Men of Valor
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Men of Valor is a first-person shooter
video game for the PC
and Microsoft
Xbox
. It was developed by 2015, Inc.
, published by Vivendi Universal
and first released on October 19, 2004. Men of Valor is based on the Unreal engine
and simulates infantry
combat
during the Vietnam War
.
Men of Valor follows Dean Shepard and his squad of Marines from the 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Marine Division through sixteen missions during the Vietnam War including missions at the height of the Tet Offensive.
in March 1965. Dean is able to pass all the combat preparations in order to prepare to fight in the jungle. Dean was able to meet his new squad. He met squadleader Zook, and his squadmates, Hoss, Greaser, and Smooth. As they were playing football, the Da Nang military base is under attack by mortar rounds. Dean, along with his squad, prepare for their first mission, to find the Vietcong mortars and destroy them. As Dean and his squad were heading to a village, they were under attack by a small squad of Vietcong villagers. The squad is able to wipe out the Vietcong and heads to a bunker, under Vietcong's control. Dean is able to call an artillery strike, destroying the bunker and the mortar rounds. As the squad was about to evacuate, they were under attack by a larger Vietcong platoon. The Vietcong platton is wiped out by a napalm strike. A couple of days later, the squad is heading to a hamlet near Da Nang to investigate increasing Vietcong activities. Dean's APC got stuck in the rice paddes and as they came out, they were under heavy attack by surrounding Vietcong forces. Dean and Hoss, his close friend, were able to push the VC to the stream, that leads to the hamlet. Dean and Hoss were able to meet the entire squadmembers. Unfortunately, the reporter, Donald Greenawald, and his camerament interfere with their mission. They were able to reach the hamlet, encountering horrified villagers. However, the horrifiled villagers were Vietcong. As one of the villagers was about to use his grenade, Dean is able to shoot him and an enduring battle in the hamlet begins. Dean and the squad is able to eliminate the VC in the hamlet, but they were missing someone. Donald and the cameraman were missing (and possibly kidnapped by the Vietcong). The squad is able to kill the kidnapping Vietcong and rescue the reporter and the cameraman. The squad and the newscrew were extracted safely.
Couple of weeks later, MACV-SOG offers Dean and Greaser to do one of their top secret mission: Capture one of the top Vietcong commander and bring him for questioning. Dean and Greaser accepted this offer and gone aboard on a patrol boat. As they were traveling on a river, they were under attack by the Vietcong from the treeline and the huts. They were able to survive the ambush and head silently to the village. Dean and Greaser were able to pass through the VC headquarters. Dean and Greaser killed the bodyguards of Commander Troung (their target for questioning). Greaser knocked Troung unconscious and reached the extraction point. MACV-SOG and the United States military learns that the Vietcong were preparing to launch a two-prong attack to wipe off the military base in Da Nang. The U.S. military prepares to launch Operation Starlite
, one of the first major combat operations of the Vietnam War. Dean and his squad were dropped off and push through the VC defenses. The squad meet McFadden, a mean-headed commander of the operation. Apparently, he made incorrect artillery coordinates which in some situations, killing the U.S. marines instead of the Vietcong bunkers. Dean and his squad must kill the Vietcong around the bunkers in order to put statchel charges on the bunkers. They were able to take out the bunkers while seeing other pinned marines being killed by friendly artillery fire. The squad meet McFadden again, this time, Zook began to rage on him for improperly setting coordinates. Zook and McFadden's argument got interfered by Dandridge, one of the commanders of the operation. Zook and the rest of the squad continue on to aid the U.S. convoy being under attack by a Vietcong bunker and the forces. The squad push up to reach the convoy, seeing that half of the convoy is being destroyed. Zook begins to suppressing fire on the bunker, but got shot in the chest. Dean throws a smoke grenade to coordinate for the U.S. air force. The F4 Phantoms use napalm, destroying the bunker and the incoming VC forces. Hoss shows emotions and gone rage while pulling the trigger of his M60 onto the destroyed bunker. The squad has lost their squadleader, who was their close friend.
