Hiya folks!

My dad served for more than 25 years with the Australian Defence force (ADF). He has stated before that Australian counterinsurgency strategies and tactics employed during the Vietnam War proved more successful in suppressing Communist guerilla forces and maintaining provincial control than the SOP of US forces. He was deployed during the Malaysian Emergency and has considerable familiarity with the tactics and strategies that Australian forces employed.

My grasp, however, isn't so firm, nor is my understanding of Australian or American tactics in Vietnam. While I've got a decent grasp for strategy, I'd love to know how SOP for the two countries differed at the tactical, operational and strategic levels, and whether there's much credence to my dad's claims of Australian superiority in that regard.

I realise this question is pretty huge in scope - obviously, methodology changed considerably for all parties throughout the conflict, and Australian and US forces were operating on different scales and in different contexts. Still, if anyone is able to shed some light on the situation, that'd be fantastic.