Vietcong Booby Traps

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 9 тис.

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  4 роки тому +4891

    There is a whole lot more traps the Vietcong made, that the US soldiers had to come across so there will be a second part to this video. Focusing on the explosive booby traps they created.

    • @Yarivenra
      @Yarivenra 4 роки тому +114

      There's another!?
      What is this? Mortal Kombat?

    • @abhinnahlawat9048
      @abhinnahlawat9048 4 роки тому +14

      5th like boi

    • @hussar5329
      @hussar5329 4 роки тому +20

      You should do video about 55 days at Peking1!1!1

    • @batoivlogs9952
      @batoivlogs9952 4 роки тому +16

      The Vietcong as well as the North VNese, take the weapons from Communist to kill the South VNese people. I really hate the.

    • @Armored_Kong
      @Armored_Kong 4 роки тому +36

      Other Viet Cong Traps : (Aren't even mention in the video)
      1) Cartridge Trap : (A section of pipe, bamboo barrel or hole in timber with a tack nailed through the base upon which sits the cartridge with the round slightly above ground level.)
      2) Grenade Trap :
      - These are placed along likely paths of travel with a two stakes embedded on both sides of the creek or stream with the grenade tied to one and the safety pin partially removed from the striker lever and tied by trip wire to the other stake.
      - Two cans are tied to trees either side of the track with the delay train and safety pins are removed and slide into the cans holding the striker levers in position. A trip wire is tied to both grenades. when the victim's foot pulls the trip wire the grenades are pulled from the cans causing instant detonation.
      Source : www.5rar.asn.au/weapons/boobytraps.htm
      3) Rolling Spike Trap : (This trap has two rollers with pins sticking out. This means that you will get stung several times getting your leg in, and again, when pulling it out.)
      4) Sticking Trap : (Step in this trap and your leg will get pierced.)
      5) Clipping Armpit Trap : (Step in this trap and the wooden boards on either side begin to turn, sticking the pins straight into your leg. Furthermore, getting your leg out is going to be a problem.)
      6) Window Trap : (This trap functions as it sounds, like a window. Actually, 2 windows with sharp pins in them that closes in on your leg if you walk into one.)
      7) Folding Chair Trap: (This trap works exactly the same as an animal trap. When you step in it, your calves will be pierced with sharp pins from both sides in an instance.)
      8) Swinging up Trap : (When you step in this trap, nothing immediately happens, however, in an attempt to pull your leg out, you will realize that that is not possible without pins sticking into your flesh.)
      9) See Saw Trap : (When you step in this trap, the wooden structure would start to turn and hits you at your upper body with the sharp pins.)
      Source : travelfullstop.com/the-8-worst-vietcong-boobytraps-cu-chi-tunnels-vietnam/
      10) Gate Trap : (This is the gate trap. This consisted of a grenade set beneath a gate so that when a soldier went to open the gate the grenade would explode under the soldiers feet.)
      Source : waranalysisofvietnam.weebly.com/booby-traps.html
      11) Rice Bag Bobby Trap : (String is attach to hand grenade inside rice bag. If soldier pull the string the hand grenade will explode).
      Source : regimentalrogue.tripod.com/blog/index.blog/2355509/vc-supply-caches/

  • @travisdaye1977
    @travisdaye1977 4 роки тому +16075

    Home alone: south east Asia edition

  • @jero693
    @jero693 4 роки тому +1695

    When you see the “disarm trap” prompt but die before you can react

    • @potgnom
      @potgnom 4 роки тому +10

      Lmao

    • @EliWritesStories
      @EliWritesStories 4 роки тому +90

      When you are disarming a trap and some free weekend player runs into it and kills himself and you.

    • @MackieLevyn
      @MackieLevyn 4 роки тому +20

      Agros Leite mor RS2 Vietnam

    • @herbtoker8228
      @herbtoker8228 4 роки тому +1

      What game you talking about csgo?

    • @JF_HoangAnh
      @JF_HoangAnh 4 роки тому

      oof, press F

  • @MrMobieleauto
    @MrMobieleauto 3 роки тому +2549

    I do not know why, but stepping on a sophisticated landmine sounds a lot more pleasant than stepping in one of these rudimentary stick traps.

    • @beatlecristian
      @beatlecristian 3 роки тому +205

      At least a landline would end it quick, right?

    • @Saunakiuas06
      @Saunakiuas06 3 роки тому +175

      @@beatlecristian Depends how you step to it. If you step on it the way that your torso is straight up on the mine, you're a goner. But if you step in it with your foor being in front of torso, you might survive. Same with the spikes. If it pierced soldiers torso, they got their name on memorial wall. But if the spikes went through the foot, they had a change to survive.

    • @FlyLeah
      @FlyLeah 3 роки тому +69

      @@Saunakiuas06 bet even amputation hurts less than a leg with spikes

    • @anzutheweeb9052
      @anzutheweeb9052 2 роки тому +26

      Unless it's something like a bouncing Betty also known as a de-bollocker.