Two years later, Dean and the squad began to split as Dean heads to Saigon and the rest of the squad to Khe Sanh
. As Dean was in Saigon, he met his best friend from highschool, Pat 'Mouth' Hodges. Hodges speaks Vietnamese in order to advise the ARVN Rangers and to translate the language to Dean. Dean, Hodges, and the ARVN Rangers were headed to Iron Triangle
, one of the most fortified Vietcong strongholds in the Vietnam War. The ARVN Rangers, Hodges, and Dean were under attack by the Vietcong forces. They were able to wipe them out, before they began their own ambush, to destroy a VC convoy consisting of food and supples. They succeed their ambush and continue to locate a small Vietcong base nearby. They came to the base, killing the Vietcong. Hodges realized that the base has a complex tunnel system below the small base. Dean came down to the tunnel system to gather intelligence while dealing any encounters. Dean is able to gather the intelligence and the team were extracted. The U.S. military and ARVN forces prepares to launch and assault on Iron Triangle. Dean became a gunner for the helicopter after the original gunner got killed. The helicopter got a direct hit by a RPG7 rocket. Dean was able to regain conscious, seeing the squad being pinned down by the large quantities of the Vietcong forces. Reinforcments came and push off the offensive VC forces. Their main objective is to destroy the food cache. They were able to destroy the food cache. In a unexpected event, a nearby helicopter got shot down by an AA gun. Dean is able to destroy the AA guns and rescue the pilots while holding up at a destroyed church to deal with the outnumbering VC forces coming from the jungle. They were rescued as napalm destroyed the jungle, along with the VC reinforcements.
Dean and Hodges were sent to Khe Sanh to aid the marines. Dean reunited his friends under commander Dandridge, the current squadleader to replace the deceased Zook. A new member joined the squad, Dean's younger brother, Jamie Shepard. Dean has read one of his father's letters that Jamie has struggled to stay out of trouble and avoid arrest for burning down houses and causing vandalism by joining the U.S. Marines. Along with Jamie, the squad establish an outpost around Khe Sanh while meeting stiff resistance from the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) the more disciplined forces than the Vietcong counterpart. As the squad went back to the base, Dandridge request an ambush on the NVA, who they were coming to attack the base. The squad is able to succeed the ambush and reach back to the base. Couple of weeks later, the marines at Khe Sanh encounters strong offensive attacks from the North Vietnamese. Dean and the squad were caught in a surprise attack conducted by the North Vietnamese. They hold the NVA off in their foxholes until the commander ordered them to withdrawal. The marines left their position, allowing the NVA to take the position. The squad crosses the steep marshes while being frequently ambushed by the NVA. They were able to survive and assist Dandridge and his marines to hold off Hill 885. They repelled the NVA offensive attack and begin to reclaim their original positions. The marines charged onto Hill 881N, only to face relentless NVA firepower. As Dean was about to take an M67
rocket launcher, Hodges was shot while trying to detonate statchel charges on the bunker. Dean was able to shoot the rocket, destroying the bunker and the NVA retreated. The squad gather around Hodges' body, feeling remorse, but Dean felt regrets for not saving his life and lossing his best friend.
Dean was shiped to Hue, an ancient capital of Vietnam. While he was there, the Tet Holdiay began as the U.S. and the South Vietnamese were celebrating. As Dean was enjoying the holiday, mortar fire strike apon the MACV-SOG compound. As he left his barracks, he sees the city becoming to fall apart. Dean and the marines hold off the NVA sappers as they tried to destroy the wires to invade the compound. Dean defends all major positions in the compound as Hoss requested reinforcments to deal with the NVA offensive attack on the compound. The tanks arrived and eliminate the NVA around the compound. Dean and Hoss realized that South Vietnam is under a major offensive. The Tet Offensive has begun. Dean and Hoss, along with other marines, began to reclaimed the Perfume River as they begin to take the Administration Building. They succeeded on taking the building while losing their tanks and marines. They entered the building, wiping out any resistance. As they wipe the NVA out of the building, Dean and Hoss met Dandridge to take the church in order to claim the viewpoint of Hue. With the assisance of the Ontos tank, they claim the church. As they reach to the backyard of the church, a mass grave is revealed to them. Bodies of civilians were covered in white powder. They realized that the NVA should not claim Hue and must push them back. Two weeks later, Hue is now in ruins as the flames consumed the city. Dean and Hoss joins Captain Nguyen Van Bao and his men to reach the Citadel to fend off the NVA offensive. They encounter strong NVA defenses as they try to cripple their offensive attack on the Citadel. The squad finds scattered ARVN units and reach the Citadel. As they reach the Citadel, the NVA attempts to break the ARVN defense, but was fend off by Dean and Van Bao's squad. They gather supplies to fend off an NVA counter-attack and succeeded of defending the ARVN base. The Battle of Hue is finally over.
