| PHUOC VINH - The 1st ARVN Airborne Division stepped
beyond its 16 year-old light artillery status when the division took
delivery on three 155mm medium field howitzers.
The delivery also marked the first time that ARVN Airborne
soldiers handled the helicopter rigging and air movement of artillery
pieces. The ARVN soldiers had gone through a week's training under the
guidance of the 1st Air Cavalry's 1st Battalion, 30th Artillery.
A 1st Cav artillery spokesman said that the ARVN troops needed
training in how to rig the medium guns for "sling out"
helicopter transportation. The 155mm guns are considerably larger and
heavier than the 150mm light howitzers which the ARVN Airborne Division
has used the past 16 years.
The first ARVN move of medium artillery was made at a 1st ARVN
Airborne firebase northeast of Phuoc Vinh.
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