Viet Cong punji stake trap Options

[landsknechts]

I found this pic online, imagine falling into a pit full of these stakes

[arun]

ouch! falling into that trap is gonna hurt real bad, not to mention the feces on the tips of those bamboo sticks.

[hugo boss]

I found this pic online, imagine falling into a pit full of these stakes

they also would coat them in human waste to make them more deadly by causing infection

a common way they were used besides "punji pits" was to put them along trails and cover them with grass
so when a weapon is fired or a grenade is thrown, troops seek cover and are impaled.





this viet cong boobytrap was also made with sharpened bamboo stakes, it was designed with a trip wire and would swing down from a tree and impale a person

the VC would usually rig some type of diversion to make you look up at something unusual in the trees then you would trip on the trip wire and release this ball of pungi sticks to swing down and strike the enemy

[landsknechts]

A co-worker of mine told me that his American neighbour was severely wounded because of this punji pit; the guy lost completely both of his legs.

[Happy Asian]

Old trick, was used for thousands of years by our ancestors.

[vIeTpRidEs_wOrLd...]

Old trick, was used for thousands of years by our ancestors.

it worked everytime

[Happy Asian]

it worked everytime

Damn straight it does.

[xyz]

Modern punji stick also called SAM (surface to air missile)


This post has been edited by xyz: Mar 7 2006, 11:19 PM

[Happy Asian]

^Where did you find that picture? POST MORE PLEASE!!

[landsknechts]

Have you guys ever heard of the saying "One stone hits two birds"? During the Vietnam War, a Vietnamese missle was able to hit and down two American aircrafts at the same time. I read it from a Vietnamese news article not long ago.

Anyway, that's VTV4; when did they show that?

This post has been edited by landsknechts: Mar 5 2006, 11:55 PM

[Happy Asian]

Have you guys ever heard of the saying "One stone hits two birds"? During the Vietnam War, a Vietnamese missle was able to hit and down two American aircrafts at the same time. I read it from a Vietnamese news article not long ago.

Anyway, that's VTV4; when did they show that?

LOL 2 On average, according to American propaganda, it requires 30 missiles to shoot down one of their planes 2

Anyway, the most famous Punji sticks were those used at the Bach Dang battles.

This post has been edited by Happy Asian: Mar 6 2006, 12:00 AM

[landsknechts]

Any favorable numbers that the American throw out, take that and divide it by 5-10 and you might get a closer figure.

This post has been edited by landsknechts: Mar 6 2006, 12:11 AM

[xyz]

Have you guys ever heard of the saying "One stone hits two birds"? During the Vietnam War, a Vietnamese missle was able to hit and down two American aircrafts at the same time. I read it from a Vietnamese news article not long ago.

Anyway, that's VTV4; when did they show that?

They showed it on the 33th anniversary of the Air war over Hanoi, 12/2005.

[landsknechts]

LOL On average, according to American propaganda, it requires 30 missiles to shoot down one of their planes

That's impossible, considering the total number of missles used for the entire war were 6,806 and the number of U.S aircrafts shot down were more than 4000.

[Happy Asian]

^Exactly.

[xyz]

This post has been edited by xyz: Mar 7 2006, 09:13 PM

[landsknechts]

How much is one of those SAMs costs ?

[xyz]

How much is one of those SAMs costs ?

I think at least 1 million bucks a piece!

Vietnam needs some more advanced weapon



This post has been edited by xyz: Mar 7 2006, 09:17 PM

[Happy Asian]

^VietNam has the S-300PMU-1 system.

[NTV]

^
That is a great air-defense system.

Though we don't have the most current, the PMU-2 system, which can fly 50 more kilometers.