Australian M113 Gavins Save the Day in East Timor!

[51renie]

I LOVE INDONESIA !!!!!!!!!

[TURKSTA19]

the M113s can still be seen in service if it was modernized by turkeys FNSS

watch?v=YVRmH5FeX9k

[erlkid]

East Timor & Aussies kick indon dog for good......thats why they shoud change their country name from Indonesia to IndoG or Indonesial......ha ha ha

[92benno92]

Top blokes.

[Gloriusful]

good work.

[dikajennifer]

poor country, being used by another country in the name of liberation ops. hope get better soon. peace.

[sarai90210]

hahaha.. east timor... what dya get now?? independence?????? hell no! nothing!!! soon the aussie and portugal will leave u.. they won't care with the poorest country like u... and u'll ask to go back to indonesia... it's just a matter of time

[bogwarriorG]

It was a united nations mandate, backed by the United States of America and China dumbarse, Indonesia has about as much chance of holding east timor again as the bali bombers do of getting resurected. Militant freak. Yah and after the way the indo backed militias acted burning down communal buildings and raping and torturing civilians I'm sure they'll just be begging to be let back into the fold.

[NuxingFutz]

WTF has Portugal ever done?

[australianforlife]

@NuxingFutz tell me about it

[brandaoz]

@NuxingFutz Well,in 1999 Portugal should have sent forces immediatly to stop these"gangs" from murdering hundreads of persons...it was a shame for me as Portuguese to see people beeing killed with"catanas" and no one was there to save them!!!

[ThaiL6]

vietnam war COOL

[FRANCOISICHTUS]

Thanks for add this video

thanks aussie troops!!!!!

the world will never forget your liberation intervention in east timor

obrigado barak !

[Wally1967]

Aussies use them in Vietnam war and few of them you see on vid of M113 in East Timor were prolly "Vietnam vet",

Dunno if Yanks use them alot during the Nam war?

[dynmicpara]

Absolutely; the only real success story on the ground in Vietnam was the M113 Gavin ACAVs; even the ARVN in M113s could defeat the NVA on foot; our mistake was trying to clone them into Huey 'copter foot sloggers from fire bases with short-range tube howitzers; the NVA superior on foot encroached on the ARVN foot-sloggers and then smashed them with long-range M46 130mm guns; result was loss of South Vietnam due to military incompetence

[zirenton]

Most of the vehicles were rotated through Vietnam. Being a very simple design, they are relatively easy to repair, as its basically an armoured box chassis, just about everything is bolted to it. Damage repair mostly meant some welding and bolt off bolt on of replacement components (and unfortunately, maybe a hose out inside). Most of the APCs I drove listed battle damage from Vietnam in their servicing log. An M113 I drove in Townsville had slightly a bowed in left side from mine damage.

[bladeseeker122]

The west relied to much on "ultra modern technology" to combat the Vietcong guirella tactics

[Orcca]

O povo australiano está de parabéns pela ajuda aos nossos irmãos do Timor Leste.

Bravo

[dynmicpara]

TRANSLATION:

The Australian people is of congratulations for the aid to our brothers of the Timor East. Bravo

[BlacktailFA]

Lots of countries are going back to thier old tracks --- Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, Israel... These guys are some of the toughest, smartest armed forces in the world.

Now, just compare the US military's "stay-the-course" policy of weapons procurement/employment, with the losses of US units in combat, and the difference is clear!