Battle of Ben Het | |||||||
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Part of Vietnam War | |||||||
![]() One of two destroyed PT-76 tanks | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 16th Company, 4th Battalion, 202nd Armored Regiment | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
![]() 2 M42A1 tanks 1 175mm artillery battery 1 AC-47 12 Green Berets ![]() |
10 PT-76 tanks Unknown number of BTR-50s | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
![]() 2 killed 2 wounded ![]() 6 wounded |
2 PT-76 tanks destroyed 1 BTR-50PK destroyed Unknown; no bodies found |
The Battle of Ben Het was a North Vietnamese armored assault on the Ben Het Special Forces Camp. It was the only tank battle between the United States and North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
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