The Vietcong used many types of booby traps. Most of them had nails or spikes or the traps were pits. Many of the pits used would range from 6-8 feet deep and some would have spikes at the bottom as well. The traps were used to slow down and injure the United States forces. Some of the names of the traps were: spike board, side-closing punji trap, and the whip trap. The spike trap is a board of wood and nails driven through and placed all over. The side-closing punji trap is a small hole in the ground. The hole is filled with many different types of spikes and nails. These littered the Vietnam war area. The whip trap is a long bamboo stick that is connected to a trip wire. The bamboo stick is then layered with spikes and nails to take out the legs of enemy troops. This caused many American troops and Vietnamese people to perish or to not regain many body part functions.
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