    • @joebidenshusband2836
      @joebidenshusband2836 2 роки тому +36

      I’d rather have my leg blown off then have my whole body impaled by several spikes

  • @renegadeace1735
    @renegadeace1735 2 роки тому +2005

    Moral of the story: "Don't invade a country where bamboo grows plentifully. You will run out of ammo, they won't run out of spikes."

    • @creep1523
      @creep1523 2 роки тому +22

      69, better not ruin it

    • @bloxracer3627
      @bloxracer3627 2 роки тому +5

      @@creep1523 imma do it anyway

    • @creep1523
      @creep1523 2 роки тому +10

      @@bloxracer3627 oh well..

    • @koharumi1
      @koharumi1 2 роки тому +6

      Anyone have link to part 2

    • @rodrigopadilha5682
      @rodrigopadilha5682 2 роки тому +6

      @@koharumi1 there's no part 2

  • @breadman32398
    @breadman32398 4 роки тому +8975

    Imagine spending months in training, given thousands of dollars of equipment, and flown around the world just to get hit in the face with a coconut with screws sticking out of it.

    • @maximepires2603
      @maximepires2603 4 роки тому +1492

      Bob, he trained for 9 months, joined the Navy seals, he went to Vietnam , K.I.A. , reason of death : a stick

    • @thenasiudk1337
      @thenasiudk1337 4 роки тому +751

      I would be pissed if I was killed by some stick

    • @brysuagar6520
      @brysuagar6520 4 роки тому +753

      Years of academy training wasted

    • @lucasrodillo6739
      @lucasrodillo6739 4 роки тому +378

      "Directed by Robert B. Weide"

    • @deviantsid18
      @deviantsid18 4 роки тому +312

      Bullets are metal. Metal is compressed rock. You got killed by a pebble...bang

  • @Drew791
    @Drew791 4 роки тому +3215

    The psychological effect has to be brutal when you're constantly anticipating the possibility of triggering one of these booby traps.

    • @superspies32
      @superspies32 4 роки тому +93

      According to what I know any US soldier hit the bear trap will have to be brought back the leg with the trap to Saigon for surgery and he will need all of his lucky to keep his leg during the surgery. And if you visited Cu Chi tunnel today you will see a tons of more deadly traps which the final one can crush entire human body if they stepped on it

    • @The_Greedy_Orphan
      @The_Greedy_Orphan 4 роки тому +53

      True, but I've also read accounts from vietcong soldiers of their fears as they endured American bombing runs as they went up the ho chi minhn trail, as well as dealing with lack of food, the weather and also the animals themselves. One account has an entire platoon being wiped out by a tiger. Also, yes markers were laid, but i wander how many vietcong soldiers knew how to look for them and walked into those traps themselves.
      Finally, don't think the Green berets or navy seals were sitting on their assets, plenty of ambushes were laid of the vietcong as well.

    • @reggieking1045
      @reggieking1045 4 роки тому +7

      @@The_Greedy_Orphan I think that tiger story is rubbish unless it's a ninja tiger.

    • @tymontz8311
      @tymontz8311 4 роки тому +27

      @@reggieking1045 you haven't been to Asia before have you

    • @reggieking1045
      @reggieking1045 4 роки тому +14

      @@tymontz8311 lol no i haven't but i'm struggling to imagine how a single tiger can take on an entire armed military platoon without using stealth tactics or a rocket launcher. :P

  • @fish3166
    @fish3166 3 роки тому +626

    These traps are so creative, but so horrifying at the same time.

    • @commanderiosifstalin4938
      @commanderiosifstalin4938 2 роки тому +34

      All for the uninveted guests like the US military.

    • @fish3166
      @fish3166 2 роки тому +32

      @@commanderiosifstalin4938 yeah, the traps we’re like a “go away” card instead of a invitation lol

    • @ggmasterguiltygear6315
      @ggmasterguiltygear6315 Рік тому +1

      Hold that L maboi

    • @asedonii-chan8466
      @asedonii-chan8466 11 місяців тому

      I now understand how to properly revolt against the (((pedophile government)))

  • @jeffmarron3887
    @jeffmarron3887 3 роки тому +83

    The thing about these traps is that they operated silently. all you could hear was a scream from a few meters away from your position.

  • @deang1631
    @deang1631 4 роки тому +11749

    It's crazy how creative humans get when we're trying to kill eachother.

  • @blackbaron3330
    @blackbaron3330 4 роки тому +2654

    "Modern Problems require ancient solutions"

    • @jonrassmussen416
      @jonrassmussen416 4 роки тому +61

      Well said👍, very relevant in today's Internet age. Also people should not give up hope in their local ingenuity to combat modern threats while fully assessing their psychological impact more than their game(or war) changing abilities. I fully believe Vietnam War was a psychological war.

    • @thecoolguy7403
      @thecoolguy7403 4 роки тому +14

      @@jonrassmussen416 k dude

    • @tilin878
      @tilin878 4 роки тому +10

      @@jonrassmussen416 k dude

    • @zmeusor6752
      @zmeusor6752 4 роки тому +17

      @@jonrassmussen416 ok boomer

    • @Mr_PotatoMaster
      @Mr_PotatoMaster 4 роки тому +3

      World hungry
      Bread/2*208
      This is the Jesus solution,in 20 AC

  • @macewindu2592
    @macewindu2592 3 роки тому +425

    American Soldier: *sneezes*
    Tree: Bless you
    American Soldier: Thank y- Wait what

  • @ernestt5703
    @ernestt5703 3 роки тому +141

    The paranoia must’ve been enough to make some of the soldiers kill themselves....

