Started when US stuck their noses in2Vietnamese wish to be independent from the French. Yanks fighting 2b independent from the Brits would have killed anyone that got in their way.So u can't blame the Vietcong for trying to kill yanks. Vietcong woman have their families killed by yanks so they want kill yanks.
US justification of the slaughter. Domino theory = total BS, just like WMD in Iraq. As long politician's sponsors can make a buck from wars they always find phoney excuses to fight them.
HoChiMinh (child name NguyenSinhCung) was the loyal slave fro Communist. Uncle Ho was more cruel than Hitler in World War 2, because only Ho could order to kill more than 5 thousand Hue citizens during TET 1968. Ho was bastard! Fuck Vietnam Communist party.
Started when US stuck their noses in2Vietnamese wish to be independent from the French. Yanks fighting 2b independent from the Brits would have killed anyone that got in their way.So you can't blame the Vietcong for trying to kill yanks. Vietcong woman have their families killed by yanks so they want kill yanks.
US justification of the slaughter.Domino theory = total BS, just like WMD in Iraq. As long politician's sponsors can make a buck from wars they always find phoney excuses to fight them.
vietnam was a shithole country then and today vietnam is still a shithole country. America was beautiful then and now America is still beautiful today. Thanks to all those wonderful vietnam veterans who sacrificed their lives. Thank you. I'm so glad I live in America. It beats living in vietnam, who wants to live in that god awful country. AMERICA is #1
If the Spiniards that came to the Americas back in the 1400's were caught in these traps, they would've been uninjured due to their metallic body armour.
@Cyanlead Haha - interesting point - though wouldn't they have had thier necks, faces and perhaps certain parts of thier legs (after all armor is heavy - and if you cover your entire body in it - unless you've got extreme stamina you'd struggle in it) would have been vulnerable targets or for the matter - the natives/indigenous people they faced would have also had darts, arrows and spears if it weren't just punji stakes
@Cyanlead Plus - did you know the punji stakes - it wasn't just limited to the torso, legs or various anatomy of the body to be penetrated - in Vietnam the NLF guerillas would even employ spiked mudballs that functioned just like from 3:22 onwards but they were designed to strike the face like 2 flying spiked mudballs that could easily puncture the face, and trip-wire or tools that could cause you to trip and fall on your face even if you wore armor. They would even sometimes place tripwire
@Cyanlead Tripwire mine/bombs/spikes in river crossings - ingenious and cost-effective the NFL guerrillas were in employing this warfare. Other than that you have a point if the Spanish during thier conquest of the Americas in the 1400's were caught in the trap - while thier armor would protect them - remember it don't meant they would be infallible given its not like the Spanish naturally know the entire jungle/forrest in the first place haha! And armor/helmet can be heavy for the matter!
thanks to the men and women who served in vietnam. as far as im concerned you guys are the baddest on the planet. as usual, we had a bunch of liberal thinking people around with their "world view" of war and politicians tying your hands and stabbing you in the back. kinda reminds me of todays political climate. some things never change. i liked JFK; he helped bring the SEALS to the forefront; his democratic party would have kicked him out today.
@Grakka443 The Vietcong simply prioritized victory more than did NATO. To the United States and its allies, "victory" was not worth more than the lives of 60,000 soldiers. The Vietcong, however, was willing to sacrifice a million more lives to "win". Ironically, Communist Vietnam has only fought other communist countries (PRC, Cambodia) since 1975 so in retrospect, it has definitely worked out in America's favor in the long run that we withdrew when we did.
@ChowMein09 60,000 Americans soldiers died, *for nothing*, and an entire nation, South Vietnam fell, with hundreds of thousands of them being executed. That certainly wasn't good.
@JohnQuincyAdams1 Those 60,000 lives exemplified just how futile our intervention was, and the so-called "thousands of executions" are nothing compared to the war's casualties. Since South Vietnam was overwhelmed in weeks without our support, it's illogical to believe that if we had just sacrificed 60,000 more lives, we would have won the war. Even if we had won, so what? FYI, I hope you realize that the only reason the SV gov. "asked" us for help is because the CIA controlled the puppet gov.
@jpgrygus Yeah... That's nice... But they lost the war. Come to think of it, they never win any wars. AND if they do, then they're told to stop, like in Gulf War 1. Hows that for moral?
@Bugstomper2 How did they lose the war? You obviously dont know about this war. In 1973 the US bombed the north to the negotiation table. A treaty was signed in Paris amonsgt the US, South, North, and what we know as the Vietcong. The US had to leave. The north was allowed to keep troops on the south. North were not allowed to conduct military action against the south. America got what it fought for - a democratic south. how did they lose?
@jpgrygus You never saw the footage in 1974, of NVA troops moving into occupy South Vietnam? Americans pulling out? The Huey helicopter above the roof building overloaded with people wanting to leave south vietnam? People trying to climb into this helicopter, that couldn't hold anymore people?
@Bugstomper2 US combat troops left in 1973 mate. Combat operations were over for them! All the events you mention where after 1973.NVA didnt have to 'move into SV' cause they were already there when the peace treaty was signed. People leaving on Hueys were civilians...it was evacuation. No US combat troops were deployed to fight the on-coming commies. You really should read more into vietnam. See previous response from me..read carefully.
@maxarambo actually,landmines weren't designed to kill, they were designed to main. A dead soldier will upset your enemies moral.But a soldier with a leg blown off, screaming in pain will do far more damage psychologically,And will also mean that you've not only taken the wounded soldier out of action,but the others ones who have to care for that person. a dead person doesn't hurt moral as much as one screaming in pain,with a leg missing does.This is all factual,I didn't make this up.
