Ontos Debut VIET (id:#63627)

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Hue, South Vietnam 1968-02-02 (0 others)

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As troops from the 5th Cavalry Division began closing in on the Citadel from the west, the Marines on southern Hue continued their block-by-block struggle. At 1100 on 2 February, a truck convoy delivered another company of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines to the advisory compound. Also in the convoy were two M50 Ontos carriers; squat, tracked vehicles that carried six 106mm recoilless rifles capable of blowing apart concrete walls and fortified enemy positions. They went into action that afternoon when the Marines tried to seize the university buildings just northwest of the advisory compound.

Defender: NVA (815th Battalion)  

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