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Landing Zone X-Ray, CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, VIETNAM, 14 November 1965: After failing thus far to eliminate the American presence at the base of the Chu Pong Massif, the North Vietnamese commander, Lt. Col. Nguyen Huu An, was upset. He ordered the 7th Battalion commander to personally lead an attack to encircle the 1/7 Cav. The 7th Battalion swung wide around A Company's flank, only to find the path to the landing zone blocked by C Company. The fifth airlift of the day, bringing in the remainder of C Company and the first elements of D Company was on the way in when the NVA soldiers at the creekbed turned their rifles and machine guns on the approaching Hueys. Major Bruce Crandall was the lead pilot on that run. He not only got the troops on the ground safely, he loitered for a few more precious minutes to evacuate some of the rapidly growing number of casualties from the landing zone... LZ-XRAY is a labor of love of designer Jason Brown and we know that YOU too will love the way the system seamlessly moves forward in time, from the French Indochina War to the latter part of the conflict, aka the "Vietnam War". The place is a remote swath of empty terrain in the Chu Pong Massif foothills. There's one problem...almost an entire NVA Battalion is streaming out of the foothills toward you and your men. It's November 1965 all over again and YOU are under fire on a 'Hot LZ' and there is only one way in and one way out...by air. New counters join the system in the form of multiple helicopter models, the 'Thumper Gunner', M60 machine-guns, and more. With ATS LZ-XRAY you'll be brought in....and hopefully back out again in a series of scenarios that depict the action from initial landing to Hot LZ and then some. Moore, Plumley, and all the valiant soldiers depicted in the book and movie "We Were Soldiers Once" are there and back in action again, facing a determined enemy with one goal: overrun the LZ and the men of the 7th Air Cav. You'll find all the termite mounds you can handle, NVA Regulars, historical leader counters, and Hueys...Hueys...Hueys...in various models. All with DETAILED COLOR MILITARY ART used for the die-cut counters.
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