@Ph1l2007 It's war and people on one side hate those on the other. They kill by any mean and if the killing does make the enemy fear, that's the good way to get to victories.
I mean, when at war, I want myself to have big gun, big helicopter, super big bombs and will happily do what we do at wars. But if I was so poor I cannot have those weapon, I would learn to use anything to achieve victory.
@nguyenvpicipmu Do the people hate those on the other side? How can they when they haven't met each other? I think war is just that people follow their leaders, and the leaders can send the people of the country to die and do things they would never do themselves.
This makes me loose all sympathy for the Vietnamese. With uncivilized, inhumane traps like this, it's almost understandable why the US troops would want to slaughter civilians and burn villages like they did.
@Ph1l2007 I'm American,and hate to read about our soldiers being killed.However the Vietnamese didn't invade the US, Those American soldiers were sent to fight an unjust 'police action' against Vietnam.They used traps like this because they didn't have the weaponry America had.As for 'inhumane'..dropping napalm on villagers isn't? Both sides committed atrocities.I support my countries soldiers 100%.But it doesn't mean I think they were fighting a just war.
@dianalee84 And the nazis didnt invade America? Wars can be complex but they happen. Back in the 50s and 60s communism was a very big threat. Its good and well to say now, 50 years later, that it was a mistake but back then it wasnt. Consider this, if an infection was spreading down your leg and you couldnt heal it outright then you would try to stop the spread. Thats what Vietnam was. BTW if Americans sided with nazis during WW2 and defeated the russians would Vietnam have happened?
@dianalee84 - South Vietnam was an ally of the U.S. and communist North Vietnam was invading South Vietnam, who asked their U.S. ally for help in remaining an independent country. How is it not just for the U.S. to come to the aid of their allies/friends?
@RidingBesideMe I'm sorry to disappoint your view but if we were like the North Korea, who actually fought for their regime, then you obviously see the result. If Communism is as bad as you say then there should be few who fight for it, right? Then how did the US lost. The answer is quite simple, isn't it?
@dianalee84 Wow, You're an idiot and so are 43 others..You obviously have no clue of the strategic importance in Vietnam after the fall of WW2, in terms of national security..we (The OSS) initially trained and equipped Ho Chi Minh to fight off the Chinese because of the "Red Scare"..Ho Chi basically said "F-You" to the U.S after France was defeated at Bien Dien Phu,. and we began the Vietnam War in 1955. (officially..) From there it was basically a proxy war between the US, Russia and China..
@mumblerflunker This stuff is not a black and white thing. A great many people are extremely naive about the Vietnam war, and about modern wars-- it's instructive to look at North Korea and the situation there to see what we were really fighting.
On the other hand, painting US foreign policy as lily white is extremely naive in its own way. We were typically motivated by decent impulses, and we did the best we could, but it wasn't all cowboys in white hats.
@dianalee84 No one died in vain. I wish I could go more into detail, but read some books by Bernard B. Fall, and look u the info up for yourself..stop spouting that 60's hippie sh!t because it "sounds cool". Vietnam was a very important war in terms of geopolitical power in it's day, more than most people give credit for.
@LionTipu We lost the first Gulf war? Iraq is still in Kuwait? Do you like seeing Dead Pakistanis from all the suicide attacks in Pakistan since 2007?
What a lot of people don't know is that sharp stick booby traps were also used in Japan. Not as much or probably not as heard of and they weren't always made of bamboo. Asians were known for using booby traps like these, not Vietnamese
@8DarkShadows try it you fat sacks of shit and see where it gets you!!!
I hope to god one day you get to experience what you did to so many countries. I dream of the day where enemy troops march down to Washington while shooting any american on sight.
@KoolJayJ, We did far less than the commies & nazis & Imperial Japanese etc.did. Korea, Vietnam, Angola & many other nations during during the entire Cold War Era were civil wars with the UN majority opposing communism & thereby taking the noncomunist sides whether noncom. sides were semi or full dictatorships or not. Both sides were brutal & indiscrimate at times.
@8DarkShadows Without getting into an argument with anyone here. The cost of a soldiers life is different to a civilian. A soldier is a casualty of war whereas a civilian is not part of the conflict. Also this was during the coldwar era where Russia had backed the vietcong. Causing nuclear warfare could mean WW3...
Hm... I always find it enjoyable to watch videos like these as I have a personal interest in traps and hunting, but the more I watch the more astonished I am that these kinds of things are available to kids all over the world...
Now granted I havent seen a lot of cases where anyone goes rampant with devices like these but I have this scary feeling that it's just a matter of time...
Sex and foul language is worthy of a PG rathing while things like this are available on the history channel.. scary
This was a reality in jungle warfare in Vietnam and caused a lot of nasty casualties. The really sad thing is that this was not expected by the U.S. soldier who was trained traditionally to fight a Conventional war, not a Guerilla war. The idiocy of Generals like Westmoreland was to move like a Juggernaut and just keep bombing and trying to kill as many as you can, so that eventually the enemy would give up. Stupid. That;s what arrogance and power does and underestimates an enemy in this case.
The step ground spikes were the main traps that injured U.S soldiers, all other traps were very rare in uses. Make you wonder why the U.S army didnt make sole steel boots instead of rubber, it might add to a little discomfort wearing them, but it would be better than stepping on a spike with shit on it
My grandpa said when he was in Vietnam, they captured the Vietnamese, lined them up, shot one of them and cut his ear off. In their culture, you can't enter the after life with part of your body missing. So they'd kill them one by one and cut off the parts of their friends to scare them psychologically. Then they'd kill him...
I don't care because the Vietnamese fucking deserved it for the traps they built for us. Little fuckers.
