Vietnam Tactic in the Vietnam War
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- Vietnam tactics in the Vietnam War
- Guerilla Tactics
- Retreat when your enemy attacks
- Attack when your enemy retreat
- Raid enemy camps whenever you can
- Don't wear uniform- blend in
- Work in small groups
- The Ho Chi Minh Trail
- Supply route that ran from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia to take resources to North Vietnamese troops in South Korea
- Multiple tracks so if an area was destroyed a new track would open up- impossible to destroy completely
- Uniforms
- Civilian clothing to camouflage
- Reliable AK-47 suited for weather and landscape
- Rice pouches to carry rations for long journeys
- Light clothing and sandals to suit climate and terrain
- Machetes to cut through grassland
- 'Hanging on the belts'
- They stayed close to US and ambushed them, disappearing afterwards
- It played mind tricks on the US
- Discouraged US bombing as own troops could be killed
- Tunnels
- Included hospitals, workshops, bedrooms, kitchens and resources
- Protection from air bombing and can hide from US
- Stretched for 300km under jungle
- Booby Traps
- Punji Pits- sharpened bamboo stakes hidden in shallow pits and covered with leaves, could be covered in animal or human excrement
- 'Bouncing Betty' mines exploded 1 metre from ground to target stomach and groin
- Caused psychological and physical harm
- Guerilla Tactics
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