They dipped bamboo spears in human feces and stuck them in the ground along trails the US used. These are the infamous "punji stakes" or "punji spikes." We defeated the threat of punji stakes by inventing a combat boot with a piece of sheet steel in the sole, having millions of pairs made quickly, and issuing two pair to every US troop in Vietnam.
They dipped punji spikes in human feces and planted them along trails. The US Army responded by issuing soldiers boots with steel plates in the soles.
The tactic used was guerrilla warfare.
Guerrilla warfare is basically hit and run under cover, so the Vietcong during the Vietnam war used guerrilla warfare to combat American soldiers. During the US Civil War, the Rebels also used guerrilla warfare.
The Vietcong were masters at guerrilla warfare. They would come and attack by surprise, then retreat before we had a chance to fight back.
Converted the guerrilla war in Vietnam into a conventional one; and started open warfare between North Vietnam & America.
yesANS 2 - NO. biological warfare is a perversion of science and many scientists agree on that.
They were used in Vietnam by the Vietcong.
Communist sympathizers living in South Vietnam; often conducting guerrilla warfare against Republic of South Vietnam Government forces.
The tactic used was guerrilla warfare.
From helping the Republic of South Vietnam combat communist insurgents (communist guerrillas=Viet Cong) to direct open warfare with the nation of North Vietnam.
the Us was better than the vietcong in military it was guerilla warfare that was over the Us
The VC were southern sympathizers (sympathizers to the communists) living in South Vietnam. They became communist guerrillas fighting for the Northern Vietnamese cause; whom later sent down (to South Vietnam, aka RVN-Republic of South Vietnam) their regular army (NVA-North Vietnamese Army) to reinforce them during the war. The VC specialized in guerrilla warfare, the NVA primarily fought conventional battles such as at Dak To, Ia Drang, Hamburger Hill, etc. Bottom line: The NVA & VC were communist allies; the NVA lived in the north & the VC lived in the south.
Counter-guerrilla warfare=anti-guerrilla warfare. It means fighting (or combating) guerrillas with methods that are effective. Using the old example of, "it takes a battleship to sink a battleship", the proven method for counter-guerrilla operations is "using guerrillas to hunt down guerrillas", such as the Special Forces, SEALS, and Snipers, etc. are trained to do (or at one time were trained to do).
Biological warfare.
Guerrilla warfare is basically hit and run under cover, so the Vietcong during the Vietnam war used guerrilla warfare to combat American soldiers. During the US Civil War, the Rebels also used guerrilla warfare.
The US employed ALL OF IT'S CONVENTIONAL military assets in conventional and unconventional warfare in the Vietnam War. "Atomic" weapons and "Chemical/Biological" weapons were the only assets not used.
The Vietcong were masters at guerrilla warfare. They would come and attack by surprise, then retreat before we had a chance to fight back.
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