Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Onyinye mbụ ndị agha New Zealand nyere na Vietnam bụ ndị ọrụ egbe 182-nwoke nke si Terendak Military Camp na Malaya bịarute na 13 May 1967. A họpụtara ndị agha sitere na C na D Companies 1 RNZIR na ọnwa isii fọdụrụ na ọrụ afọ abụọ ha. Imirikiti ahụla ọrụ ọrụ na ndị agha Britain dịka akụkụ nke 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Group, 17th Gurkha Division na Malaya
na Borneo. A kpọrọ ụlọ ọrụ ahụ "V" maka "Vietnam", na phonetic "Victor". N'ime izu abụọ mbụ, Victor Company (V Coy) jere ozi na 6 RAR na-apụ apụ. Ndị New Zealand nakweere nhazi ụlọ ọrụ Australian Rifle, nke gụnyere isi ụlọ ọrụ (nke onye isi na-achịkwa) na ndị agha atọ, nke ọ bụla nwere ngalaba atọ (squads). A na-ekewa ndị otu nke ọ bụla site na otu onye isi, otu Scout nke mejupụtara ndị agha abụọ, otu ndị na-agba egbe gụnyere otu M79 grenadier nke mejupụtara ndị agha anọ, na otu egbe egbe igwe nke mejupụtara Lance Corporal, na ndị agha abụọ ji egbe igwe M60. Ndị na-agba egbe, gụnyere ndị M79 grenadier, jiri egbe egbe nke Australia 7.62mm SLR nke na-akpaghị aka, ebe ndị ọrụ, ndị na-egosi ihe, ndị NCO, na otu onye n'ime otu ndị nledo ọ bụla na-ebu egbe egbe US 5.56mm M16. N'ikpeazụ ndị New Zealand na-aga ije ga-anabata US-issued M72 rocket launchers, M26 grenades, na Claymore mines; na ndị ọzọ US-issued webbing na akụrụngwa na mgbakwunye na Australian-issued akụrụngwa ọnọ site 1ATF.