    • @stevejohnson6593
      @stevejohnson6593 3 роки тому +14

      I guess so, some must have thought that they can at least pick their way out and maybe make it less pain- and dreadful

  • @RapidMr5
    @RapidMr5 4 роки тому +2592

    A lot of the traps were not supposed to kill, just to injure, so it took another 2 people to carry the injured meaning 3 people couldn't fight properly.

    • @Suth1172
      @Suth1172 4 роки тому +203

      Its a very common standard tactic, a very similar reason for Land mines.

    • @kurumi394
      @kurumi394 4 роки тому +163

      @@Suth1172 Mine blows up entire person: 1 person dead.
      Mine blows up and amputates a leg: 1 or more personnel required to carry him back, more resources required to heal him, more resources required for the home country to keep alive a disabled person

    • @uchieunguyen6094
      @uchieunguyen6094 4 роки тому +113

      Vietnamese people are very smart and creative in combating aggression.

    • @NgNicholasSonHa
      @NgNicholasSonHa 4 роки тому +76

      @@kurumi394 not to mention the mental effect to the rest of the team. Will you still advance after seeing your friend loose a limp :v

    • @davidkayson2425
      @davidkayson2425 4 роки тому +75

      and when the injured man come back the camp, hundreds orther will see it and scare. that is good psychological war.

  • @aaronfarmer6317
    @aaronfarmer6317 4 роки тому +3669

    US: Modern weapons, trained soldiers, aircraft
    Vietnam: s t i c c

    • @gorb5125
      @gorb5125 4 роки тому +47

      Aaron Farmer underated comment

    • @romanbukins6527
      @romanbukins6527 4 роки тому +142

      Le sticc to the dicc

    • @teodorogerald
      @teodorogerald 4 роки тому +7

      Demo-Le-Man *AND SO ARE U*

    • @normaldude7924
      @normaldude7924 4 роки тому

      Roman Bukins who’s there satan

    • @romanbukins6527
      @romanbukins6527 4 роки тому

      @@normaldude7924 No, I am just stating the overlooked fact that women in the military own it not to progressive politics but to couple bamboo whip traps.

  • @bruhmango
    @bruhmango 3 роки тому +73

    Soldier: "When I go into war I want to die fighting for our country"
    Sharp stick in hole: Uhhhh about that

    • @lightup6751
      @lightup6751 2 роки тому +3

      *invade other countries hehe

  • @edwardbliss8931
    @edwardbliss8931 3 роки тому +323

    The deadliest trap is where you fall in a hole into spikes, the top closes, and a radio plays commercial pop and rap 24/7

    • @calamity5222
      @calamity5222 3 роки тому +7

      i agree

    • @reapershadow2966
      @reapershadow2966 3 роки тому +4

      ahhh dik stabs and earrape.............. i feel the pain thinking about that >_>

    • @christopherzervos3803
      @christopherzervos3803 3 роки тому +15

      Make it play Cardi B for brain cancer

    • @tihspidtherekciltilc5469
      @tihspidtherekciltilc5469 3 роки тому +5

      Wap Trap

    • @rickyrick9328
      @rickyrick9328 3 роки тому +2

      Edward you little disrespectful punk - you couldn't begin to imagine what those soldiers went through. You can't hold a candle to any of them.

  • @theoreoman4597
    @theoreoman4597 4 роки тому +663

    Everybody gangsta till the squad leader falls through the floor.

    • @Okkomonkiainen
      @Okkomonkiainen 4 роки тому +10

      Yea they be like gangsta until he be like ending whole mans career bruh moment

    • @NotNicot
      @NotNicot 4 роки тому +6

      If i went back in time and watched that i'd be like "Oh did Bethesda own this place?"

    • @Okkomonkiainen
      @Okkomonkiainen 4 роки тому +3

      @@NotNicot BRUHHHHHH SAVAGE YOOOOO BRAHHHHHHHHHHHH

    • @mattfromwiisports2468
      @mattfromwiisports2468 4 роки тому

      Everyone gangsta until the village has a barbeque

  • @TA-mb8ip
    @TA-mb8ip 4 роки тому +5919

    Does anyone else imagine how painful it would be to fall in one of those traps? I can't stop thinking about it

  • @boxman7044
    @boxman7044 3 роки тому +180

    They also had tunnels under the ground from their rebellion against the French which allowed them to disappear and reappear to get the advantage and US soldiers were forbidden to replicate these tactics to save public image.

    • @ksnroblox6572
      @ksnroblox6572 2 роки тому +3

      cu chi in vie

    • @astrolillo
      @astrolillo 2 роки тому +5

      What public image? LOL, they already invaded the place, dosed it completely with Napalm, bombed the neighbors into oblivion, used Geneva-convention-prohibited chemicals.