Despite of the U.S/ARVN victory in reclaiming Hue, Dean must go back to Khe Sanh to help his old squad and saving his younger brother from immediate danger as the NVA bombarded the Khe Sanh military base, known as the Siege of Khe Sanh. Dean, Hoss, and Dandridge reach to Khe Sanh, but Dandridge was killed on the air strip as the airplane tail ripped off from the body as Dandridge jumped from the C-130 cargo plane. Dean and Hoss took cover from mortars and artillery rounds as scattered U.S. units attempts to defend at all cost, in one point, Dean mans a M60 machine gun to fend off the NVA sappers. Dean and Hoss meet the commander of the airbase, telling them that the squad is in a separate outpost, which they must be rescued before the B-52 bombers destroys the outpost along with the NVA. Dean and Hoss travels to the outpost, encountering NVA units who were going to the outpost. Dean and Hoss managed to kill the units and rescued their old friends Greaser and Smooth and Dean's younger brother, Jaime. As the squad was about to leave, Jaime got hit by a mortar round. Dean pick Jaime up and run back to the airbase. They finally reach to the airbase, witnessing the tremendous firepower from the B-52 bombers as they kill the pursuing NVA forces. In the end, Dean discusses about the Vietnam War after the Tet Offensive, noting that the war change him and his friends forever and Jaime is in good condition. He noted that the marines who fought in Vietnam were the men of valor.
M16A1 Assault Rifle,
CAR-15
(XM177E2),
M14 Rifle
,
M60 Machine Gun
,
M21 Sniper Weapon System,
M1 Thompson SMG,
M79 Grenade Launcher
,
M72 LAW
,
Colt M1911 Pistol,
M26 grenade,
Claymore
M67 recoilless rifle
North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong:
Type 56,
AK-47
,
SKS
,
RPD
Light Machine Gun,
RPG-7
,
PPSH-41
SMG,
PU
Sniper Rifle,
TT33 Pistol,
Land Mine
Trap,
Stick Grenades.
, Men of Valor receives a score of 7.9 out of 10. Gamespot says that the game gives strong historical content while allowing the player to witness the action. There were some criticisms, however. Terrible friendly AI and some minor technical issues prevented this game from earning a higher score. The sales of Men of Valor is somewhat low since there was little advertisement, however, it receives some strong praise especially regarding the strong historical contents of the Vietnam War.
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video game for the PC
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and Microsoft
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Xbox
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. It was developed by 2015, Inc.
2015, Inc.
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, published by Vivendi Universal
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and first released on October 19, 2004. Men of Valor is based on the Unreal engine
Unreal Engine
The Unreal Engine is a game engine developed by Epic Games, first illustrated in the 1998 first-person shooter game Unreal. Although primarily developed for first-person shooters, it has been successfully used in a variety of other genres, including stealth, MMORPGs and RPGs...
and simulates infantry
Infantry
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combat
Combat
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during the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
.
Men of Valor follows Dean Shepard and his squad of Marines from the 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Marine Division through sixteen missions during the Vietnam War including missions at the height of the Tet Offensive.
Plot summary
The story begins when Dean Shepard, the protagionist, begins combat training in Da NangDa Nang
Đà Nẵng , occasionally Danang, is a major port city in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea at the mouth of the Han River. It is the commercial and educational center of Central Vietnam; its well-sheltered, easily accessible port and its location on the path of...
in March 1965. Dean is able to pass all the combat preparations in order to prepare to fight in the jungle. Dean was able to meet his new squad. He met squadleader Zook, and his squadmates, Hoss, Greaser, and Smooth. As they were playing football, the Da Nang military base is under attack by mortar rounds. Dean, along with his squad, prepare for their first mission, to find the Vietcong mortars and destroy them. As Dean and his squad were heading to a village, they were under attack by a small squad of Vietcong villagers. The squad is able to wipe out the Vietcong and heads to a bunker, under Vietcong's control. Dean is able to call an artillery strike, destroying the bunker and the mortar rounds. As the squad was about to evacuate, they were under attack by a larger Vietcong platoon. The Vietcong platton is wiped out by a napalm strike. A couple of days later, the squad is heading to a hamlet near Da Nang to investigate increasing Vietcong activities. Dean's APC got stuck in the rice paddes and as they came out, they were under heavy attack by surrounding Vietcong forces. Dean and Hoss, his close friend, were able to push the VC to the stream, that leads to the hamlet. Dean and Hoss were able to meet the entire squadmembers. Unfortunately, the reporter, Donald Greenawald, and his camerament interfere with their mission. They were able to reach the hamlet, encountering horrified villagers. However, the horrifiled villagers were Vietcong. As one of the villagers was about to use his grenade, Dean is able to shoot him and an enduring battle in the hamlet begins. Dean and the squad is able to eliminate the VC in the hamlet, but they were missing someone. Donald and the cameraman were missing (and possibly kidnapped by the Vietcong). The squad is able to kill the kidnapping Vietcong and rescue the reporter and the cameraman. The squad and the newscrew were extracted safely.
