You would not find a USMC company attacking a superior force (in terms of men). A company attacks a platoon, a batallion attacks a company and so forth. Run into a superior force = dig in and await reinforcements and fire support.