    • @boxman7044
      @boxman7044 2 роки тому +3

      @@astrolillo you’d be surprised on where they draw the line lol

    • @ishrendon6435
      @ishrendon6435 Рік тому +1

      It wouldve been too expensive also thw US couldnt have done it without the NVA or VC knowing . Thus the US just wamted to infiltrate NVA ans VC hideouts or the tunnels that were already made. They'll be ambushed if they spent there time trying to build tunnels. The tunnels were already there by the NVA and VC so they had no issues

    • @builderdude9488
      @builderdude9488 Рік тому +7

      That must have been so cool, if it wasn't for the fact that soldiers were recruited to go down there and hunt down the people in the tunnels

  • @dangductran2926
    @dangductran2926 Рік тому +22

    This will be a perfect excuse for not touching grass

  • @coffee4682
    @coffee4682 4 роки тому +459

    “So, how will this trap be activated?”
    Vietcong: *_tripwire_*

  • @rockngaming2060
    @rockngaming2060 4 роки тому +5094

    When you bring a Christmas tree home and it starts speaking Vietnamese

  • @novaredstar5433
    @novaredstar5433 3 роки тому +23

    This is what walking to school was like according to my parents

  • @Iamxeus1
    @Iamxeus1 Рік тому +38

    My father was in Vietnam he passed away the day after Christmas of 2022. He told me about a lot of these traps. He specifically said that they would nail the snake to doorways so that the snake was injured and irritated. Therefore immediately striking any heat that came near it. Just tossing that out there.

    • @Kamal_AL-Hinai
      @Kamal_AL-Hinai 9 місяців тому +4

      That's good. Your father had no business in there. Good thing he came back to the family.

    • @SpoilerAlert__
      @SpoilerAlert__ 8 місяців тому

      Rip in pepperoni

  • @mannypacqiao
    @mannypacqiao 4 роки тому +2542

    America: Guns
    Japan: Swords
    Vietnam: bamboos

  • @anactualrat
    @anactualrat 4 роки тому +590

    when you’re mowing the grass in vietnam, and the lawnmower disappears

  • @Ottawa_guy
    @Ottawa_guy 11 місяців тому +5

    Now I know how to stop people from stepping on my lawn, thank you.

  • @shotty2164
    @shotty2164 Рік тому +16

    The Vietnam war was like a damn Saw movie.

  • @obi_wanshinobi
    @obi_wanshinobi 4 роки тому +2000

    So just to review the ground can kill you, the doorways can kill you, the sticks near your feet can kill you, the branches above you can kill you, the bridges can kill you, and the trees around you can kill you.

    • @delta5-126
      @delta5-126 4 роки тому +74

      Obi_Wan Shinobi.34 id just find the nearest tree and cry until i sleep,the Veit Cong or NVA find me,or my squad mate forces me to move

    • @hasseo195
      @hasseo195 4 роки тому +27

      The answer. First, burn all down with heavy fire. And after that, send slaves for clean up^^

    • @slavicity
      @slavicity 4 роки тому +25

      @@hasseo195 Nonono. The answer. N U K E ' E M. D E W I T. I S A I D N U K E ' E M.

    • @rsuriyop
      @rsuriyop 4 роки тому +76

      Those Vietcong clearly made the very best out of home field advantage than anyone else in any war.

    • @migusta5745
      @migusta5745 4 роки тому +9

      This is why we really aren’t suppose to go outside

  • @sneefinsnorfintime
    @sneefinsnorfintime 4 роки тому +944

    “No stepping on the grass” just got more deadly

    • @kamikaze6198
      @kamikaze6198 4 роки тому +21

      "No open the bag" is the new slogan

    • @comradeviper4054
      @comradeviper4054 4 роки тому +11

      They say not no stepping on the grass... But then you realize that all of the ground ahead of you is mud and grass...

    • @mitchellbarton7915
      @mitchellbarton7915 4 роки тому +2

      Hey.
      Don't give me ideas.

    • @theskullboy8700
      @theskullboy8700 4 роки тому +1

      Imagine an old man putting these traps in his lawn

    • @shorizo6082
      @shorizo6082 4 роки тому

      I was going to say something but I realized how sadistic it was so, I won’t say it

  • @Kira-qn1us
    @Kira-qn1us 3 роки тому +64

    DAMN. rambo Went Through A lot

    • @ripandtear1645
      @ripandtear1645 3 роки тому +8

      Rambo did make alot of vietcong traps in the movies

  • @akanji8285
    @akanji8285 3 роки тому +9

    When you hear the cliché of the Vietnam soldier saying “their in the trees man” ... I’d imagine that comes from them seeing or hearing about people just walking and suddenly an arrow comes out of nowhere and kills someone... no gunfire, no enemy present... that would definitely mess with your mind

  • @GhostBear3067
    @GhostBear3067 4 роки тому +3259

    Movie audiences: "Holy crap the traps in those Saw movies are BRUTAL!"
    *the trees laugh in Vietnamese*

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 4 роки тому +126

      *Mountains laugh in Afghan*
      *Soviets sweating nervously*

    • @kajahzanshh7355
      @kajahzanshh7355 4 роки тому +24

      Matthew Putnam
      Do you genuinely don’t know, or is this a joke?

