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Silver Bayonet (25th Anniversary Edition)

By: GMT Games

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: Operational Series

Last Stocked on 11/21/2024

Product Info

Title
Silver Bayonet (25th Anniversary Edition)
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Sub-category
Author
Gene Billingsley
Publish Year
2016
Dimensions
9x12x2"
NKG Part #
2147666138
MFG. Part #
GMT1601
Type
Boxed Game
Age Range
12 Years and Up
# Players
1 - 2 Players
Game Length
30 - 960 Minutes

Description

In October of 1965, General Vo Nguyen Giap launched a full North Vietnamese Army division in a sweeping offensive against the thinly-guarded II Corp area west of Pleiku in South Vietnam's Central Highlands. Two special forces camps, a handful of elite soldiers, and thirty miles of rugged, jungle terrain were all that stood between the onrushing NVA and their objective, the strategic town of Pleiku. The NVA quickly surrounded and besieged the camps, threatening a quick and easy victory over the outnumbered II Corps defenders. Desperate to hold back the tide of Communist soldiers, the South Vietnamese commander asked the U.S. for help.

The newly-formed 1st Cavalry Division, fresh in country and bivouacked at nearby An Khe, rushed to the aid of the beleaguered garrisons. With its complement of over 400 combat helicopters, the 1st Cavalry was completely air-mobile. While the helicopter's mobility guaranteed quick movement and ready supply, it did not guarantee victory. The soldiers that the unblooded Americans faced were tough, well-trained veterans. Victory would not come easily for the Americans.

Between October 23 and November 25, 1965, a desperate struggle between a full North Vietnamese Army Division and the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division took place west of Pleiku in Vietnam's Central Highlands. Silver Bayonet is a company-level game focusing on this pivotal conflict.