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Punji pits were a common, cheap and easy to construct booby trap used to create fear in the minds of US and Allied servicemen. Click the thumbnail for more details. |
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| Punji (or pangi) stakes were also used as a defensive weapon, by BOTH sides, around hamlets, villages or any other place where an attacking force had to be slowed up. Try running through this lot. Similar traps were put down and then the field was flooded to resemble a padi field. |
SOVIET SKS Simonov carbine CHICOM Type 56 Carbine Vital details of this weapon are on the line drawing above. Just Click. |
Drawing on experience
gained during World War 2, Soviet weapon designers developed the 7.62 x 39mm cartridge for use in a new
breed of gun, the assault rifle. The first weapon to fire this new cartridge was the SKS self loading Simonov, a
gas operated, 10-shot carbine that resembled a conventional bolt-action rifle in its outward appearance. |
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| The Viet Cong made extensive use of an SKS copy during the early years of the Vietnam war, receiving their supplies of the Chicom Type 56 carbine from communist China. Simple to operate and maintain, the SKS was eventually superseded by the more compact AK47. (see below) | |||
The Soviet designed Kalashnikov AK47 Assault Rifle. Vital details of this weapon are on the line drawing above. Just Click.
AK47 bayonet and sheath. The sheath (scabbard) has a wire cutter facility. |
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Vietnam. 1967-01. A hand made grenade used by the Viet Cong. The handle was made of bamboo and had a friction ignition. A cord ran down the centre of the handle and when this was pulled it would ignite a combustible material which in turn ignited a fuse and detonated the grenade. (Donor: O. M. Carroll) | ||
RPG Vital details of this weapon are on the line drawing above. Just Click. |
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Light Machine Gun Vital details of this weapon are on the line drawing above. Just Click |
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NVA Mortar
Vital details of this weapon are on the line drawing. Just Click on the thumbnail. |
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