    • @ericshively7864
      @ericshively7864 4 роки тому +40

      @Matthew Putnam English: Ha ha ha. Vietnamese: Hoi hoi hoi.

    • @lightbulb8888
      @lightbulb8888 4 роки тому +4

      *laughs in Brasil photo*

    • @pizzawonderer5024
      @pizzawonderer5024 4 роки тому +4

      Nah, nothings as brutal as the reverse bear trap.

  • @gottem2912
    @gottem2912 4 роки тому +3280

    Some of these traps would even make the Nazis say, “bro, chill.”

  • @frankgamer3395
    @frankgamer3395 3 роки тому +11

    6:31
    Also known as
    "Springlock failrure, vietcong edition."

  • @JavaoftheLava
    @JavaoftheLava 3 роки тому +97

    I admire the resourcefulness of the vietnamese. They took on the french, the u.s, china, and still came out on top.

    • @Nicky2414
      @Nicky2414 Рік тому +18

      As an American I agree. I gotta give props to the ingenuity and tactics the Vietkong used against us. It just goes to show that superior firepower and technology doesn't always guarantee victory.

    • @khoichau8316
      @khoichau8316 Рік тому +5

      And the Mongolians - THREE TIMES!

    • @DIYminhman
      @DIYminhman Рік тому

      And Mongolia

    • @mayankchauhan7558
      @mayankchauhan7558 11 місяців тому

      Japanese?

    • @wills5482
      @wills5482 9 місяців тому

      And won in Cambodia despise the US supporting Pol Pot and his genocide

  • @alanmaclaren4118
    @alanmaclaren4118 3 роки тому +1143

    Trip wire: *exists*
    Vietcong: I can milk you

  • @flamingcroatan3739
    @flamingcroatan3739 4 роки тому +1419

    U.S Army: Machine guns, Flamethrowers, and helicopters.
    Vietcong: Sharp sticks and bamboo.

  • @ursa_margo
    @ursa_margo 3 роки тому +24

    - Next time, we need to invade somewhere without all this jungle, without pits and booby traps. Somewhere plain and with clear line of sight. What are our options?
    - Iraq, sir. It's a desert.
    - Perfect!

  • @Nicky2414
    @Nicky2414 Рік тому +9

    As an American, I gotta give props to the ingenuity and tactics the Vietkong used against us. It just goes to show that superior firepower and technology doesn't always guarantee victory.

  • @djgreg20
    @djgreg20 4 роки тому +1736

    Us soldiers exist
    Trees : we don’t do that here

    • @Litovskyy
      @Litovskyy 4 роки тому +28

      More like......
      American:we will liberate this Country from Dirty Communism
      North Vietnamese:we don't do that in here

    • @lightningstudios113
      @lightningstudios113 4 роки тому +4

      Deejay Greg beaver: ima stop you right there

    • @tuanlong2607
      @tuanlong2607 4 роки тому +3

      @@Litovskyy yep, u really look like ur thumbnail.

    • @Marcus-eb2vn
      @Marcus-eb2vn 4 роки тому +15

      I am the lorax i speak for the trees and the trees say
      Touch another tree and I'll break your fucking kneecaps

    • @savagecaz
      @savagecaz 4 роки тому

      @@Marcus-eb2vn 😆

  • @thenomadicviking5834
    @thenomadicviking5834 3 роки тому +393

    Worst part of these boobytraps apart from causing damage physically is the part that gets into the opposing soldiers mind.
    When having to think about every little step or move you make might be causing you to die a slow and meaningless death it cripples any army.

    • @tashkent561
      @tashkent561 2 роки тому +14

      Apart from also seeing a fellow soldier falling on one of them.

    • @fruchtyo
      @fruchtyo 2 роки тому

      69th like

    • @johaldoronaldo9393
      @johaldoronaldo9393 2 роки тому +6

      Meaningless?
      There was a great purpose for those booby traps.
      FEAR.

    • @tup4443
      @tup4443 9 місяців тому +1

      @@johaldoronaldo9393 and the ocasional free kill.

  • @HeWhoIsNamedPatrick
    @HeWhoIsNamedPatrick Рік тому +6

    The hornet trap then surrounding it with bamboo traps is genius

  • @Phepheron
    @Phepheron 3 роки тому +10

    US army: we have high tech weapons
    VC: Bamboo goes stab-stab

  • @joshua22301
    @joshua22301 4 роки тому +3619

    I wonder how many of these traps are still out there

    • @oklano1000
      @oklano1000 4 роки тому +640

      Many civilians death after the war by mine or trap like this that left unknown .

    • @oklano1000
      @oklano1000 4 роки тому +1006

      1 more things , because i'm a Vietnamese . Just about 5 or 6 years ago i'm witness a man built a his new home . His crews dug up the land and found a massive bomb with the size of the 2xhuman that left in the ground for 50 years that haven't detonated yet . Luckily no one hurt , the bomb still alive , the military show up and disassembled it .

