"Here’s why the US purposely gave ammo to the Communists" Topic
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Tango01 | 27 Mar 2022 9:59 p.m. PST |
… in the Vietnam War "Why on Earth would an army provide its enemy with ammunition? So they would use it, of course. The United States wanted the North Vietnamese to use the ammo they provided because they would take out the weapon (and maybe even the person) using it.
There was no unconventional war like the one that played out behind the scenes of the greater war in Vietnam. One small aspect of that hidden war was Project Eldest Son, a plan that would take out the enemy's individual infantry rifles using its own ammunition…." Main page
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Editor in Chief Bill | 27 Mar 2022 10:18 p.m. PST |
The Russians should be very careful of those Stingers and Javelins they claim to have captured from the Ukrainians… |
79thPA | 28 Mar 2022 8:56 a.m. PST |
Interesting. Never heard of it. |
Wolfhag | 28 Mar 2022 10:30 a.m. PST |
Maybe this is an example: link and this: link Wolfhag |
Tango01 | 28 Mar 2022 3:25 p.m. PST |
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alexpainter | 07 Apr 2022 5:33 a.m. PST |
In WWII, expecially on the eastern front, when retreating the germans loved to let behind a lot of hand grenades, if I remember well had the bottom painted red,the primer was modified to explode instantly, so if some unwary russian tried to use them…..this was one of the reasons that was severely forbidden to allied troops the use of enemy's weapons found in the battle field. |
Wolfhag | 07 Apr 2022 6:38 a.m. PST |
I've read the Russians and Allies used a lot of Panzerfausts. If you took one off a dead German it was probably fine to use. Wolfhag |
Tango01 | 07 Apr 2022 3:27 p.m. PST |
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