US Bases

South Vietnamese
Army
(ARVN)

This tutorial covers the operation of US Bases in the game.

Headquarters
(HQ)
United
States Army
(US)

South Vietnamese
ArmyVietnamese
(ARVN)
South
Army Fire base (FB)
(ARVN)

VS

North Vietnamese
Forward
base (FoB)
Army (NVA)

Vietcong Insurgents
(VC)

There are three type of US bases. The game starts with the HQ already on the map,
the player can build 1 Firebase as many Forward bases as required. Bases are built
by the engineer unit, and cannot be constructed within 2 hexes of a village.

Headquarters (HQ)

United States Army

(US) Barracks (reinforcements)

VS

North Vietnamese
Army (NVA)

Supply depot
South Vietnamese
Vietcong Insurgents
Hospital (heals wounded troops)(VC)
ArmyVietnamese
(ARVN)
South
Army
(ARVN) Armory (supply of artillery shells)

This is the main base for the player, all reinforcements are requested and land in
game from here. This is also the only base that can heal wounded troops and supply
artillery shells to the artillery situated at other bases.

Request
reinforcements

List of units
in base

When you click/tap on a base a list of all units currently inside the base will appear.
In the HQ only, a reinforcements tab is included, this is selected when the player
wishes to request reinforcements.

United States Army

(US)

South Vietnamese
ArmyVietnamese
(ARVN)
South
Army
(ARVN)

VS

North Vietnamese
Army (NVA)

Vietcong Insurgents
(VC)

When you click/tap on the Reinforcements tab, the menu of available

reinforcements are displayed, along with cost in Political Support points for each.
The PS cost rises by 250 for every successive US infantry unit deployed.

Headquarters (HQ)

United States Army

(US) Supply depot

VS

Hospital (Heal/repair units)

South Vietnamese
Armory (artillery shells)
ArmyVietnamese
(ARVN)
South
Army
Artillery position
(ARVN)

North Vietnamese
Army (NVA)

Vietcong Insurgents
(VC)

This is the main base of US forces, all units ending their turn in the HQ will be fully
resupplied and healed/repaired in the next turn. It is also the only base that can
supply artillery shells to deployed artillery.

Fire base (FB)

United States Army

(US) Supply depot

VS

Artillery position
South Vietnamese
ArmyVietnamese
(ARVN)
South
Army
(ARVN)

North Vietnamese
Army (NVA)

Vietcong Insurgents
(VC)

The Fire base operates primarily as a forward supply depot and forward artillery
position. All units that end their turn inside the FB are fully re-supplied in the next
turn.

Forward base (FoB)

United States Army

(US) Limited Supply depot

VS

Artillery position
South Vietnamese
Training ARVN troops
ArmyVietnamese
(ARVN)
South
Army
(ARVN)

North Vietnamese
Army (NVA)

Vietcong Insurgents
(VC)

The Forward base operates primarily as a forward artillery position and a location to
train ARVN infantry units. Supply in this base is limited.

Forward base (FoB)

United States Army

(US) Limited Supply depot

VS

Artillery position
South Vietnamese
Training ARVN troops
ArmyVietnamese
(ARVN)
South
Army
(ARVN)

North Vietnamese
Army (NVA)

Vietcong Insurgents
(VC)

Infantry units only resupply at 1 supply point per turn ended in the base, non
infantry units dont re-supply nor use up supplies whilst in the base. A FoB can be
resupplied by helicopter, resulting in all infantry units in base being fully resupplied.