    • @Gold139
      @Gold139 4 роки тому +355

      @@oklano1000 Traps area easily dispatched, as long as the ones who set it know the locations. Not many ppl die from traps, but from concealed mines, grenades, bombs etc. These were buried by the american, northern and southern vietnamese troops, so it's impossible to disarm every single one hidden out there. It's getting rarer though, less than 10 every year.

    • @innuendo3085
      @innuendo3085 4 роки тому +255

      Imma viet too lol, village I grew up in used a bomb shell as a school bell xdd

    • @oklano1000
      @oklano1000 4 роки тому +110

      @@innuendo3085 Lol yeah , people split the bomb and sold for money lol

  • @kwerty9671
    @kwerty9671 4 роки тому +366

    I swear these guys were the producer and writer of the traps from Home Alone

    • @Mika-du4po
      @Mika-du4po 4 роки тому +4

      Yeh there all vietnam war veterans

    • @mjstudios7760
      @mjstudios7760 4 роки тому +1

      hehe my grandfather was a vietcong ( he sacrificed in 1972)

  • @gordontheseal
    @gordontheseal 3 роки тому +27

    Fun Fact: Vietnamese bears do exist and are endangered today and are now incredibly rare due to the conflict.

  • @afifzahiruddinrohaizan52
    @afifzahiruddinrohaizan52 3 роки тому +12

    Seeing this, I believe these are the kind of traps that Rambo uses.

  • @jamesmoriarty9433
    @jamesmoriarty9433 4 роки тому +1927

    UA-cam: Did someone say...BOOBY?
    *D e m o n e t i z e d*

    • @SlyCooper1920
      @SlyCooper1920 4 роки тому +23

      *Uno Reverse Card on youtube*

    • @TheNeXusCore9032
      @TheNeXusCore9032 4 роки тому +53

      *Video shows US soldiers getting impaled and their blood spews out in an educational video*
      UA-cam: *EXCUSE ME!?*

    • @ginostrains8263
      @ginostrains8263 4 роки тому +16

      UA-cam is against the United States so they wouldn't demonitize them

    • @jamesmoriarty9433
      @jamesmoriarty9433 4 роки тому +3

      @@ginostrains8263 Facts

    • @Kingdisco5005
      @Kingdisco5005 4 роки тому +5

      Man if this video gets demonetized it's not gonna be because of booby lmao

  • @firstnamelastname1377
    @firstnamelastname1377 4 роки тому +343

    When you turn around and notice your squadmate doing a scooby doo running-in-the-air motion then disappearing into the grass.

    • @wattsnottaken1
      @wattsnottaken1 4 роки тому +10

      Jackson [REDACTED] “Shaggy and Scooby, you check that area over there” *GULP*

  • @ChairmanMeow1
    @ChairmanMeow1 Рік тому +9

    I always heard too that these traps were specifically designed to maim and injure instead of outright kill. Then the platoon had to deal with an injured soldier causing them even more issues.

  • @ambermaccraig7316
    @ambermaccraig7316 3 роки тому +22

    Just joined as a member. Loved this video. Keep them coming, Simple History.

  • @Gabcocacola
    @Gabcocacola 4 роки тому +853

    When the Lorax starts telling the trees to kill people.

    • @trtlgrrl
      @trtlgrrl 4 роки тому +13

      Why is this underrated

    • @trtlgrrl
      @trtlgrrl 4 роки тому +4

      @Bois shower don't drop teh tvål how come there's no dislikes or comments saying so

    • @trtlgrrl
      @trtlgrrl 4 роки тому +4

      @Bois shower don't drop teh tvål how? I didn't write the comment

    • @thetrue7sparks
      @thetrue7sparks 4 роки тому +6

      @Bois shower don't drop teh tvål To who? The fucking Lorax?

    • @comradeviper4054
      @comradeviper4054 4 роки тому

      The Lorax is a comrade...

  • @NoobyyL
    @NoobyyL 4 роки тому +480

    Every Person that survived the Vietnam war while fighting: *We lost alot of men but never saw the enemy*

    • @SnakeP1tPoetry
      @SnakeP1tPoetry 4 роки тому +23

      @@TakeThisL.. Whats funny about that?

    • @urfatherless6172
      @urfatherless6172 4 роки тому +13

      @@TakeThisL.. *Ahhh yes so death is funny?*

    • @shadowking6227
      @shadowking6227 4 роки тому +5

      I love Vietnamese :)))

    • @Mygg_Jeager
      @Mygg_Jeager 3 роки тому +17

      @@TakeThisL.. what are you talking about? Vietnam is one of the most successful societies and economies of South East Asia lmfao.
      They did fine without the US, France, China, Russia, or Thailand telling them what to do.

    • @grims2947
      @grims2947 3 роки тому +5

      Eric Garcia is butthurt

  • @ravagex8725
    @ravagex8725 Рік тому +6

    It is incredible that the Vietcong fought a stronger foe and utterly destroyed them physically and mentally by using the environment.

