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The VC were guerrillas and a separate fighting force from the NVA (North Viet Regular Army). They had, due to their inherent organization, to fight utilizing guerrilla tactics (hit and run); and because they were NOT a regular army they had no supply system (as did the NVA) and had to exist upon captured weapons and equipment. Although at times they did receive wpns/equipment from North Vietnam...the priority was the North's own army (NVA). Additionally, the VC had no artillery nor armor (tanks)...if they did it was a "field expedient" (something done at the moment & borrowed from the NVA).

All of the above translates to fighting with "what they can get their hands on." And guerrillas through-out history (from the Swamp Fox to Quantrills raiders) have had to fight the same way.

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