Cu chi Tunnels War And Booby Traps, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Read more on my trip article on : Have a grim peek into the underground life of Vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam-American war back in 1948. Today, the Chu Chi Tunnels are part of a massive war museum located 70km from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Vietcong soldiers are masters of deception and their hit and run techniques using the tunnel served invaluable in their resistance to the US forces. Lurking in the tunnels set numerous booby traps for US and South Vietnamese soldiers. There, I was introduced to a variety of booby traps created by the Vietcong. The traps are very innovative in design, these simple working mechanism are designed to do one thing very well- to kill. Ensnaring, immobilizing and spearing unsuspecting soldiers who thread into their entrances. All the traps do not require power and uses gravity to drive and activate them.