  • @stevebrownrocks6376
    @stevebrownrocks6376 2 роки тому

    These videos are fantastic! Great job!!! 👏🏼😎

  • @pablosanz605
    @pablosanz605 4 роки тому +109

    Our imagination is limitless when we look for ways to kill

    • @cv4809
      @cv4809 4 роки тому +17

      @ZMan1471 so basically...kill

    • @buster117
      @buster117 4 роки тому +3

      Am surprised your comment is not successful

    • @googane7755
      @googane7755 4 роки тому +3

      @@cv4809 These traps were made with the purpose of slowing american patrols and search and destroy parties by wounding them and thus to waste time and money covering their treatment. If they died while in treatment thats all the better.

    • @nhatnguyenminh9369
      @nhatnguyenminh9369 4 роки тому

      A ways to kill enemy slowly in pain and suffering

    • @razark42
      @razark42 4 роки тому +3

      Kill an enemy, take one out of the fight. Wound an enemy, you take him and anyone aiding him out of the fight.
      The dead guy is quiet. The wounded one is screaming and demoralizes his companions.

  • @VonDegurechaff-
    @VonDegurechaff- 4 роки тому +179

    When the trees and the floor start moving, *oh neptune*

  • @ezsu
    @ezsu 4 місяці тому

    I like it when you upload videos I enjoy watching it

  • @waynelevi5053
    @waynelevi5053 2 роки тому +15

    Would you do a video on boobytraps of ww2? Some soldiers would deliberately leave grenades for the enemy, but with fuses that blow up right when the pin is pulled. Another method used when abandoning some place would be to hook up explosives to a picture frame on a wall that is slightly askew, and generally officers being neat freaks would straighten out the picture only to get blown up. Bunch of different methods were used. Would be cool to see a video about from you.

  • @ClassierAunt
    @ClassierAunt 3 роки тому +1740

    US: how do we lose to a bunch of farmers?
    Britain: First time?

  • @rice.jpg2
    @rice.jpg2 4 роки тому +1271

    You can use booby traps in any point in history and they’d still be effective

    • @hughquigley5337
      @hughquigley5337 4 роки тому +94

      Imagine if the Russians used them in WW2 against the advancing Germans... yikes.

    • @stellakurogane4095
      @stellakurogane4095 4 роки тому +31

      @@hughquigley5337 they need to place them onwell hidden olaces cuz their place are mostly snow

    • @stellakurogane4095
      @stellakurogane4095 4 роки тому +62

      Imagine the japanese used this to defend every island

    • @stellakurogane4095
      @stellakurogane4095 4 роки тому +8

      @@Mitrunk thy eould need a large hole

    • @das3610
      @das3610 4 роки тому +20

      Hugh Quigley they had traps but they were more disguised bunkers. They were in villages and made to look like farmhouses, until they opened fire. Could be effective as an ambush sometimes.

  • @mifigor1935
    @mifigor1935 Рік тому +10

    What's worst is that most of those traps are non lethal and instead designed to cause as much pain as possible

    • @rooty
      @rooty 11 місяців тому +1

      That's a common tactic in war because a death is one less soldier on the battlefield, but a wounded soldier is one less soldier plus all the resources needed to care for them.

    • @mifigor1935
      @mifigor1935 11 місяців тому +1

      @@rooty not only that. When soldier dies you burry him and move on (it's not THAT simple but you get my point) with a dying soldier it's a lot slower and it definitely crushes morale

    • @buffsniper
      @buffsniper 6 місяців тому

      They were designed to damage The soldier as much as possible, so surviving would Be almost impossible

  • @johnj.hillyerv940
    @johnj.hillyerv940 2 роки тому

    This helped me come up with ideas for my trap element. Thanks

  • @canethesquire
    @canethesquire 4 роки тому +758

    When “Get off my lawn!” goes too far

  • @Anonymous-dn3zq
    @Anonymous-dn3zq 4 роки тому +612

    me: tries to find a tree to piss behind
    tree: *uhhhhh.... occupied*

  • @ruborinodoro5198
    @ruborinodoro5198 2 роки тому

    thanks, i needed this

  • @foxcrafter9007
    @foxcrafter9007 3 роки тому +9

    Imagine you set up a trap and forget where it is so a few years later you get xp for a kill

    • @Nahddjehdjshd
      @Nahddjehdjshd 3 роки тому +3

      Imagine a vietnam who wasent remenbering where he put he trap and he kill himself bruh

  • @BernieYoda
    @BernieYoda 4 роки тому +1186

    When John Rambo used all of these traps against the Vietcong
    *Ironic.*

    • @slamblamboozled1245
      @slamblamboozled1245 4 роки тому +5

      Did he though? Pretty sure it was the NVA.

    • @orcokiwo6703
      @orcokiwo6703 4 роки тому +21

      👀Need to check the last one to see how he takes care of the Mexican cartel

    • @anonymousgeek8633
      @anonymousgeek8633 4 роки тому +19

      @@merttopcu3085 because it's history and the u.s hasn't lost many wars

    • @merttopcu3085
      @merttopcu3085 4 роки тому +23

      @@anonymousgeek8633 hahahahshshahhshahahahahahajhahahahshsahahhahahahahsahhh
      Yeah looking from your point rambo is real too. And you didnt lose nam.