@CombineHgrunt then don't mention it again. I have developed a theory: Everyone who mentions cod without being provoked is a cod gamer in denial. Otherwise you would not feel the need to randomly spit out comments about cod in videos that have nothing related to cod.
@DeathAdder187 Jesus christ, i wouldnt spit em out if I wouldn't spot many of retards having done it on this video
Also i dont get the "cod gamer in denial", why would i say it is a crapload if I would have played black ops, i tried it after launch because my idiot brother insisted in buying it.
@CombineHgrunt I didn't, so I didn't see theirs. But I saw yours. You don't like those kind of comments, but you complain so everyone can read how much you despise the people you mention that game.
If it's others reading your cod comments, it's fine, but if you read them, good God the world will end! I could start on double standards or "don't do others what you etc etc" but I won't.
Doesn't anyone understand? It was a trade! A horrible trade indeed, but now we know about these tricks. I.E.D.s in Afghanistan are household/ conventional items so its easier for an un-expirienced soldier to be a casualty. But we at least learned some new tricks.
one of the advantages of home advantage. they knew the area and they knew exactly what they were doing. the americans were just 18 17 even sometimes 16 year old kids who were just scared out of their minds and then completely F'd over. this entire war was really pretty much a failure. pretty sad.
Yes. I am right. First it is an analogy. Second, back in Vietnam (I am not sure if you are familiar with that), VC would use grenade as part of "booby traps". Very much like IED..the purpose is to hinder troops movement. And back in Vietnam, they use explosives on both sides. Claymore is part of the booby traps too.
@dip0811 Aren't you too stupid to realize this video is about "punji traps" not "explosive", fuckhead. Do you ever wonder why you have went to army instead of staying in school to have some knowledge?
Oh you just closed your poor account like a pussy, what do you afraid of?
@dip0811 Don't fucking lie me chink about that you are a vet. You were born 1981 in Hong Kong, China, bitch. Your full name is David Ip. Love photography eh, got some good pics on Flickr! A Wow fan right? What else?
@Nordex11 because they the one who created those trap..and they know they where their trap set.......first they let their men know where the trap is ...or putting a mark on it..so then their soldier won't step on it..
we have this same problem in the middle east. it basically the same guerilla warfare. cant pick the enemy out...they know their territory like the back of their hand
i wouldve laughed when at 3:20 or somethin when he puts his hand on top of it and he accidently leans and gets the spikes through his hand and starts swearing randomly.
What was a real pain were the swinging spike tree trunks, tiger holes and bouncy betty landmines, I think the NVA were what inspired Ewoks.
Now Americans did have a better kill-to-death ratio but only because of good supply lines, artillery and aircraft, In terms of raw infantry you are talking drafted city boys (a few veterans of WW2 and Korea) vs farmers and peasants who grew up in a jungle after a war w France.
The communist forces body count from the napalm bombings and mounted fire from helicopters was in the millions, American losses were around 200,000 (can't speak for south Vietnamese) the north had an infantry advantage but their air force was laughable.
I imagine deaths for the southern forces escalated after our military was ordered to leave.
Sources: google, wickipedia, and veterans organizations.
@dukenukemthreed Yeah "laughable" that they didn't have America's big bad brave scorched earth policy. You should also count the sucides of american Vietnam veterans if you really want to get some kind of perspective of a body count. Ever consider that a lot of the body count of the so called communists were a lot of peasant farmers who only wanted to grow rice and vegetables but were coerced to choose one way or another to protect their families the best way they saw fit?
@dukenukemthreed At least you're honest admitting you think morality is irrelevant and you think of only short term damage, or for that matter short term consequences of actions rather than the end result. God help your soul.
@pijef "Well, even though we napalmed and under water mines. We were better." Can't compare to simple IEDs in Afghan and Iraq that wound or kill hundreds of American/NAT soldiers every year, right?
@hck112 Yes. I am right. First it is an analogy. Second, back in Vietnam (I am not sure if you are familiar with that), VC would use grenade as part of "booby traps". Very much like IED..the purpose is to hinder troops movement. And back in Vietnam, they use explosives on both sides. Claymore is part of the booby traps too.
@hck112 Third..after all these transformations in ancient warfare and modern warfare..different terms have been used to described booby traps, IED..these are terms that are created for the times that are used
@dip0811 lol 2 of your comments just being removed: for stupid spamming!
Go to Google and find "true info" instead of kindergarten stuff that you trying to debate me eh!
I don't want to argue with dumb people, especially those who never get their fucking fat ass to research before debating shits. Oh you are Canadian too? Surprise me that Canadians usually have more knowledge than Americans, but why you are different from the rest of us?
@hck112 I am just merely making comments about the facts. I am a Vietnam vet..and your argument is fine for raising the fact to encourage people to search for truths..but a thumbs down on your racial comment..thumbs down..you strike yourself a minus on your knowledge and your perception of the world..whatever piss you off about American or Canadian..you need to check your doctor..Sorry for you.
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Started when US stuck their noses in2Vietnamese wish to be independent from the French. Yanks fighting 2b independent from the Brits would have killed anyone that got in their way.So u can't blame the Vietcong for trying to kill yanks. Vietcong woman have their families killed by yanks so they want kill yanks.
US justification of the slaughter. Domino theory = total BS, just like WMD in Iraq. As long politician's sponsors can make a buck from wars they always find phoney excuses to fight them.
pobinr 5 days ago
Why does the guy keep using t-shirts to show the extraordinary power produced by punji traps? Were our troops that fragile xD
mirjamdeboterham 1 week ago
You see America, guns don't defend you, punji traps are the future.... xD
mirjamdeboterham 1 week ago
Sick fucks... Guess its not much worse than dropping napalm though
wahhagoogoo 1 week ago
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HoChiMinh (child name NguyenSinhCung) was the loyal slave fro Communist. Uncle Ho was more cruel than Hitler in World War 2, because only Ho could order to kill more than 5 thousand Hue citizens during TET 1968. Ho was bastard! Fuck Vietnam Communist party.
thoyedao 2 weeks ago
SHIT ON A STICK!
jehovahuponyou 2 weeks ago
How about today's U.S solider's armor would these still be effective?
