The document discusses guerilla warfare tactics used by Vietnamese forces against the United States during the Vietnam War. It explains that the Vietcong relied on guerilla warfare techniques, using weapons sourced from China and homemade traps. It also describes the extensive underground tunnel systems the Vietnamese soldiers constructed throughout remote areas for hiding, storage, and transportation during battles.

1. What is Guerilla Warfare? By: Najah Bhatty

2. Guerilla Warfare Guerilla Warfare- a type of warfare that takes place in hostile territory by uneven forces Vietnamese used Guerilla warfare from the examples set by the Chinese

3. Vietcong Vietnamese Communists, part of the National Liberation Front (NLF) Their main office was in South Vietnam near the Cambodian border For ammunition and equipment, they depended on the Ho Chi Minh trail Vietcong practiced guerilla warfare

4. Vietnam and Guerilla Warfare For instructions for soldiers, dozens of hidden centers had Vietnamese leaders for weapon and radio training. Part of the political instruction to give a purpose for war.

5. Weaponry/Tactics Troops used Chinese versions of a Russian AK- 47 submachine gun, and other types of machine guns (heavy, medium, light) Homemade booby traps and mines Vietnamese soldiers would retrieve the bomb duds from the 20,000 tons of American explosions– they created new weapons off of that “ Punji traps”- sharp spikes hidden in pits They used surface-to-air missiles (SAM)

6. Tunnels To help protect remote areas, Vietnamese soldiers built underground tunnel systems Each villager in NLF dug three feet a day Biggest tunnels in Iron Triangle and Cu Chi District- about 200 miles of tunnels Used for store rooms for weapons and rice Included hospitals, kitchens, sleeping chambers Connected with other tunnels for communication

7. Bibliography &quot;Guerilla Tactics: An Overview.&quot; Battlefield: Vietnam . PBS. 29 Oct 2008 <http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/ guerrilla/index.html>. &quot;Aircraft, Transports, and Big Guns.&quot; Vietnam Online . 25 Mar. 2005. American Experience. 29 Oct 2008 <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietn am/trenches/weapons.html>. &quot;Nature of the Vietnam War.&quot; Vietnam War . Vietnam War. 29 Oct 2008 <http://www.vietnam- war.0catch.com/vietnam_war_nature.htm>.