Vietcong Tactics - Booby Traps

Question 1

What percent of soldiers deaths were caused by booby traps?

Answer 1

•11%

Question 2

What were the benefits of booby traps?

Answer 2

• Cheap
• Easy to make
• Very effective

Question 3

Sharpened bamboo stakes were hidden in shallow puts under sticks and leaves. What did they do, what were these sticks sometimes covered in and why were they covered in this?

Answer 3

• Easily pierce the sole of a soldier’s boot

* Sometimes smeared in human or animal excrement so the wound would be infected

Question 4

Other traps were made from tin cans which had trip wires attached to them. What would they do and what percent of soldiers were killed from traps like these?

Answer 4

• They would explode as soldiers walked past

* 10% of soldier’s deaths were caused by this kind of trap