MikeyCreation 2 weeks ago
I can feel it penetrating my feet and legs just looking at these traps. ouch...
cheesecakeNL 2 weeks ago
Stupid commies
jamesdc95 2 weeks ago
Test
jamesdc95 2 weeks ago
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Started when US stuck their noses in2Vietnamese wish to be independent from the French. Yanks fighting 2b independent from the Brits would have killed anyone that got in their way.So you can't blame the Vietcong for trying to kill yanks. Vietcong woman have their families killed by yanks so they want kill yanks.
US justification of the slaughter.Domino theory = total BS, just like WMD in Iraq. As long politician's sponsors can make a buck from wars they always find phoney excuses to fight them.
pobinr 3 weeks ago
vietnam was a shithole country then and today vietnam is still a shithole country. America was beautiful then and now America is still beautiful today. Thanks to all those wonderful vietnam veterans who sacrificed their lives. Thank you. I'm so glad I live in America. It beats living in vietnam, who wants to live in that god awful country. AMERICA is #1
thezumgang 3 weeks ago
@thezumgang o.O Man, our education system is in tatters with idiots like this running around...
L4cer8 1 week ago
those crazy congs they're such comedians.
62rome 3 weeks ago
My feet hurt just watching this.
beeferetown 1 month ago
If the Spiniards that came to the Americas back in the 1400's were caught in these traps, they would've been uninjured due to their metallic body armour.
Cyanlead 1 month ago
@Cyanlead Haha - interesting point - though wouldn't they have had thier necks, faces and perhaps certain parts of thier legs (after all armor is heavy - and if you cover your entire body in it - unless you've got extreme stamina you'd struggle in it) would have been vulnerable targets or for the matter - the natives/indigenous people they faced would have also had darts, arrows and spears if it weren't just punji stakes
HeirofGojira91 3 weeks ago
@Cyanlead Plus - did you know the punji stakes - it wasn't just limited to the torso, legs or various anatomy of the body to be penetrated - in Vietnam the NLF guerillas would even employ spiked mudballs that functioned just like from 3:22 onwards but they were designed to strike the face like 2 flying spiked mudballs that could easily puncture the face, and trip-wire or tools that could cause you to trip and fall on your face even if you wore armor. They would even sometimes place tripwire
HeirofGojira91 3 weeks ago
@Cyanlead Tripwire mine/bombs/spikes in river crossings - ingenious and cost-effective the NFL guerrillas were in employing this warfare. Other than that you have a point if the Spanish during thier conquest of the Americas in the 1400's were caught in the trap - while thier armor would protect them - remember it don't meant they would be infallible given its not like the Spanish naturally know the entire jungle/forrest in the first place haha! And armor/helmet can be heavy for the matter!
HeirofGojira91 3 weeks ago
nva raped shit back then 2 wars back to back and came out with the wins aha
tupacnoutlawz4life 1 month ago
@tupacnoutlawz4life Quiet, shit-skin.
P.S...Tupac was a closet gay. Just figured you needed to know.
dalmax661 1 month ago
@dalmax661 see there was no need of that thats why americans are not like by anyone out side of america
tupacnoutlawz4life 1 month ago
thanks to the men and women who served in vietnam. as far as im concerned you guys are the baddest on the planet. as usual, we had a bunch of liberal thinking people around with their "world view" of war and politicians tying your hands and stabbing you in the back. kinda reminds me of todays political climate. some things never change. i liked JFK; he helped bring the SEALS to the forefront; his democratic party would have kicked him out today.
43wolverine 1 month ago
ancient warfare
SpicyHam 1 month ago
@Grakka443 - The U.S. military never lost a battle in Vietnam. That war was ended politically.
JohnQuincyAdams1 1 month ago
@JohnQuincyAdams1 yeah, ended politically, but lost is lost.
luatfingerstyle 1 month ago
@Grakka443 The Vietcong simply prioritized victory more than did NATO. To the United States and its allies, "victory" was not worth more than the lives of 60,000 soldiers. The Vietcong, however, was willing to sacrifice a million more lives to "win". Ironically, Communist Vietnam has only fought other communist countries (PRC, Cambodia) since 1975 so in retrospect, it has definitely worked out in America's favor in the long run that we withdrew when we did.
ChowMein09 1 month ago
@ChowMein09 60,000 Americans soldiers died, *for nothing*, and an entire nation, South Vietnam fell, with hundreds of thousands of them being executed. That certainly wasn't good.
JohnQuincyAdams1 1 month ago
@JohnQuincyAdams1 Those 60,000 lives exemplified just how futile our intervention was, and the so-called "thousands of executions" are nothing compared to the war's casualties. Since South Vietnam was overwhelmed in weeks without our support, it's illogical to believe that if we had just sacrificed 60,000 more lives, we would have won the war. Even if we had won, so what? FYI, I hope you realize that the only reason the SV gov. "asked" us for help is because the CIA controlled the puppet gov.
ChowMein09 1 month ago
smart
zimThuet 1 month ago
Does anyone know of a vet who stepped on one of theses? Im curious to find someone who has?!?!?
jpgrygus 2 months ago
Apparently the Americans made their own booby traps as well. Take that charlie!
jpgrygus 2 months ago
@jpgrygus Yeah... That's nice... But they lost the war. Come to think of it, they never win any wars. AND if they do, then they're told to stop, like in Gulf War 1. Hows that for moral?
