• Source: Battle of Long Tan order of battle

This is an order of battle" target="_blank">battle listing the Australian and Viet Cong forces involved in the battle" target="_blank">Battle of Long Tan which occurred in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam on 18 August 1966.




Australian forces






= 1st Australian Task Force

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Initial contact, 18 August 1966

D Company, 6 RAR (Major Harry Smith) – 108 men (including a three-man New Zealand artillery Forward Observation party)
In support:
1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (Lieutenant Colonel Richmond Cubis)
103rd Field Battery, RAA – 6 x 105 mm L5 Pack Howitzers
105th Field Battery, RAA – 6 x 105 mm L5 Pack Howitzers
161st Battery, Royal New Zealand Artillery – 6 x 105 mm L5 Pack Howitzers (Major Harry Honnor)
A Battery, US 2/35th Artillery Battalion – 6 x 155 mm M109 self-propelled howitzers (Captain Glen Eure)
No. 9 Squadron RAAF – 2 x UH-1B Iroquois helicopters (aerial resupply)
3 x US F4 Phantoms (air support)
Relief force consisting of:
A Company, 6 RAR (Captain Charles Mollison) – mounted
3 Troop, 1st APC Squadron (Lieutenant Adrian Roberts) – 10 x M113 armoured personnel carriers
Headquarters B Company, 6 RAR and one platoon (Major Noel Ford) – on foot



Operation Smithfield, 19–22 August 1966

6 RAR battle" target="_blank">Battle Group (Lieutenant Colonel Colin Townsend)
Headquarters 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
A, B, C and D Company, 6 RAR
D Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
In support:
1st APC Squadron (minus) – 2 x Troops of M113 armoured personnel carriers
161st Reconnaissance Flight – Bell H-13 Sioux light observation helicopters
No. 9 Squadron RAAF – UH-1B Iroquois helicopters




Viet Cong forces






= 5th Division

=
Headquarters 5th Division (Colonel Nguyen Thanh Hong) – in total 1,500 to 2,500 men
275th Regiment (Senior Captain Nguyen Thoi Bung aka Ut Thoi) – 1,400 men (three battalions)
D445 Provincial Mobile Battalion (Bui Quang Chanh aka Sau Chanh) – 350 men (at least two companies, including C4 weapons company)
One regular North Vietnamese Army battalion – suspected
Vo Thi Sau militia company – 80 personnel, mostly women (battlefield clearance and casualty evacuation)
The final evaluation of the forces confronting D Company, 6 RAR included those in depth and is based on post-battle" target="_blank">battle estimates derived from battle" target="_blank">battle analysis, intelligence reports, captured documents and the interrogation of captured Viet Cong personnel. Although initial estimates of the Viet Cong force ranged from several companies to a battalion, following the battle" target="_blank">battle Australian intelligence assessed it as having totalled between 1,500 and 2,500 men, while 1,000 men were believed to have directly engaged D Company. During the battle" target="_blank">battle the division's second main force regiment, 274th Regiment had likely been occupying a position north of Binh Ba astride Route 2 to ambush a squadron from US 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment which they anticipated would attempt to relieve 1 ATF. Allied intelligence later confirmed it subsequently moved west into the Hat Dich after the failure at Long Tan.




See also


Assessment of the battle" target="_blank">Battle of Long Tan
Long Tan Cross




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