ARMORED VEHICLE EVALUATION (34TH ARMORED, 4TH INF DIV) Part 1

Description

Summary: Ground and AVs, M-48 tanks and one M-113 APC deployed ingrassy field. Travel shot as M-48s move out. Excellent scenes, M-48 firing MG and its big gun into jungle. M-88 retriever in front of knocked-out M-48 tank. AVs, M-48 tanks move through field full of bomb craters. M-48 tanks, four abreast, move through elephant grass. Wave of tanks fire MGs and their big guns as they cross field. (Excellent scenes) Second wave move out on field. Tanks in single file move into dense jungle. VS, M-48 tank stuck in dense bamboo growth. Tank with dozer blade helps to pull stuck tank out of growth. Soldiers chop bamboo from tank. AVs, wave of tanks cross field. VSs, soldier hammers out bolt from M-48 tank which hit a VC mine. Tank rests on wheel as repairs are made.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection