Vietcong Training Manual by Jocelyn Tweit https://padlet.com/707332/bmljrkhe5gdp en-us 2018-05-22 18:54:41 UTC 2025-12-13 12:13:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dartstarget.png How will the Vietcong be trained? 707332 https://padlet.com/707332/bmljrkhe5gdp/wish/262815488 Most of the Vietcong soldiers were already full-time soldiers, but local guerrillas were given only a basic minimum of infantry training, but if they were recruited to a main force unit, they could receive up to a month of advanced instruction. To ensure that the guerrillas understood why they were fighting, all training courses included political instruction.]]> 2018-05-22 18:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/707332/bmljrkhe5gdp/wish/262815488 What will their strategies/tactics be? 707332 https://padlet.com/707332/bmljrkhe5gdp/wish/262815964 - Hide/Blend in
- Hit-and-Run
- Ambush
- Knowledge of the jungle that they were in
The Vietcong are masters of camouflage and blending in with the local terrain.]]> 2018-05-22 19:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/707332/bmljrkhe5gdp/wish/262815964 Five weapons the will use include: 707332 https://padlet.com/707332/bmljrkhe5gdp/wish/262816188 - Booby traps
- Grenades and other bombs
- Punji stake pits
- Gases
- Mines
- Machine guns]]> 2018-05-22 19:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/707332/bmljrkhe5gdp/wish/262816188 HOW WE WILL WIN THE WAR: 707332 https://padlet.com/707332/bmljrkhe5gdp/wish/262816503 Using our strategies and advancements such as our tunnel systems, and locations. Keep doing what we are doing!]]> 2018-05-22 19:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/707332/bmljrkhe5gdp/wish/262816503 China’s communist leader Mao Zedong states: 707332 https://padlet.com/707332/bmljrkhe5gdp/wish/262816817 “Many people think it impossible for guerrillas to exist for long in the enemy's rear. Such a belief reveals lack of comprehension of the relationship that should exist between the people and the troops. The former may be likened to water the latter to the fish who inhabit it. How may it be said that these two cannot exist together?” ]]> 2018-05-22 19:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/707332/bmljrkhe5gdp/wish/262816817 This is a Punji Stake Pit 707332 https://padlet.com/707332/bmljrkhe5gdp/wish/262821993 The stakes are usually coated in a poison or human feces to increase chances of infection when stepped/fell on.]]> 2018-05-22 19:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/707332/bmljrkhe5gdp/wish/262821993