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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: The brigadier in charge of the base won't send his reserves out in the [=APCs=] to rescue the troops under attack, because this would leave the base defenceless against the many other Viet Cong forces which are known to be in the area.
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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: The brigadier in charge of the base won't send his reserves out in the [=APCs=] to rescue the troops under attack, because this would leave the base defenceless against the many other Viet Cong forces which are known to be in the area.
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* PrettyLittleHeadshots : Private Large is killed by a burst from an [=AK47=]. His only visible wound is a neat, bloodless little hole in the centre of his forehead.
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Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019) is a historical drama detailing the titular battle in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, where 108 Australian and New Zealand troops held off 2000 NVA forces.
In 1966, 1st Australian Task Force is stationed at Nui Dat in South Vietnam. Following a VC mortar attack on the base, Major Harry Smith (Travis Fimmel of Vikings fame) volunteers to lead his Delta Company, a mixed bag of volunteer professionals and conscripts, on a routine patrol to catch the enemy, hoping to see some action.
In 1966, 1st Australian Task Force is stationed at Nui Dat in South Vietnam. Following a VC mortar attack on the base, Major Harry Smith (Travis Fimmel of Vikings fame) volunteers to lead his Delta Company, a mixed bag of volunteer professionals and conscripts, on a routine patrol to catch the enemy, hoping to see some action.
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In 1966, 1st Australian Task Force is stationed at Nui Dat in South Vietnam. Following a VC mortar attack on the base, Major Harry Smith (Travis Fimmel of
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* MadeOfIron: 12 Platoon's Sergeant Paddy Todd, despite having both his legs broken, he still gets up and attempts to run whilst being pursued by the enemy, and even after inevitably falling still manages to crawl away from danger and escape with the help of Buddy Lea.
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* SouthernFriedPrivate: Private Paul Large was essentially the Australian equivalent to this, having grown up shooting rabbits in a rural NSW town.
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* SouthernFriedPrivate: Private Paul Large was essentially the Australian equivalent to this, having grown up shooting rabbits in a rural NSW town. In the film he's depicted as laid back and a bit clumsy, demonstrated when he was drunk whilst on sentry duty and accidentally fired his M-16, which he tried to cover up by shooting a few more rounds into the distance to make out that he was shooting at a possible enemy.
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* SouthernFriedPrivate: Private Paul Large was essentially the Australian equivalent to this, having grown up shooting rabbits in a rural NSW town.
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* BashBrothers: Corporal Buddy Lea and Sergeant Paddy Todd, who go out of their way to save and provide covering fire for each other.
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* BashBrothers: Corporal Buddy Lea and Sergeant Paddy Todd, who Todd already have this relationship, and go out of their way to save and provide covering fire for each other.
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In 1966, 1st Australian Task Force is stationed at Nui Dat in South Vietnam. Following a VC mortar attack on the base, Major Harry Smith (Travis Fimmel of Vikings fame) volunteers to lead his Delta Company, a mixed bag of volunteer professionals and conscripts, in search of the enemy and hoping to see some action.
He found them. The North Vietnamese Army's 275th Regiment and D445 Regiment of the Viet Cong. [[{{OhCrap}} All two thousand of them]]. And Delta Company gets all the action they hoped for in the fight of their lives.
He found them. The North Vietnamese Army's 275th Regiment and D445 Regiment of the Viet Cong. [[{{OhCrap}} All two thousand of them]]. And Delta Company gets all the action they hoped for in the fight of their lives.
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In 1966, 1st Australian Task Force is stationed at Nui Dat in South Vietnam. Following a VC mortar attack on the base, Major Harry Smith (Travis Fimmel of Vikings fame) volunteers to lead his Delta Company, a mixed bag of volunteer professionals and conscripts, in search of on a routine patrol to catch the enemy and enemy, hoping to see some action.
He found them. The North Vietnamese Army's 275th Regiment andD445 Regiment of the Viet Cong.Cong's D445 Regiment. [[{{OhCrap}} All two thousand of them]]. And Delta Company gets all the action they hoped for in the fight of their lives.
He found them. The North Vietnamese Army's 275th Regiment and
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Australian soldiers are notorious for 'excessive initiative' in contrast to the Commonwealth tradition of 'obey most orders to the letter', and these lads are no exception. It's almost a RunningGag that multiple characters disregard their superiors' dithering - or outright ''orders'' to stay put - to go out and do what they can to help their comrades. The ultimate example is Smith telling Colonel Townsend 'you can go and fuck your orders' when Delta Company is ordered to withdraw and return to base - when Delta Company's all that's standing between the base and two thousand Viet Cong that can overrun the base.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Australian soldiers are notorious for 'excessive initiative' in contrast to the Commonwealth tradition of 'obey most orders to the letter', and these lads are no exception. It's almost a RunningGag that multiple characters disregard their superiors' dithering - or outright ''orders'' to stay put - to go out and do what they can to help their comrades. The ultimate example is Smith telling Colonel Townsend 'you can go and fuck your orders' when Delta Company is ordered to withdraw and return to base - when Delta Company's all that's standing between the base and two thousand Viet Cong that can overrun the base.Cong.
