Hey all, quick correction to this video: The M-46 130mm Howitzer of North Vietnam apparently was not used at this specific engagement, to my knowledge. The point of that portion, however, is to demonstrate that PAVN ground equipment outclassed ARVN's. This is still very much true: the PAVN deployed the D-74 122mm field gun at this battle instead, which has a range of 24km. This is still significantly higher than the ARVN's 11km range M101. This segment was taken from my first video: ruclips.net/video/DW0M_dn8WHE/видео.html, in which all 3 battles of the Easter Offensive, as well as the Spring Offensive are referenced. The M-46 was definitely used in the Battle of Quang Tri and Fall of Sai Gon. I apologize for this oversight.
Can you please tell me more info regarding the unit/division/patch at the 20 second mark? Or where I should look to for more info. The one that is blue with the eagle and two swords. My dad fought in Kontum. He only briefly talks about it but I remember him showing me a patch that is seen at the 20 second mark. I would love to learn more about that.
Your dad is most likely from the 23rd Division! The 23rd is considered to be one of the more capable Divisions in the ARVN. In that case I recommend you the book: "Kontum: The Battle to Save South Vietnam." It's written by an American advisor that was helping one of the 23rd's regiments in this specific battle. It's mainly from the perspective of that advisor, but I still recommend it since you get a good understanding of Kontum (costs money though). Although the Wikipedia page for the 23rd is very good as well (and free!). Not to mention it has far more information than just the battle of Kontum. So I'd suggest you start there.
Be supportive of your Dad, but try to write down everything he says, too. South Vietnam has precious little historiography, and individual stories like his are absolutely vital.
Unfortunately I am working on a large video series for this channel at the moment, and all the effort will be dedicated there for the next 2-3 months. However, I can recommend these video tutorials for doing animations: TIK History: ruclips.net/video/fJdixJuXsmI/видео.html Eastory: ruclips.net/video/ehGAdGhPAUA/видео.html I taught myself a different process using After Effects, but the cost for Creative Cloud is a bit much, so I cancelled that subscription and am in a weird spot where I'm figuring out animation in Davinci Resolve-Fusion.
Hey all, quick correction to this video:
The M-46 130mm Howitzer of North Vietnam apparently was not used at this specific engagement, to my knowledge.
The point of that portion, however, is to demonstrate that PAVN ground equipment outclassed ARVN's. This is still very much true: the PAVN deployed the D-74 122mm field gun at this battle instead, which has a range of 24km. This is still significantly higher than the ARVN's 11km range M101.
This segment was taken from my first video: ruclips.net/video/DW0M_dn8WHE/видео.html, in which all 3 battles of the Easter Offensive, as well as the Spring Offensive are referenced. The M-46 was definitely used in the Battle of Quang Tri and Fall of Sai Gon.
I apologize for this oversight.
Can you please tell me more info regarding the unit/division/patch at the 20 second mark? Or where I should look to for more info. The one that is blue with the eagle and two swords.
My dad fought in Kontum. He only briefly talks about it but I remember him showing me a patch that is seen at the 20 second mark. I would love to learn more about that.
Your dad is most likely from the 23rd Division! The 23rd is considered to be one of the more capable Divisions in the ARVN.
In that case I recommend you the book: "Kontum: The Battle to Save South Vietnam." It's written by an American advisor that was helping one of the 23rd's regiments in this specific battle. It's mainly from the perspective of that advisor, but I still recommend it since you get a good understanding of Kontum (costs money though).
Although the Wikipedia page for the 23rd is very good as well (and free!). Not to mention it has far more information than just the battle of Kontum. So I'd suggest you start there.
Be supportive of your Dad, but try to write down everything he says, too. South Vietnam has precious little historiography, and individual stories like his are absolutely vital.
Ngô Quang Trưởng - Văn Tiến Dũng
Can you teach me how to make these or could I pay you to make these for my channel?
Unfortunately I am working on a large video series for this channel at the moment, and all the effort will be dedicated there for the next 2-3 months.
However, I can recommend these video tutorials for doing animations:
TIK History: ruclips.net/video/fJdixJuXsmI/видео.html
Eastory: ruclips.net/video/ehGAdGhPAUA/видео.html
I taught myself a different process using After Effects, but the cost for Creative Cloud is a bit much, so I cancelled that subscription and am in a weird spot where I'm figuring out animation in Davinci Resolve-Fusion.
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