River warfare

Patrol boats turn rivers into pressure lanes: suppress engineers rebuilding pontoon bridges, shield infantry crossings, distract Anti-Tank crews who ought to hedge against rotary threats. Keep headset discipline—gunners need crisp headings so tracers arc without clipping friendly paddies spelled out inside map dossiers. Contextualise lethality through US and NVA/VC armouries plus the dedicated patrol boat brief. Sync bombardment timings with Commander calls from our command playbook before gambling solo hull runs across Mekong- or Dong Ha-style charts. Use delta-oriented map pages before launching solo prowls—they call out snag hazards infantry cannot see from shoreline.