Bugstomper2 2 months ago
@Bugstomper2 How did they lose the war? You obviously dont know about this war. In 1973 the US bombed the north to the negotiation table. A treaty was signed in Paris amonsgt the US, South, North, and what we know as the Vietcong. The US had to leave. The north was allowed to keep troops on the south. North were not allowed to conduct military action against the south. America got what it fought for - a democratic south. how did they lose?
jpgrygus 2 months ago
@jpgrygus You never saw the footage in 1974, of NVA troops moving into occupy South Vietnam? Americans pulling out? The Huey helicopter above the roof building overloaded with people wanting to leave south vietnam? People trying to climb into this helicopter, that couldn't hold anymore people?
Bugstomper2 2 months ago
@Bugstomper2 US combat troops left in 1973 mate. Combat operations were over for them! All the events you mention where after 1973.NVA didnt have to 'move into SV' cause they were already there when the peace treaty was signed. People leaving on Hueys were civilians...it was evacuation. No US combat troops were deployed to fight the on-coming commies. You really should read more into vietnam. See previous response from me..read carefully.
jpgrygus 2 months ago
@jpgrygus Interesting... I will read up on it. But the objective was to help South Vietnam to keep the NVA out? Isn't that a fail?
Bugstomper2 2 months ago
@Bugstomper2 Come to think of it I read a very similar response somewhere else....cut and paste are brilliant arent they?
jpgrygus 2 months ago
@TheHumanParaquat Self defence? you must be delusional. the spread of Communist ideology is no self defence.
jpgrygus 2 months ago
@maxarambo actually,landmines weren't designed to kill, they were designed to main. A dead soldier will upset your enemies moral.But a soldier with a leg blown off, screaming in pain will do far more damage psychologically,And will also mean that you've not only taken the wounded soldier out of action,but the others ones who have to care for that person. a dead person doesn't hurt moral as much as one screaming in pain,with a leg missing does.This is all factual,I didn't make this up.
dianalee84 2 months ago
I'm so pround of Vietnamese can make those unique traps!
luatfingerstyle 2 months ago
@luatfingerstyle Yes it was fantastic technology, very highly advanced lol
jpgrygus 2 months ago
@jpgrygus lol yeh
luatfingerstyle 2 months ago
Well at least you didn't step on a land mine.
khoiey 2 months ago
@vinh32y Dip these stick in a month-old urine then the part of the body that got it running through will surely die in a week.
nguyenvpicipmu 2 months ago
@nguyenvpicipmu It certainly does,as does jobbie.
ericdaviking71 2 months ago
@Ph1l2007 It's war and people on one side hate those on the other. They kill by any mean and if the killing does make the enemy fear, that's the good way to get to victories.
I mean, when at war, I want myself to have big gun, big helicopter, super big bombs and will happily do what we do at wars. But if I was so poor I cannot have those weapon, I would learn to use anything to achieve victory.
nguyenvpicipmu 2 months ago 9
@nguyenvpicipmu Do the people hate those on the other side? How can they when they haven't met each other? I think war is just that people follow their leaders, and the leaders can send the people of the country to die and do things they would never do themselves.
ManVsSelf 1 month ago
@nguyenvpicipmu Maybe best not to let ones self get turned into canon fodder for politicians in the 1st place. Now that's the best form of defence.
pobinr 5 days ago
This makes me loose all sympathy for the Vietnamese. With uncivilized, inhumane traps like this, it's almost understandable why the US troops would want to slaughter civilians and burn villages like they did.
Ph1l2007 3 months ago
@Ph1l2007 The Americans where on their lands, so they used what ever worked.
Sporora 2 months ago
@Ph1l2007 I'm American,and hate to read about our soldiers being killed.However the Vietnamese didn't invade the US, Those American soldiers were sent to fight an unjust 'police action' against Vietnam.They used traps like this because they didn't have the weaponry America had.As for 'inhumane'..dropping napalm on villagers isn't? Both sides committed atrocities.I support my countries soldiers 100%.But it doesn't mean I think they were fighting a just war.
dianalee84 2 months ago 44
@dianalee84 I'm A Vietnamese and I agreed man!
luatfingerstyle 2 months ago
@dianalee84 And the nazis didnt invade America? Wars can be complex but they happen. Back in the 50s and 60s communism was a very big threat. Its good and well to say now, 50 years later, that it was a mistake but back then it wasnt. Consider this, if an infection was spreading down your leg and you couldnt heal it outright then you would try to stop the spread. Thats what Vietnam was. BTW if Americans sided with nazis during WW2 and defeated the russians would Vietnam have happened?
jpgrygus 2 months ago
@dianalee84 - South Vietnam was an ally of the U.S. and communist North Vietnam was invading South Vietnam, who asked their U.S. ally for help in remaining an independent country. How is it not just for the U.S. to come to the aid of their allies/friends?
JohnQuincyAdams1 1 month ago
@dianalee84
Yup. Many of 'em were drafted. The communists were defending themselves- and oddly enough, so were the American soldiers.
Keyword, themselves. Not their nation, but themselves. Either side was getting shot at just the same. =/
RidingBesideMe 1 month ago
@RidingBesideMe I'm sorry to disappoint your view but if we were like the North Korea, who actually fought for their regime, then you obviously see the result. If Communism is as bad as you say then there should be few who fight for it, right? Then how did the US lost. The answer is quite simple, isn't it?
