BLACK HORSE REGIMENT: 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment BEST COMBAT UNIT in Vietnam 1/3

[MrWcarrara]

11th ACR was the best!! 1969 to 70 for me.

[RachelOfWrath]

What year is this footage from? My Dad was there From Sept 66-68 I believe.

[michaudd61]

Standing order of the 11th ACR: Kill the bastards, then pile on!

[trussdoc]

@michaudd61 "Find the bastards and pile on"

[jimtraner]

@trussdoc And we did.

[lima33ful]

I was with 3rd herd in Hersfeld...Lima Trp...74-78 Cav leads the way gentlemen.

[jimtraner]

1/11th 67-69

[Riyun72]

Go Cav, why walk when you can drive!!

[catman351]

@Riyun72

Death before dismount!

[MGWrites]

(see my first post below) ...I flew about 10 yards, landed on my head. I couldn't move and good thing -- we were caught in a cross fire and had I been able to jump up and run, they would have raked me with AK-47 rounds. My buddies managed to grab me by the boots and pull me out. I'm proud to be Blackhorse Trooper.

mGw

[chevroletsoldier]

I was with 1/11th ACR 2003-2007. Deployed with them in 2005. Seeing this is really awesome.

[onehotsfc]

I was there . good story That is the way it was . If you were not there, you Just can't under stand

[dynmicpara]

You could help the current generation understand that even though the Army failed to put RPG resistant applique armor on, you still kicked NVA/VC ass. We have a lost generation today that is dying on roads/trails in wheeled trucks who don't know the right way to maneuver cross-country using light M113 Gavin tracks.

[onehotsfc]

You are correct in every way.Today's Army age people are NOT like WWII through post Viet Nam soldiers. They are having their own problems -Yes But NOT like us in Viet Nam. I saw death almost every hour. We were hard warriors. We were young also. I Bet we could never get very many soldiers to storm the beaches of Normandy. Or crash the jungles of Viet Nam

[TheTile1979]

Respect.

[phamilyphun]

I was in the 11th ACR when it was in Germany 1992-94. A great history, but someone should tell that announcer guy in the video that we lost the war in Vietnam.

[dynmicpara]

LOL, its is a sort of propaganda piece...but the 11th ACR did more than its part to keep South Vietnam free; the failure is at the higher levels for not sealing the country off from Ho Chi Minh Trail infiltration by a sensor-security fence/wall w w w . c o m b a t r e f o r m . c o m / j o h n p a u l v a n n . h t m

[phamilyphun]

It's a great video for what it's trying to do. I couldn't help but be reminded of the announcer in the movie Starship Troopers.

And I agree with you too. I read a book about the tunnel rats, 11th ACR members that would crawl in the tunnels that the VC had dug and blow away VC in their holes with a handgun.  THAT takes ballz!

Related fact: There was a height maximum to be in the 11th ACR since they were doing this tunnel rat thing. 6' 4" linebackers need not apply.

[StonegaVa]

@phamilyphun We never lost a fight in Vietnam .We pulled out.........tell the fifty four thousand we lost.

Thank you for your service.

[americandarter]

@phamilyphun I was in Fulda c-trp 1st 11 ACR. 74-80. first learn ur HISTORY. go Blackhorse

[captainshadowhawk]

Very interesting. In here is all the REAL DEAL . Great footage of serious and heavy firepower. Thanks for posting this.

[armor11acr]

Allons  Blackhorse 68-69

[DEFORCER]

I just spoke to a guy that I work with. He told me he served in this unit.

[smoken6spd]

my boss to manny zaccarelli