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1/1/2012 3:32:52 PM EDT
http://ontosd.homestead.com/lt1.html
1st LT. LYNN TERRY COMMANDED 2nd PLATOON, BRAVO COMPANY, 3rd ANTITANK BATTALION FROM EARLY JULY OF 1963 WHEN IT WAS BASED IN HAWAII, THROUGHOUT ITS DEPLOYMENT TO OKINAWA AND DURING ITS SUBSQUENT LANDING ON MAY 7, 1965 AT CHU LAI, RVN;  FINALLY RELINQUISHING HIS COMMAND IN LATE JULY OF THE SAME YEAR.   WHAT FOLLOWS PRETTY WELL TELLS THE STORY OF LYNN'S PLATOON.

1/1/2012 3:40:31 PM EDT
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Very cool OP





Years ago I read about their use by the Marines at Hue.  One of their TTP's was to "hide" an Ontos around a corner on a street that had RPG shooters on


it and then have a '48 blast down the street shooting at anything that shot back.  The tank would then turn off on a side street and if it had received


fire the Ontos came out of it's hide and gave the position 6 rounds of HE.  I guess it worked pretty good







 
1/1/2012 4:10:48 PM EDT
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1/1/2012 4:24:25 PM EDT
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You should post this in the Bravo Company Forum or on their Facebook page.
1/1/2012 4:33:02 PM EDT
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Reloading under fire was a bitch, according to a retired GySgt friend of mine.
1/1/2012 4:36:19 PM EDT
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And the factory that made the ONTOS is now a Krogers and a TSC.

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1/1/2012 4:38:17 PM EDT
[#6]
One from the national Museum of the Marine Corps:

1/1/2012 4:59:15 PM EDT
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Flechette rounds FTW.
1/1/2012 5:11:08 PM EDT
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If I remember rightly, Nicholas Warr mentions the use of the Ontos in his memoir on the battle of Hue, Phase Line Green.