British Equipment in Vietnam

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confirmation from the Sunday Telegraph. On Sunday, August 7th, the 'Sunday Telegraph! carried an article under the heading, "Vietnam: a War Laboratory", which managed to place America and Nazi Germany in a well-merited juxtaposition:- "When the Nationalists and Republicans met in their bloody clash of the late 1930s, major powers in Europe saw Spain as the perfect testing ground for their new weapons ... and Nazi Germany perfected the dreaded Stuka. Now, 3% decades on, another erena ... has been turned into a war laboratory. The Americans make no bones that they are test ing a vast range of new equipment. .-. When the terrain made navigation difficult, the army promptly purchased British Decca Navigator sets and hl stations, and more recently ordered kits for licens: d assembly in the USA.