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ters. On paper, at least,
the SSTB looked impressive.
However, after evaluations
by the Americans
on site revealed that
many of these areas of
development were seen
as less effective than originally
hoped for when the
VIMP was first drafted.
SOUTH VIETNAM
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS
~ Fixed Field Ce~ters
o
HFDF Sites
t:;. ARVN Special
(ASTD)
Marine, Ranger,
and
Airborne LLVI teams are
deployed countrywide but
not depicted on this map
3rd ASTD
Da Nang
CfMA;(CIIoTfCJN LINE
1st ASTD
__/0 ~ Phu Ba i,
OUA~(. "J< I Da :\jang
. \-t'..:~ Center
'I'ec hni caL Dctachmen s r ~ A Un i.t; 17 De t
r I CORPS 2nd ASTD
r Chu La i
-ES//~4 The ARVN
DIF network, which,
although modernized
with the addition of the
ANITRD-4A direction
finding equipment, was
limited to fixes in the
Cambodian and southern
Laotian border area.
Locating internal North
Vietnamese stations and,
more importantly, fixing
the positions of PAVN
units moving south along
the Ho Chi Minh Trail,
was technically impossible
with the TRD-4A
equipment.
(S//SI) The fleet of
ARDF aircraft was composed
of the small U-6A
and aging EC-47s. The
latter aircraft were castoffs
from the U.S. Air
Force's ACRP inventory.
The basic C-47 airframe
was aging, over thirty
years old, and prone to
engineering failures.
The USAFSS had lost
several during the war to
crashes and enemy
ground fire. The aircraft
was slow and its ceiling
Saigonicnter ~
Unit 17 (ARDF)_ I
Unit 16 COMSE~
_
44th STZ
9th ASTD Sa Dec
0'0
PHU ouoc
(I(I[N GIANG)
Can Tho Center
Military corps boundary
__ Province boundary
Pleiku -~.L-J:d
ca lat Autonomous municipality Center
\
(C//~I)
23rd ASTD-----~---~
Ban Me Thuot
'--
COI'fSON
(Admj"irt.rtJdftomSoipoa)
21st ASTD Bac Lieu
SSTB sites andtactical units
(V) EC-47 aircraft
fI CORPS
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