Fast Patrol Craft
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English: Fast Patrol Craft (PCF), also known as Swift boats, were small, shallow-draft vessels operated by the United States Navy for counterinsurgency (COIN) operations during the Vietnam war.
Deutsch: Als Fast Patrol Craft (kurz PCF), auch bekannt als Swift Boat, wurde von der United States Navy ein Typ mittlerer Patrouillenboote für den Einsatz in Flüssen und flachen Küstengewässern bezeichnet.
_fast.jpg) PCF at full speed |
_slow.jpg) PCF on river |
 Front view of PCF |
 pilot house of a PCF |
 Crew firing weapons |
 Crew firing weapons |
 Crewman loading piggyback mortar |
 PCFs operating on river in vietnam |
 PCFs operating on narrow river in vietnam |
 Four Swifts during replenishment |
 Patrol Boat alongside vietnamese junk |
