"4 strange weapons of the Vietnam War" Topic
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| Tango01 | 23 Jan 2019 3:08 p.m. PST |
"War brings out the very best in technological innovation. Humans have shown themselves to be remarkably adept in devising new, creative ways to kill each other. The Vietnam War brought out this human capacity for creative destruction on a grand scale, even if it manifested itself a little differently on both sides. The United States was blasting into the Space Age and, with that surge of technology, came chemical defoliants, like Agent Orange and jet aircraft that could break the sound barrier. The Vietnamese expanded their work on tried-and-true effective yet obsolete weapons, like punji stick booby traps. The two sides were worlds apart technologically, but when it came to murderous creativity, the combatants were close peers…."
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| bsrlee | 23 Jan 2019 3:23 p.m. PST |
They left out the silent, blastfree, revolver for 'Tunnel Rats'. |
| Tango01 | 24 Jan 2019 11:32 a.m. PST |
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 Legion 4   | 25 Jan 2019 2:13 p.m. PST |
Man never has had a problem coming up with ways to kill each other. And sometimes in very large numbers … |
| Wolfhag | 25 Jan 2019 11:48 p.m. PST |
We had Claymores & Flamethrowers Wolfhag |
| Legion 4 | 26 Jan 2019 11:09 a.m. PST |
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