Units

The forces

What you can send into the jungle, on either side.

The Americans

Firepower

Helicopters put your squads anywhere on the map, and the radio brings artillery and air strikes. In the open nothing can stand against you. In the jungle you cannot see who is shooting.

Rifle Squad

Good all-rounders, best in the open.
Weapons Squad

Machine guns to pin the enemy down.
Radio Team

Calls in artillery and makes it more accurate.
Mortar Team

Fires from behind the line.
Engineers

Clear traps and tunnels, build wire.
Armoured Carrier

Fast, but weak to rockets and mines.
Main Battle Tank

Strong in the open.
Helicopter Insert

Drops a squad where you need it.
Attack Helicopter

A gunship that circles the fight.

The Viet Cong and the NVA

The ground

More men, cheaper men, and a country you know. Wait in the trees until they are close, come up out of the tunnels behind them, and be gone before the aircraft arrive.

Guerrilla Cell

Cheap, and good at ambushes.
Sapper Team

Traps, tunnels and demolition.
Heavy Weapons Cell

A machine gun and rockets for bunkers.
NVA Regulars

Trained, tougher assault troops.
Anti-Armour Team

Rockets for vehicles and helicopters.
Mortar Team

Mortars from the treeline.
Anti-Aircraft Gun

Shoots at helicopters.
Recoilless Rifle Team

Hits armour and bunkers.
Amphibious Light Tank

Crosses rivers.
Main Battle Tank

Strong, but cannot enter the jungle.

Support

American

Helicopter insert

Fly a squad in to a clearing.
American

Artillery

Shells land after a short wait. They hurt your own men too.
American

Air strike

Bombs along a line you choose.
American

Napalm

Burns a strip of jungle.
American

Door-gun pass

A helicopter strafes along a line.
American

Gunship

Circles over the fight and fires at what it sees.
American

Scout helicopter

Finds hidden enemies.
American

Heavy barrage

Slow and heavy. Flattens bunkers.
American

Flare

Lights up the jungle at night.
American

Medevac

Gets the wounded out.
Viet Cong / NVA

Booby trap

Hidden until someone steps on it.
Viet Cong / NVA

Tunnel entrance

New squads come up out of the ground.
Viet Cong / NVA

Rockets

Not accurate, but frightening.