VC 275th Regiment

275th Regiment
Active
Allegiance Viet Cong
Branch National Liberation Front for Southern Vietnam
Role Guerilla
Part of VC 5th Division

The VC 275th Regiment, also known as the 275 Viet Cong Main Force Regiment, was a regiment of the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. The regiment was part of the VC Division 5 and operated in the Phước Tuy province.

On 11 November 1965, the Regiment ambushed the ARVN 52nd Rangers near Nui Thi Vai, in Phước Tuy province and inflicted heavy casualties upon the ranger battalion.[1]

The Regiment or its battalions participated in the battle of Long Tần against Australian Army forces.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Rowe, p. 62–63.
  2. ^ Dennis et al 2008, p. 556.

References

  • Dennis, Peter; et al (2008). The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (Second ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-19-551784-2. 
  • Rowe, John. Vietnam: the Australian experience (Sydney: Time–Life Books Australia and John Ferguson, 1987) ISBN 0-949118-07-9