Vietcong tunnel systems and tunnel rats endure harsh war hazards
The Viet Cong use complex tunnel networks hidden under huts and jungle, large enough for thousands of men. American and South Vietnamese soldiers, the tunnel rats, navigate booby traps, caves, and stifling air to destroy these hides, while bombs and reentry tactics allow rebuilds.
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Booby Trap Tactics Describe Viet Cong Grenade Arcs
Field notes detail Viet Cong booby traps including buried grenades under gates with trip wires, bamboo arch trap with grenade at the top, a daisy chain of grenades activated by a pulled trip pin, and stake-placed nets of barbed wire between bamboo poles 15 feet high. The ambushes target patrols, injure infantry, and spare tanks.
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