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Great and informative video. I cant help thinking what great craft these would make for cruising the Murray River (in Aus). It would be great if the plans for one were available.
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I didn't know much about the Navy's patrol boats, but knew they was effective in many combat situations on the rivers of South Vietnam. I was in the Air Force and worked two years in Thailand maintaining the B-52's which went on bombing missions to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Those was brave guys who served on those boats, and it is too bad that so many people had to lose their lives during that war.
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I would use groups of 3 boats and one would have a chief petty officer as Captain and he would be the leader of all three
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old school,no disrespect but new seal search rescue boat withe miniguns on it is a very formidable like on uncommon valor
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old school,no disrespect but new seal search rescue boat withe miniguns on it is a very formidable like on uncommon valor
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What do you mean "never knew existed"?
We all saw Apocalypse Now -
America is a militarist junta banana republic and a colonial possession of Israel.
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This war was nothing but state murder against an innocent people and a massive war crime, there is nothing about it to glorify. Glorify the people like Muhammad Ali who told them to f off that they wont kill for them. They are the real heroes of the war.
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Interesting doc..but 'The Most Feared Gunboat You Never Knew Existed '....unless you saw any Vietnam movie ever made. Still I'd never heard half of this :)
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I thought PBR stood for Pabits Blue Ribbon. You know, the beer.
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Who didn't know about PBRs? So Jack inderbockz, What boat was GW Bush serving on? Mississippi crack whore house? Were you ever in country? :D
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These vessels were part of a loser force in Vietnam. The Vietnam War was started by a lie, and even these awful weapons could not prevail against the true people of Vietnam.
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To Robert Bradley I can see you've never been in the service and freedom it's not cheap
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they where bult by Unaflite
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To all you dumb fucks that don't know what your talking about,,, it was the politician who lost the war not the Military... You cant fight a war with one hand tied behind your back. but we still killed many many more zipperheads then you killed Americans!!!
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what happen no protection shield gunner on the front -
I saw a boat with a small tank turet forward and big brit tiple morters/triple tube aft big ones 5 in. and extra armor around the con.
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What a Shame.. America's BEST YOUNG BOYS were sent over there only to come home in BOXES.. sigh.. Some of them never came home.. Their Families never had Closure..
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Very good documentary! And to those who've never been down range and may not understand, our cause was just! We had too many politicians and media outlets that kept us there so they could profit from it.
The Most Feared Gunboat You Never Knew Existed - Full Documentary Patrol Boat, River or PBR, is the United States Navy designation for a small rigid-hulled patrol boat used in the Vietnam War. They were deployed in a force that grew to 250 boats, the most common craft in the River Patrol Force, Task Force 116, and were used to stop and search river traffic in areas such as the Mekong Delta, the Rung Sat Special Zone, the Saigon River and in I Corps, in the area assigned to Task Force Clearwater, in an attempt to disrupt weapons shipments. The boats were powered by dual 180 hp (115 kW) Detroit Diesel 6V53N engines with Jacuzzi Brothers pump-jet drives. The boats reached top speeds of 28.5 knots (53 km/h 32 mph). The PBR was a versatile boat with a fiberglass hull and water jet drive which enabled it to operate in shallow, weed-choked rivers. It drew only two feet of water fully loaded. The drives could be pivoted to reverse direction, turn the boat in its own length, or come to a stop from full speed in a few boat lengths. The PBR was manufactured in two versions, the first with 31 foot length and 10 foot, 7 inch beam. The Mark II version 32 feet (9.8 m) long and one foot wider beam had improved drives to reduce fouling and aluminium gunwales to resist wear. Typical armament configuration included twin M2HB .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns forward in a rotating shielded tub, a single rear M60, one or two 7.62 mm light machine guns mounted on the port and starboard sides, and a Mk 19 grenade launcher. There was also a full complement of M16 rifles, shotguns, .45 ACP handguns, and hand grenades. Some had a "piggyback" arrangement, a .50 cal machine gun on top of an 81mm mortar; others had a bow-mounted Mk16 Mod 4 Colt 20 mm automatic cannon, derived from the AN/M3 version of the Hispano-Suiza HS.404 and also found on the LCMs and PBRs. What the boats benefited in heavy firepower they lacked in armor or shielding. Although the .50 cal machine guns had some ceramic armor shielding and the Coxswain's flat had some quarter inch thick steel armor plate, the boats were designed to rely on rapid acceleration, maneuverability, and speed to get out of tight situations.