The Nam: Vietnam Combat Operations  

Welcome to the Nam troop! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝗺: 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗻𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 is a real-time strategy game released in 2020 by developer 𝗧𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗬𝗮𝗻.

A nonprofit game which took nearly 20 years to finish, it puts players in command of American, Vietcong or North Vietnamese soldiers in a deadly array of battlefields.

The game is downloadable for 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 and runs on all PCs and laptops. Players who have downloaded the game before 7 October 2020 should redownload and replace rules.ini, sound.ini, ecache86 and expand 61 to update their game to the latest version.

Grunts: Major factions of the game include the US Marines (USMC), plus the Vietcong and their North Vietnamese allies (VC and NVA / NLF and PAVN). Capturing selected buildings allows you to recruit soldiers from the Army of the Republic of South Vietnam (ARVN). (Vietnam Combat Operations)

Over 6000 US Marines and hundreds of elite ARVN Rangers defended the giant base at Khe Sanh, which was designed to serve as a staging point for attacks into neighboring Laos. (VCO)

From late 1967 to early 1968, tens of thousands of elite North Vietnamese troops surrounded the massive US Marine base at Khe Sanh, near the DMZ that divides North and South Vietnam.

In many ways, it was a massive open-ended gambit by legendary Vietnamese military mastermind Vo Nguyen Giap. By surrounding the 6000-strong US and ARVN base, he lured American attention away from the over 100 towns and cities which would be attacked in late January 1968 during the Tet Offensive.

Around 1000 Americans and an estimated 10,000 Vietnamese died in and around the base and nearby Lang Vei Special Forces (SF) Camp, both of which were abandoned by June 1968. Download and play The Nam to try this single player skirmish mission. Tiger Yan out!