Lock and Load: Vietnam 1965-1971
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See Also: Recon.
Clearly one of the defining military conflicts of our time¸ the Vietnam War pitted the military might of the USA against the willpower of the Vietnamese Communists. Political and military leaders on both sides struggled to dictate the direction of a new kind of war¸ a guerilla war on an immense scale. The lessons learned in Vietnam have been applied to countless battlefields. It was the soldier in the field who providedlhe lessons¸ by learning them the hard way. This Scenario Pack allows players to re-create the Vietnam War as it was fought by the infantrymen of the forces involved: US Marines¸ US Army¸ South Vietnamese ARVN¸ ARVN Rangers¸ Regional Force/Popular Force¸ NVA Regulars¸ NVA Sappers¸ and Viet Cong Guerillas.
Lock and Load includes seven Scenarios drawn from the war: Jungle Patrol¸ Search and Destroy¸ Night Ambush¸ Street Fight¸ Fire Base Defense¸ Rescue Operation¸ and Flank Security.
Each Scenario includes a full page map designed for easy enlargement to any size; the Night Ambush Map is shown at right. Equipment Options allow the Scenarios to be customized with Punji Stakes¸ Trip Flares¸ Barbed Wire¸ Bangalore Torpedoes¸ Booby-Trapped Grenades¸ and more. Pre-Generated Troop data provides complete Combat and Weapon Data for 59 types of Combatants with 13 Weapons¸ allowing players to quickly set-up and play any Scenario. Included are: M1/M2 Carbine¸ M3 Grease Gun¸ M1 Garand¸ BAR¸ M-14 and SKS Rifles¸ M-16 and AK-47 Assault Rifles¸ M-60 and RPD Machine Guns¸ and RPG-2¸ RPG-7 and M-79 Grenade Launchers.