Couple of weeks later, MACV-SOG offers Dean and Greaser to do one of their top secret mission: Capture one of the top Vietcong commander and bring him for questioning. Dean and Greaser accepted this offer and gone aboard on a patrol boat. As they were traveling on a river, they were under attack by the Vietcong from the treeline and the huts. They were able to survive the ambush and head silently to the village. Dean and Greaser were able to pass through the VC headquarters. Dean and Greaser killed the bodyguards of Commander Troung (their target for questioning). Greaser knocked Troung unconscious and reached the extraction point. MACV-SOG and the United States military learns that the Vietcong were preparing to launch a two-prong attack to wipe off the military base in Da Nang. The U.S. military prepares to launch Operation Starlite
Operation Starlite
Operation Starlite was the first offensive military action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during the Vietnam War. The operation was launched based on intelligence provided by Major General Nguyen Chanh Thi, the commander of the South Vietnamese forces in northern I Corps area. Lieutenant...
, one of the first major combat operations of the Vietnam War. Dean and his squad were dropped off and push through the VC defenses. The squad meet McFadden, a mean-headed commander of the operation. Apparently, he made incorrect artillery coordinates which in some situations, killing the U.S. marines instead of the Vietcong bunkers. Dean and his squad must kill the Vietcong around the bunkers in order to put statchel charges on the bunkers. They were able to take out the bunkers while seeing other pinned marines being killed by friendly artillery fire. The squad meet McFadden again, this time, Zook began to rage on him for improperly setting coordinates. Zook and McFadden's argument got interfered by Dandridge, one of the commanders of the operation. Zook and the rest of the squad continue on to aid the U.S. convoy being under attack by a Vietcong bunker and the forces. The squad push up to reach the convoy, seeing that half of the convoy is being destroyed. Zook begins to suppressing fire on the bunker, but got shot in the chest. Dean throws a smoke grenade to coordinate for the U.S. air force. The F4 Phantoms use napalm, destroying the bunker and the incoming VC forces. Hoss shows emotions and gone rage while pulling the trigger of his M60 onto the destroyed bunker. The squad has lost their squadleader, who was their close friend.
Two years later, Dean and the squad began to split as Dean heads to Saigon and the rest of the squad to Khe Sanh
Khe Sanh
Khe Sanh is the district capital of Hướng Hoá District, Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam, located 63 km west of Đông Hà.Khe Sanh Combat Base was a United States Marine Corps outpost in South Vietnam used during the Vietnam War. The airstrip was built in September 1962...
. As Dean was in Saigon, he met his best friend from highschool, Pat 'Mouth' Hodges. Hodges speaks Vietnamese in order to advise the ARVN Rangers and to translate the language to Dean. Dean, Hodges, and the ARVN Rangers were headed to Iron Triangle
Iron Triangle (Vietnam)
The Iron Triangle was a area in the Binh Duong Province of Vietnam, so named due to it being a stronghold of Viet Minh activity during the war...
, one of the most fortified Vietcong strongholds in the Vietnam War. The ARVN Rangers, Hodges, and Dean were under attack by the Vietcong forces. They were able to wipe them out, before they began their own ambush, to destroy a VC convoy consisting of food and supples. They succeed their ambush and continue to locate a small Vietcong base nearby. They came to the base, killing the Vietcong. Hodges realized that the base has a complex tunnel system below the small base. Dean came down to the tunnel system to gather intelligence while dealing any encounters. Dean is able to gather the intelligence and the team were extracted. The U.S. military and ARVN forces prepares to launch and assault on Iron Triangle. Dean became a gunner for the helicopter after the original gunner got killed. The helicopter got a direct hit by a RPG7 rocket. Dean was able to regain conscious, seeing the squad being pinned down by the large quantities of the Vietcong forces. Reinforcments came and push off the offensive VC forces. Their main objective is to destroy the food cache. They were able to destroy the food cache. In a unexpected event, a nearby helicopter got shot down by an AA gun. Dean is able to destroy the AA guns and rescue the pilots while holding up at a destroyed church to deal with the outnumbering VC forces coming from the jungle. They were rescued as napalm destroyed the jungle, along with the VC reinforcements.