MrDosonhai 1 month ago
@dianalee84 Wow, You're an idiot and so are 43 others..You obviously have no clue of the strategic importance in Vietnam after the fall of WW2, in terms of national security..we (The OSS) initially trained and equipped Ho Chi Minh to fight off the Chinese because of the "Red Scare"..Ho Chi basically said "F-You" to the U.S after France was defeated at Bien Dien Phu,. and we began the Vietnam War in 1955. (officially..) From there it was basically a proxy war between the US, Russia and China..
mumblerflunker 3 days ago
@mumblerflunker This stuff is not a black and white thing. A great many people are extremely naive about the Vietnam war, and about modern wars-- it's instructive to look at North Korea and the situation there to see what we were really fighting.
On the other hand, painting US foreign policy as lily white is extremely naive in its own way. We were typically motivated by decent impulses, and we did the best we could, but it wasn't all cowboys in white hats.
Realitydenizen 15 hours ago
@dianalee84 No one died in vain. I wish I could go more into detail, but read some books by Bernard B. Fall, and look u the info up for yourself..stop spouting that 60's hippie sh!t because it "sounds cool". Vietnam was a very important war in terms of geopolitical power in it's day, more than most people give credit for.
mumblerflunker 3 days ago
Always good to see dead americunt bitches.
LionTipu 3 months ago
@LionTipu what country are you from
CoDEliteMW3EMPIRE 2 months ago
@CoDEliteMW3EMPIRE Pakistan.
LionTipu 2 months ago
@LionTipu We lost the first Gulf war? Iraq is still in Kuwait? Do you like seeing Dead Pakistanis from all the suicide attacks in Pakistan since 2007?
dianalee84 2 months ago
I hope we will create another traps for chinese, they are so fucked up and are trying to robbing from Vietnam.
luatfingerstyle 3 months ago
The guy below me is a dumbass! nuff said
nosupa 3 months ago
Now just start playing "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater in the credits and you got yourself a show!
DrOctogonapus131 3 months ago
What a lot of people don't know is that sharp stick booby traps were also used in Japan. Not as much or probably not as heard of and they weren't always made of bamboo. Asians were known for using booby traps like these, not Vietnamese
FaiIcard 3 months ago
US should know that dictator government should be punished by atomic bomb like Japan.
8DarkShadows 3 months ago
@8DarkShadows like the us goverment?
comradefinn 3 months ago
@8DarkShadows try it you fat sacks of shit and see where it gets you!!!
I hope to god one day you get to experience what you did to so many countries. I dream of the day where enemy troops march down to Washington while shooting any american on sight.
KoolJayJ 3 months ago
@KoolJayJ, We did far less than the commies & nazis & Imperial Japanese etc.did. Korea, Vietnam, Angola & many other nations during during the entire Cold War Era were civil wars with the UN majority opposing communism & thereby taking the noncomunist sides whether noncom. sides were semi or full dictatorships or not. Both sides were brutal & indiscrimate at times.
christof139 3 months ago
why didn't US army don't use atomic bomb to destroy North Vietnam instead of losing so many US soldier lives.
8DarkShadows 3 months ago
@8DarkShadows Without getting into an argument with anyone here. The cost of a soldiers life is different to a civilian. A soldier is a casualty of war whereas a civilian is not part of the conflict. Also this was during the coldwar era where Russia had backed the vietcong. Causing nuclear warfare could mean WW3...
BoysAtWork 3 months ago
5:23 "a really bad day"
no shit
wes5020 3 months ago
better remove those traps away it very dangerous people might step on .
samquan123 3 months ago
he ruined a perfectly good shirt
Matt3000TX 4 months ago
wow, it was like the IED'S of their time! Amazing ....I love America.
FPSInternationalLeon 4 months ago
im getting gang stalked i need help to get these dudes off my back can anyone help
huless 4 months ago
effective against shit invaders
LadyboyAgogo 4 months ago
MY GOD........
Addiskrilla 4 months ago
Very nice video.
MasterZee1000 5 months ago
you don't need a gun to kill people. so that ol saying is out the window.
frezdead1 5 months ago
simple ideas make the best weapons.
rod3067 5 months ago
simply brilliant
balisong209 5 months ago
at 1:40 i would laugh if an army dude fell in cuz he didnt know
Powershowerable12324 5 months ago
the vc r pyscos!!!
cheetah2k10 5 months ago
@cheetah2k10 they were fighting for what they belived was right
itrytoteachyou 5 months ago
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My granpa said these traps were giant and that he even saw a Vietnamese (i suppose) dead in one
667Atlas 5 months ago
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667Atlas 5 months ago
Hm... I always find it enjoyable to watch videos like these as I have a personal interest in traps and hunting, but the more I watch the more astonished I am that these kinds of things are available to kids all over the world...
Now granted I havent seen a lot of cases where anyone goes rampant with devices like these but I have this scary feeling that it's just a matter of time...
Sex and foul language is worthy of a PG rathing while things like this are available on the history channel.. scary
88Kamikaze69 5 months ago
This was a reality in jungle warfare in Vietnam and caused a lot of nasty casualties. The really sad thing is that this was not expected by the U.S. soldier who was trained traditionally to fight a Conventional war, not a Guerilla war. The idiocy of Generals like Westmoreland was to move like a Juggernaut and just keep bombing and trying to kill as many as you can, so that eventually the enemy would give up. Stupid. That;s what arrogance and power does and underestimates an enemy in this case.
pbrucpaul 6 months ago
The step ground spikes were the main traps that injured U.S soldiers, all other traps were very rare in uses. Make you wonder why the U.S army didnt make sole steel boots instead of rubber, it might add to a little discomfort wearing them, but it would be better than stepping on a spike with shit on it
reddog2007max 6 months ago
its cheap, effective and fuked them american physically and mentally
vietcongak4747 6 months ago 17
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cmjmkcapbpjhdsatjx 3 months ago
@vietcongak4747 so will still kick your ass
cmjmkcapbpjhdsatjx 3 months ago
@vietcongak4747 are you from vietnam
CoDEliteMW3EMPIRE 2 months ago
My grandpa said when he was in Vietnam, they captured the Vietnamese, lined them up, shot one of them and cut his ear off. In their culture, you can't enter the after life with part of your body missing. So they'd kill them one by one and cut off the parts of their friends to scare them psychologically. Then they'd kill him...
