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“The Black Horse Regiment” was a uniquely independent unit, functioning as an armored fist, re-enforcing other units in battle and in a wide variety of other roles including convoy escort through enemy infested territory and jungle clearing. Arriving in Vietnam in in 1966, operating out of Xuan Loc, East of Saigon in İ Corps, they were responsible for numerous firsts that youll see used in combat, including developing armored vehicles for local conditions like the “ACAV” Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle, a an essential upgrade of the M133 APC with much better armor, additional weaponry & steel shields to protect gunners. (ACAVs were soon adopted throughout Vietnam.) The 11th were also the first to operate the Armys innovative new M551 Sheridan AR/AAV (Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle) light tank. As youll also see, M-48A3 Patton tank was used for heavier operations, and youll see the regiments Air Cavalry component, “The Thunder Horses,” 103mm & 155mm SP howitzers in the field and motorized “Sissors” bridges in ion. The 11th ACR teamed up with other units in numerous firefights, including with Australians in “Operation Santa Fe.” \r
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