Dean and Hodges were sent to Khe Sanh to aid the marines. Dean reunited his friends under commander Dandridge, the current squadleader to replace the deceased Zook. A new member joined the squad, Dean's younger brother, Jamie Shepard. Dean has read one of his father's letters that Jamie has struggled to stay out of trouble and avoid arrest for burning down houses and causing vandalism by joining the U.S. Marines. Along with Jamie, the squad establish an outpost around Khe Sanh while meeting stiff resistance from the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) the more disciplined forces than the Vietcong counterpart. As the squad went back to the base, Dandridge request an ambush on the NVA, who they were coming to attack the base. The squad is able to succeed the ambush and reach back to the base. Couple of weeks later, the marines at Khe Sanh encounters strong offensive attacks from the North Vietnamese. Dean and the squad were caught in a surprise attack conducted by the North Vietnamese. They hold the NVA off in their foxholes until the commander ordered them to withdrawal. The marines left their position, allowing the NVA to take the position. The squad crosses the steep marshes while being frequently ambushed by the NVA. They were able to survive and assist Dandridge and his marines to hold off Hill 885. They repelled the NVA offensive attack and begin to reclaim their original positions. The marines charged onto Hill 881N, only to face relentless NVA firepower. As Dean was about to take an M67
M67 recoilless rifle
The M67 recoilless rifle was a 90-mm antitank recoilless rifle made in the United States and later in the Republic of Korea. It could also be employed in an antipersonnel role with the use of the M590 antipersonnel round...
rocket launcher, Hodges was shot while trying to detonate statchel charges on the bunker. Dean was able to shoot the rocket, destroying the bunker and the NVA retreated. The squad gather around Hodges' body, feeling remorse, but Dean felt regrets for not saving his life and lossing his best friend.
Dean was shiped to Hue, an ancient capital of Vietnam. While he was there, the Tet Holdiay began as the U.S. and the South Vietnamese were celebrating. As Dean was enjoying the holiday, mortar fire strike apon the MACV-SOG compound. As he left his barracks, he sees the city becoming to fall apart. Dean and the marines hold off the NVA sappers as they tried to destroy the wires to invade the compound. Dean defends all major positions in the compound as Hoss requested reinforcments to deal with the NVA offensive attack on the compound. The tanks arrived and eliminate the NVA around the compound. Dean and Hoss realized that South Vietnam is under a major offensive. The Tet Offensive has begun. Dean and Hoss, along with other marines, began to reclaimed the Perfume River as they begin to take the Administration Building. They succeeded on taking the building while losing their tanks and marines. They entered the building, wiping out any resistance. As they wipe the NVA out of the building, Dean and Hoss met Dandridge to take the church in order to claim the viewpoint of Hue. With the assisance of the Ontos tank, they claim the church. As they reach to the backyard of the church, a mass grave is revealed to them. Bodies of civilians were covered in white powder. They realized that the NVA should not claim Hue and must push them back. Two weeks later, Hue is now in ruins as the flames consumed the city. Dean and Hoss joins Captain Nguyen Van Bao and his men to reach the Citadel to fend off the NVA offensive. They encounter strong NVA defenses as they try to cripple their offensive attack on the Citadel. The squad finds scattered ARVN units and reach the Citadel. As they reach the Citadel, the NVA attempts to break the ARVN defense, but was fend off by Dean and Van Bao's squad. They gather supplies to fend off an NVA counter-attack and succeeded of defending the ARVN base. The Battle of Hue is finally over.
Despite of the U.S/ARVN victory in reclaiming Hue, Dean must go back to Khe Sanh to help his old squad and saving his younger brother from immediate danger as the NVA bombarded the Khe Sanh military base, known as the Siege of Khe Sanh. Dean, Hoss, and Dandridge reach to Khe Sanh, but Dandridge was killed on the air strip as the airplane tail ripped off from the body as Dandridge jumped from the C-130 cargo plane. Dean and Hoss took cover from mortars and artillery rounds as scattered U.S. units attempts to defend at all cost, in one point, Dean mans a M60 machine gun to fend off the NVA sappers. Dean and Hoss meet the commander of the airbase, telling them that the squad is in a separate outpost, which they must be rescued before the B-52 bombers destroys the outpost along with the NVA. Dean and Hoss travels to the outpost, encountering NVA units who were going to the outpost. Dean and Hoss managed to kill the units and rescued their old friends Greaser and Smooth and Dean's younger brother, Jaime. As the squad was about to leave, Jaime got hit by a mortar round. Dean pick Jaime up and run back to the airbase. They finally reach to the airbase, witnessing the tremendous firepower from the B-52 bombers as they kill the pursuing NVA forces. In the end, Dean discusses about the Vietnam War after the Tet Offensive, noting that the war change him and his friends forever and Jaime is in good condition. He noted that the marines who fought in Vietnam were the men of valor.