I don't care because the Vietnamese fucking deserved it for the traps they built for us. Little fuckers.
yesiamawizardjonny 6 months ago
that shirt had a bad day alright
Searcheur 6 months ago
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Hikarilover123 7 months ago
Stepping in shit is bad but stepping in spiked shit just ruins your day.
FatJoe214 7 months ago
No thumbs up for black ops kiddies, i came here for sheer interest in historical warfare.
CombineHgrunt 7 months ago
@CombineHgrunt they don't mention the game, for fuck's sake.
DeathAdder187 7 months ago
@DeathAdder187 ikr??
That's exactly the reason i hate kids storming in a video about warfare, and instantly linking it to a game that sucks ass anyway
CombineHgrunt 7 months ago
@CombineHgrunt then don't mention it again. I have developed a theory: Everyone who mentions cod without being provoked is a cod gamer in denial. Otherwise you would not feel the need to randomly spit out comments about cod in videos that have nothing related to cod.
DeathAdder187 7 months ago
@DeathAdder187 Jesus christ, i wouldnt spit em out if I wouldn't spot many of retards having done it on this video
Also i dont get the "cod gamer in denial", why would i say it is a crapload if I would have played black ops, i tried it after launch because my idiot brother insisted in buying it.
Scroll through a few comments, and you'll see
CombineHgrunt 7 months ago
@CombineHgrunt I didn't, so I didn't see theirs. But I saw yours. You don't like those kind of comments, but you complain so everyone can read how much you despise the people you mention that game.
If it's others reading your cod comments, it's fine, but if you read them, good God the world will end! I could start on double standards or "don't do others what you etc etc" but I won't.
DeathAdder187 7 months ago
Doesn't anyone understand? It was a trade! A horrible trade indeed, but now we know about these tricks. I.E.D.s in Afghanistan are household/ conventional items so its easier for an un-expirienced soldier to be a casualty. But we at least learned some new tricks.
theasdw234 7 months ago
Lst time I checked, there ARE still some unfound punji sticks in vietnam.
iZallen 7 months ago
No wonder the US Army went crazy and many fed up in the Viet War
RusiaCanal 7 months ago
imaga the trap on 4:00 hits ur Pen!s
Rubenwbrk 7 months ago
Moral of the story? Don't fuck around in a jungle.
maine1600 7 months ago
Honly f****G sh*t thats so easy to make!
i never saw somthing as this...
little fuckers...
Rubenwbrk 8 months ago
one of the advantages of home advantage. they knew the area and they knew exactly what they were doing. the americans were just 18 17 even sometimes 16 year old kids who were just scared out of their minds and then completely F'd over. this entire war was really pretty much a failure. pretty sad.
calebwright111 8 months ago
@Shovelware, lol me too!!!
UrMomIzH0TLolNOT 8 months ago
Call of Duty Black Ops Annihalation Zombie Map "Shangri La" brought me here. Thumbs up!
Shovelware 8 months ago
@Shovelware No.
Mmmmkay126 6 months ago
This is scary for sure, make me wounder if i ever walk into the forest again.
madman2u 8 months ago
WTF is "punji" ?, I am a Vietnamese, and I haven't hear of it. Even the name "punji" is meaningless in Vietnamese.
JoshuaMai1 9 months ago
@JoshuaMai1 idk i think its a type of wood i'm vietnamise too and idk what it means
theclate 8 months ago
@JoshuaMai1 Don't ask us.. ask your Vietnamese war buddies
crazybananas12345678 8 months ago
That is FUCKED!
Super scary.
youknownoyuno 9 months ago
Yes. I am right. First it is an analogy. Second, back in Vietnam (I am not sure if you are familiar with that), VC would use grenade as part of "booby traps". Very much like IED..the purpose is to hinder troops movement. And back in Vietnam, they use explosives on both sides. Claymore is part of the booby traps too.
dip0811 10 months ago
@dip0811 Aren't you too stupid to realize this video is about "punji traps" not "explosive", fuckhead. Do you ever wonder why you have went to army instead of staying in school to have some knowledge?
Oh you just closed your poor account like a pussy, what do you afraid of?
hck112 10 months ago
@dip0811 Don't fucking lie me chink about that you are a vet. You were born 1981 in Hong Kong, China, bitch. Your full name is David Ip. Love photography eh, got some good pics on Flickr! A Wow fan right? What else?
hck112 10 months ago
@hck112 you don't want the red army coming down on top of you..
malaymercernary 10 months ago
how did the vietcong not step in their own traps?
Nordex11 10 months ago
@Nordex11 because they the one who created those trap..and they know they where their trap set.......first they let their men know where the trap is ...or putting a mark on it..so then their soldier won't step on it..
vietgirl2012 4 months ago
That guy hates brown T-shirts
toontown13579 10 months ago
Colin Powell got Punji'ed
762full 11 months ago
we have this same problem in the middle east. it basically the same guerilla warfare. cant pick the enemy out...they know their territory like the back of their hand
amill146 11 months ago
@amill146
Still, the ground is too sandy for traps like these in Afghanistan, so that's one reason to be cheerful.
ProfessionalWhiteGuy 10 months ago
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy The sandy and narrow lanes mean heaven for IED, which is a much flashier and fancier way to kill than sharpen chopsticks.
mercedescl 10 months ago
smart vietnam .
facebookBYM 1 year ago
gravity
always available! :D
jokerscommander 1 year ago
i wouldve laughed when at 3:20 or somethin when he puts his hand on top of it and he accidently leans and gets the spikes through his hand and starts swearing randomly.
