VC and PAVN battle tactics comprised a flexible mix of guerrilla and conventional warfare battle tactics used by Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam to defeat their U.S. and So
Member of a Viet Cong Main Force Unit. They shared common arms, procedures, tactics, organization and personnel with the PAVN
Criticism and self-criticism sessions and continuous study helped communist forces effectively adapt lessons learned on the battlefield
VC camp and movement network in one SVN district, 1966–67.
Typical VC/NVA fortified camp. Source: US Army Platoon Leaders Handbook, 1967
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while S
NLF and PAVN battle tactics
…by Viet Cong (VC) and the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) to defeat their U.S. and South Vietnamese (GVN/ARVN) opponents during the Vietnam War. The VC was supposedly an umbrella of front groups to conduct the insurgency in South Vietnam affiliated with independent groups and sympathizers, but…
U.S. Army UH 1H Hueys insert ARVN troops at Khâm Đức, Vietnam, 12 July 1970