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"You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours, but even at those odds, you will lose and I will win." -Ho Chi Minh

"Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that." -Richard M. Nixon

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Squad Battles: Vietnam is a turn-based game at the squad-level using 40 meter hexes and 5 minute turns. Scenarios range in duration from a single-squad ambush scenario up to a 27 turn battalion-level melee. The major campaigns such as Starlite, Cedar Falls, Tet, and Hamburger Hill are all covered in detail.

The game includes more than 70 scenarios, covering nearly 30 major conflicts of the Vietnam War, involving the US Army and Marine Corps from 1965 through 1971.

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Units represented:

• US Army
• US Marines
• North Vietnamese Army
• Viet Cong

Unit types include:

• recon
• sappers
• heavy weapon units
• and mor...

Vehicles types include:

• M-48
• Huey
• Cobra
• M-113
• the Marine LVTP5 amphibious vehicle
• and more...

Weapons include:

• M-16
• AK-47
• LAW
• RPG-7
• and more...

The scenarios include many different situations such as ambush, ground assault, helicopter assault, and amphibious assault. The game includes a scenario and order-of-battle editor together with more than 25 maps.

The game also has the standard scenario, OOB, parameter, database & sub-map editors included with the game. Play modes include A/I, Hot Seat, PBEM, LAN & Internet play.

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Credits:

• Developer: John Tiller
• Artist: Joseph Amoral
• Unit Graphics: Mark Adams
• Music: Thomas Hook & Daniel Lee
• Additional AI programming: John Rushing
• Contributed Sound Effects: Edward Williams
• Scenario Designer: John Tiller
• Historical Overview: Pat Blackman
• Campaign Maps: Mike Avanzini
• Playtesters: Greg Smith, John Kincaid, Mike Mundell, and Tom Wilson

System Requirements:

Windows XP, Vista, or 7
Processor: 1 GHz
Disk Space: 1 GB
Memory: 1 GB

Planning Maps    (click for full-sized images)

Ap Chinh Ah: 6.99 mb gif	Bach Ma: 7.16 mb gif	Ben Suc: 8.60 mb gif

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Chua Nhai: 7.67 mb gif	Con Thien: 11.9 mb gif	Dai Do: 5.21 mb gif

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Dak To Hills: 7.43 mb gif	Dau Tieng: 5.41 mb gif	Dodge City: 11.1 mb gif

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Dong Ap Bia: 10.4 mb gif	FSB Ripcord: 4.20 mb gif	Hue: 12.5 mb gif

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Khe Sanh: 6.55 mb gif	Khe Sanh Hills: 11.4 mb gif	Ky Phu: 9.02 mb gif

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Le Bac: 5.61 mb gif	LZ Blue: 7.85 mb gif	Nhi Ha: 5.12 mb gif

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Nu Ngoc: 5.96 mb gif	Ph Tnaot: 2.31 mb gif	Phuoc An: 1.36 mb gif

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Plei Lok: 4.31 mb gif	Song Chang: 7.86 mb gif	Song Lau: 18.8 mb gif

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Song Ngan: 7.98 mb gif	Suoi Tre: 5.76 mb gif

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Reading List

	Spalding, Richard; Centaur Flights; Ballantine Books, 1997
	Stoffey, Bob; Cleared Hot!: A Marine Combat Pilot's Vietnam Diary (Special Warfare Series); St Martin's, 1993
	Turley, Col Gerald H; Easter Offensive: The Last American Advisors, Vietnam, 1972 (Leatherneck Classic); Naval Institute Press (Reprint Edition), 2010
	Marshall, S L A; The Fields of Bamboo (The Dell War Series); Dell, 1992
	Hammel, Eric; Fire in the Streets: The Battle for Hue, Tet 1968; Pacifica Military History, 2006
	Zaffiri, Samuel; Hamburger Hill; Presidio Press, 1999
	Summers, Harry G; Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995
	Birdwell, Dwight & Nolan, Keith; A Hundred Miles of Bad Road: An Armored Cavalryman in Vietnam 1967-68; Presidio Press, 2000
	Moore, Harold G & Galloway, Joseph; We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam; Presidio Press, 2004
	Pisor, Robert; The End of the Line: The Siege of Khe Sanh; W. W. Norton, 2002
	Prados, John; Valley of Decision: The Siege of Khe Sanh; Dell, 1992
	Meacham, William C; Lest We Forget: The Kingsmen, 101st Aviation Battalion, 1968; Ivy Books, 1999
	Rottman, Gordon; Khe Sanh 1967-68: Marines battle for Vietnam's vital hilltop base (Campaign); Osprey, 2005
	Arnold, James R; Tet Offensive 1968: Turning Point in Vietnam (Campaign); Osprey, 1990
	Rottman, Gordon; Vietnam Infantry Tactics (Elite); Osprey, 2011
	Rottman, Gordon; Vietnam Airmobile Warfare Tactics (Elite); Osprey, 2007
	Bishop, Chris; New Vanguard 87: Bell UH-1 Huey 'Slicks' 1962-75; Osprey, 2003
	Brand, Piers; Ambush Valley: Vietnam 1965-1975 (Force on Force); Osprey, 2011
	Wiest, Andy; The Vietnam War 1956-1975; Osprey, 2002

Game Documents & Misc

Getting Started

Designer's Notes

Scenario List