TeamRedz 1 year ago
What do the guys in Genf think about this?
Saki2407 1 year ago
A really bad day.
ChrisL1100 1 year ago
Shit I feel genuinely bad for whoever stepped in that.
WATCRAKIN 1 year ago
Nice!!
krabat797 1 year ago
NICE WORK :)
So simpl so effective... American will never invent something like that !
84Tyr 1 year ago 4
@84Tyr
Well, even though we napalmed and under water mines. We were better. And this barelly effects us.
pijef 1 year ago
@pijef
What was a real pain were the swinging spike tree trunks, tiger holes and bouncy betty landmines, I think the NVA were what inspired Ewoks.
Now Americans did have a better kill-to-death ratio but only because of good supply lines, artillery and aircraft, In terms of raw infantry you are talking drafted city boys (a few veterans of WW2 and Korea) vs farmers and peasants who grew up in a jungle after a war w France.
dukenukemthreed 1 year ago
@dukenukemthreed When the body count is tallied with the South Vietnamese people who chose to work for America, the North Vietnamese loss far less.
madmanmantra 1 year ago
@madmanmantra
The communist forces body count from the napalm bombings and mounted fire from helicopters was in the millions, American losses were around 200,000 (can't speak for south Vietnamese) the north had an infantry advantage but their air force was laughable.
I imagine deaths for the southern forces escalated after our military was ordered to leave.
Sources: google, wickipedia, and veterans organizations.
dukenukemthreed 1 year ago
@dukenukemthreed Yeah "laughable" that they didn't have America's big bad brave scorched earth policy. You should also count the sucides of american Vietnam veterans if you really want to get some kind of perspective of a body count. Ever consider that a lot of the body count of the so called communists were a lot of peasant farmers who only wanted to grow rice and vegetables but were coerced to choose one way or another to protect their families the best way they saw fit?
madmanmantra 1 year ago
@madmanmantra
The Vietnam war is dead and buried, its pointless to take sides.
However you mustn't distort facts, Morality is irrelevant, an army with napalm bombs does more damage than one without.
The north killed many innocents in the name of "political re-education" anyway, everyone's hands got dirty.
And bringing suicides into a combat discussion is just bitter and desperate.
dukenukemthreed 1 year ago
@dukenukemthreed At least you're honest admitting you think morality is irrelevant and you think of only short term damage, or for that matter short term consequences of actions rather than the end result. God help your soul.
madmanmantra 1 year ago
@madmanmantra
I thought communist's did not believe in god!
Ahahahahahaha, oh wait you're serious.
dukenukemthreed 1 year ago
@pijef "Well, even though we napalmed and under water mines. We were better." Can't compare to simple IEDs in Afghan and Iraq that wound or kill hundreds of American/NAT soldiers every year, right?
hck112 10 months ago
... Can't help but wonder how the U.S army is prepared for these types on enemy traps nowadays.
Afrocanuk 1 year ago
@Afrocanuk Steel soled shoes.
Problem solved.
Serostern 1 year ago
@Serostern You really need puncture-proof boots that protect the legs to above and including the knee.
Afrocanuk 1 year ago
@Afrocanuk That's why there is duct tape. ^^
Serostern 1 year ago
@Serostern they didnt have those
abarai2007 1 year ago
@abarai2007 ...The question I replied to was "wonder how the U.S army is prepared for these types on enemy traps nowadays. "
And we sure as hell have Steel soled boots nowdays. I use a pair every day.
Serostern 1 year ago
@Serostern Oh sorry my mistake,I thought you ment back then
abarai2007 1 year ago
usally the crap and nasty they pu on the end of the punji is the reasond you died from septis
brucekirk89 1 year ago
A Really Bad Day
PhatdudeAlfa 1 year ago
nowadays..they called it IED in Afghanistan and Iraq...no differences..
dip0811 1 year ago
@dip0811 those are sticks I.E.D's are explosives
abarai2007 1 year ago
@dip0811 no you are wrong. IED stands for Improvised "explosive" device. These traps are not "explosive". Therefore they are totally different.
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dip0811 10 months ago
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@hck112 Yes. I am right. First it is an analogy. Second, back in Vietnam (I am not sure if you are familiar with that), VC would use grenade as part of "booby traps". Very much like IED..the purpose is to hinder troops movement. And back in Vietnam, they use explosives on both sides. Claymore is part of the booby traps too.
dip0811 10 months ago
@hck112 Third..after all these transformations in ancient warfare and modern warfare..different terms have been used to described booby traps, IED..these are terms that are created for the times that are used
dip0811 10 months ago
@dip0811 lol 2 of your comments just being removed: for stupid spamming!
Go to Google and find "true info" instead of kindergarten stuff that you trying to debate me eh!
I don't want to argue with dumb people, especially those who never get their fucking fat ass to research before debating shits. Oh you are Canadian too? Surprise me that Canadians usually have more knowledge than Americans, but why you are different from the rest of us?
hck112 10 months ago 7
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@hck112 I am just merely making comments about the facts. I am a Vietnam vet..and your argument is fine for raising the fact to encourage people to search for truths..but a thumbs down on your racial comment..thumbs down..you strike yourself a minus on your knowledge and your perception of the world..whatever piss you off about American or Canadian..you need to check your doctor..Sorry for you.
dip0811 10 months ago
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@hck112 what makes different from "you" and the rest of the world..you are a racist.
dip0811 10 months ago
@hck112 thats a joke fucking stupid canadians
DJsharp707 6 months ago