{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "metric": "hllv_launch_map_descriptions",
  "capturedAt": "2026-08-24T16:59:59Z",
  "source": "https://www.hellletloose.com/blog/hllv-launch-maps",
  "sourceTitle": "Launch Maps | Hell Let Loose: Vietnam",
  "sourcePublishedAt": "2026-08-12T16:18:03Z",
  "maps": [
    {
      "name": "Thanh Hóa Bridge",
      "history": "Operation Rolling Thunder and the fortified Dragon's Jaw bridge over the Nam Ma River",
      "environment": ["river and cross-river combat", "jungle", "mountainous terrain", "villages", "trainyards"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Huế Outskirts",
      "history": "Tet Offensive, January 1968",
      "environment": ["mountainous terrain", "terraced farms", "dense jungle", "US bases", "concrete industrial areas", "accessible waterways"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Vạn Tường",
      "history": "Operation Starlite / Battle of Vạn Tường, August 1965",
      "environment": ["semi-urban village combat", "jungle", "sprawling river network", "boat manoeuvre", "dense river foliage"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Quảng Ngãi",
      "history": "Operation Piranha, September 1965",
      "environment": ["monsoon flooding", "rocky cliffs and caves", "tropical bamboo forests", "open lowlands", "cross-river expanses", "vertical cliff fighting"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Đắk Tô Airfield",
      "history": "Battle of Đắk Tô, November 1967",
      "environment": ["long airstrip", "open ground", "impact craters", "destroyed vehicles", "central highlands", "less-dense vegetation"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cam Ranh Port",
      "history": "Cam Ranh Bay Logistics Facility and the August 1969 sapper attack",
      "environment": ["dense militarised areas", "dry creek beds", "rolling dunes", "wide southern waterway", "boat skirmishes", "industrial docks"]
    }
  ],
  "scopeNote": "The official reveal confirms names, historical framing, and broad environments. It does not publish exact layers, spawn layouts, objective locations, or a promise that every visual or weather variant is a separate map."
}