re: #87 Vicious Piebola

I was there in Vietnam. The fighting in Corps I-III was handled by the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) while most of the fighting in IV Corp was done by the remaining VC (Viet Cong) whose officers were mostly NVA. Both the VC and the NVA had a command structure and (heroic) logistics that ran all the way back to Hanoi. Their activities were centrally directed and coordinated. Both elements were trained and both had specialty units; sappers, medics, armorers, and engineers, among others. Both elements were the beneficiaries of an uninterrupted flow of East Bloc weapons into North Vietnam. Those low-tech East Bloc weapons, particularly the AK47, B40 RPG, and the lesser known SKS semi-automatic rifle were, and still are, rugged, reliable, and easy to maintain. IOW, a perfect choice for the environment.

The notion that a bunch of untrained civilians with an assortment of weapons in different calibers and lacking resupply could somehow overcome a trained and logistically supported force is absolute bullshit.