Friday, March 20, 2009
Points 4 5 6
[b]What countries/armies fought in this war?[/b]
The following :
People's Republic of China
South Korea
Australia and New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
Soviet Union
North Korea
Canada and the ICC
Spain
Nicaragua] and Paraguay
[b]When did the war begin and end officially?[/b]
1. It started in 1959,
2. and ended in April 30, 1975
[b]How was the war fought? With what technology?[/b]
The Vietnam war was to be fought as a limited war as to not set off a chain of events to start the a nuclear war with the communists. The idea was to bomb the North Vietnamese back to the bargaining table. Weapons of the United States and South Vietnam
• M-14 Rifle
• M-16 Rifle
• CAR-15 Assault Rifle
• M-1/M-2 Carbine Rifle
• M-67 Recoilless Rifle
• M-72 Light Anti-tank Weapon
• M-20 Rocket Launcher
• M-79 Grenade Launcher
• M-203 Grenade Launcher
• Browning .50 Cal Machine Gun
• Browning .30 Cal Machine Gun
• M-60 Machine Gun
• M-3 A-3 Grease Gun
• M-1928 Thompson Sub Machine Gun
• M-1911 Handgun
• M-36 Handgun
Weapons of the Vietcong and North Vietnam
• AK-47 Assault Rifle
• Chicom Type-56 Rifle
• Simonov SKS Rifle
• RPD Machine Gun
• Type-24 Heavy Machine Gun
• PPSh41 Sub Machine Gun
• MAT-49 Sub Machine Gun
• RPG-7 Rocket Launcher
• 81 mm Mortar
• 75 mm Recoilless Rifle
• Tokarev Handgun
• Makarov Handgun
Also with chemical warfare - "Rainbow Herbicides"—Agent Pink, Agent Green, Agent Purple, Agent Blue, Agent White and, most famously, Agent Orange
For enemies hiding their activities under triple-canopy jungle. it was a useful first step might be to defoliate certain areas.
Posted by HarassedBoy at 8:08 AM