Weapons
USMC/ARVN:M16A1 Assault Rifle,
CAR-15
CAR-15
The Colt Automatic Rifle-15 Military Weapons System or CAR-15 was a family of AR-15 and M16 rifle–based firearms marketed by Colt in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Due to their compact size, the short-barreled Colt Commando and XM177 versions of this family continued to be issued to the U.S...
(XM177E2),
M14 Rifle
M14 rifle
The M14 rifle, formally the United States Rifle, 7.62 mm, M14, is an American selective fire automatic rifle firing 7.62x51mm NATO ammunition. It was the standard issue U.S. rifle from 1959 to 1970. The M14 was used for U.S...
,
M60 Machine Gun
M60 machine gun
The M60 is a family of American general-purpose machine guns firing 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges from a disintegrating belt of M13 links...
,
M21 Sniper Weapon System,
M1 Thompson SMG,
M79 Grenade Launcher
M79 grenade launcher
The M79 grenade launcher is a single-shot, shoulder-fired, break-action grenade launcher that fires a 40x46mm grenade which used what the US Army called the High-Low Propulsion System to keep recoil forces low, and first appeared during the Vietnam War...
,
M72 LAW
M72 LAW
The M72 LAW is a portable one-shot 66 mm unguided anti-tank weapon, designed in the United States by Paul V. Choate, Charles B. Weeks, and Frank A. Spinale et al...
,
Colt M1911 Pistol,
M26 grenade,
Claymore
Claymore
The term claymore refers to the Scottish variant of the late medieval longsword, two-handed swords with a cross hilt, of which the guards were in use during the 15th and 16th centuries.-Terminology:...
M67 recoilless rifle
M67 recoilless rifle
The M67 recoilless rifle was a 90-mm antitank recoilless rifle made in the United States and later in the Republic of Korea. It could also be employed in an antipersonnel role with the use of the M590 antipersonnel round...
North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong:
Type 56,
AK-47
AK-47
The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova . It is also known as a Kalashnikov, an "AK", or in Russian slang, Kalash.Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year...
,
SKS
SKS
The SKS is a Soviet semi-automatic rifle chambered for the 7.62x39mm round, designed in 1943 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. SKS-45 is an acronym for Samozaryadnyj Karabin sistemy Simonova, 1945 Simonov system, 1945), or SKS 45. The Sks is a scaled down version of the PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle also...
,
RPD
RPD
The RPD is a 7.62mm light machine gun developed in the Soviet Union by Vasily Degtyaryov for the intermediate 7.62x39mm M43 cartridge. It was created as a replacement for the DP machine gun chambered for the 7.62x54mmR Mosin rifle round...
Light Machine Gun,
RPG-7
RPG-7
The RPG-7 is a widely-produced, portable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher. Originally the RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and now manufactured by the Bazalt company...
,
PPSH-41
PPSh-41
The PPSh-41 was a Soviet submachine gun designed by Georgi Shpagin as an inexpensive, simplified alternative to the PPD-40. Intended for use by minimally-trained conscript soldiers, the PPSh was a magazine-fed selective-fire submachine gun using an open-bolt, blowback action...
SMG,
PU
PU scope
The PU scope is a sniper scope of Soviet manufacture, widely used on the Mosin-Nagant and SVT-40.-External links:* * *...
Sniper Rifle,
TT33 Pistol,
Land Mine
Land mine
A land mine is usually a weight-triggered explosive device which is intended to damage a target—either human or inanimate—by means of a blast and/or fragment impact....
Trap,
Stick Grenades.
Reception
According to GamespotGameSpot
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, Men of Valor receives a score of 7.9 out of 10. Gamespot says that the game gives strong historical content while allowing the player to witness the action. There were some criticisms, however. Terrible friendly AI and some minor technical issues prevented this game from earning a higher score. The sales of Men of Valor is somewhat low since there was little advertisement, however, it receives some strong praise especially regarding the strong historical contents of the Vietnam War.