SITEMAP UPDATED 1 OCTOBER 2016 Use your browser's 'EDIT/FIND' to quickly find what you're looking for. Vietnam era videos 'Casualties of. Police History Postcards 'in the line of Duty', 2010 & a ca 1950s RAR Summer. At any given time there were at least half a dozen conflicts taking place in Africa, from civil strife and brutal insurgencies to full. RAR Operations. RETURN TO: Operations 6. RAR - The Sixth Battalion of the. Royal Australian Regiment (RAR)Operation . C Company mounted on the Armoured Personnel Carriers of A Squadron. Cavalry Regiment, was ordered to move direct to the position. The remainder of the. Battalion was air- landed by air assault. The rendezvous for both groups being effected in the area of. Landing Zone, adjacent to the proposed blocking position. There were two major actions. A Company's initial contact. Viet Cong dug- in position of at least company strength, immediately after. LZ. This was. followed by B Company's quick attack on the position which developed into a. Company breaking contact just. At 1. 34. 5 hours A Company made an unopposed. LZ and began to deploy, securing the southern edge of. LZ. Within five minutes of landing 2 Platoon encountered severe enemy small arms fire, and simultaneously 3 Platoon on the left. Company Headquarters. Platoon assaulted the enemy position killing. Viet Cong with small arms and grenades; at the cost of 6 casualties. At least five. or six enemy machine- guns were firing, which meant that a sizable force had been engaged. At. this stage the Commanding Officer landed and assessed the battle. The orders were for B Company to assault south- east on to. Outlines the history of the Australian Fifth Battalions from its inception in 1885 to the present day. 1 H:\RAR\CH06C ANNEX C TO CHAPTER 6 3RD BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT A BRIEF HISTORY Formation In 1945, with the unconditional surrender of Japan, the. Operation Crimp; Part of the Vietnam War: An Australian sapper inspects a Viet Cong tunnel discovered during Operation Crimp, South Vietnam 1966. A Company to provide fire support from the left flank. D Company on. arrival blocked to the east, and C Company with the APCs were positioned to the north- west. At 1. 55. 0 hours, B Company crossed the Start Line with two. The. advance continued until 4 Platoon became pinned by heavy machine gun fire from the left. Platoon then moved through them to continue the assault. After 6 Platoon's advance. Platoon made a final assault on the right flank against a. This assault, using grenades and platoon weapons, was. The terrain was. close scrub savannah. The enemy pits were sited most skilfully, invariably located under a. The firing was at a range of 3. The extraction of. APCs moved into the timber to assist in the casualty evacuation. The enemy opened fire with anti- tank weapons, knocking out. APCS. The enemy moved forward to assault, only to be beaten back by the fire of. APCs and B Company. By now there was only 3. B Company. were ordered to break contact and move to a battalion harbour position. No sooner had the companies pulled back, than air strikes. Just after first light on the following morning C and D. Companies assaulted the enemy position, to find that the enemy had withdrawn. The position appears to have been an enemy concentration. Viet Cong holding the ground until their. Command Group had been able to withdraw. Enemy Casualties. Intelligence assessment.) Own. Casualties. 7 killed in action 2. A Squadron 1st Cavalry Regiment. Finds. 2 Rifles - 1 x 6. Own Losses. 1 Armoured Personnel Carrier. Contact AUSVETS with questions or comments about this site.
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