    • @anonymousgeek8633
      @anonymousgeek8633 4 роки тому +26

      @@merttopcu3085 umm ok? I know we have lost wars. Nam was a failure. Your so childish lmao

  • @Caroleeeh
    @Caroleeeh 4 роки тому +434

    When your hiking in Vietnam and the floor opens beneath you
    mY tImE hAS cOmE

    • @cloverseer9836
      @cloverseer9836 4 роки тому +15

      there are probably still some unactivated traps like punji sticks still active from the war.

    • @schretlenaugustijn2391
      @schretlenaugustijn2391 4 роки тому +6

      @@cloverseer9836 well that's terrfying!

    • @AnkurRoy-bi9yz
      @AnkurRoy-bi9yz 4 роки тому

      you're

    • @marc13bautista
      @marc13bautista 4 роки тому +3

      @Trung Lê Quốc That's pretty nice to know.

    • @arifsalahudin6673
      @arifsalahudin6673 4 роки тому

      Thx for noting. I won't be going hiking there 😅

  • @wthjavi
    @wthjavi 2 роки тому +3

    idk what’s worse.. 10,000 bombs dropped upon civilians or this. i gotta give it to the Vietnamese tho, they’re wise people.

  • @ahmadalimam
    @ahmadalimam Рік тому +6

    Long live the vietcong fighters who made yankies cry bleed and weep 😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @matiasgildiazdevivar1231
    @matiasgildiazdevivar1231 4 роки тому +198

    Feels like a combination of "Home Alone" and "Saw"

  • @hptcmm3806
    @hptcmm3806 4 роки тому +120

    Everyone gangsta until the trees say: "Dit con me may!!"

  • @TRD315
    @TRD315 Рік тому +3

    America: We have the most advanced force in the world.
    Also America: Lost to sticks bamboos and coconuts.

  • @tbone9603
    @tbone9603 2 роки тому +2

    Hard to believe people can do this to each other.

  • @duchi882
    @duchi882 4 роки тому +76

    *For some reason*
    I feel anxious stepping on grass now

    • @Gamer88334
      @Gamer88334 4 роки тому +6

      Duchi unless you live in Vietnam, don’t be. If you do, be careful. I hear there are still active land mines in Vietnam and other parts of the world. For anyone who’s wondering why they haven’t been dug up and disarmed yet, do you really think you’re going to remember where every single land mine you’ve placed in any country is?

    • @juanito7429
      @juanito7429 4 роки тому

      first most of those mine are broken and been found and It is safe to walking in most of our forest now

    • @Gamer88334
      @Gamer88334 4 роки тому +2

      B3ndy Ah. Okay. That info’s a few years old anyway. We still have American Civil War weapons and projectiles over here though. They’re just buried in the ground or are underwater.

    • @juanito7429
      @juanito7429 4 роки тому

      nah it is newest info

    • @juanito7429
      @juanito7429 4 роки тому +1

      just like what u set some bombs that US drop is still buried in our land but those bombs are buried really deep

  • @foxtrotnine
    @foxtrotnine 4 роки тому +53

    Hey grandpa, look at this bamboo tripod! I wonder who made it?
    Grandpa: *Vietnam flashbacks*

  • @debugerror1853
    @debugerror1853 Рік тому +1

    You are a great history teacher

  • @xavierlemaire4443
    @xavierlemaire4443 Рік тому +40

    My father was a military and I found a little book about Booby traps at his house when I was a kid and it really impressed me. One of which this video don't talk about is little bullets buried in the ground. You step on it, trigger it and just fire your leg from above...

    • @Ben-Dover777
      @Ben-Dover777 10 місяців тому +2

      Doesn't make any sense
      How does triggering a tiny bullet that's in the ground cause you to get shot from above?

    • @LOTHRIX17
      @LOTHRIX17 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@@Ben-Dover777so what he meant to say is that it would blow the top of ur foot off LOL So they would put a small nail into the bullet in the ground facing upwards, when someone steps on that it would put enough pressure on the nail to fire the bullet thereby blowing the top of ur foot off as it would be the exit wound😃 Interesting stuff he just worded it differently, hope that helps🤗

  • @ryantan1232
    @ryantan1232 4 роки тому +1520

    Americans: sir we have burned down the trees we have the upper hand.
    Ground: oh hoho you don’t know what’s up

    • @flibbernodgets7018
      @flibbernodgets7018 4 роки тому +33

      Well not you, certainly, because you are the ground. You are down. :P

    • @wallstreetbro
      @wallstreetbro 4 роки тому

      Soo bamboo?

    • @lf9073
      @lf9073 4 роки тому +9

      burn the ground

    • @mogusgaming6773
      @mogusgaming6773 4 роки тому +11

      Louie Fox, you are the smartest person in the world

    • @exicutioner161
      @exicutioner161 4 роки тому +2

      What about the bridge traps? Burn the water!

  • @modxfirefox2
    @modxfirefox2 4 роки тому +1549

    Imagine being the person who put down a trap and forgetting where it was and dying by the trap

    • @AvoDoesStuff_
      @AvoDoesStuff_ 4 роки тому +101

      Me irl.

    • @jorgyr36
      @jorgyr36 4 роки тому +95

      A buddy of mine said he did that with mines in a training exercise, he was the only "casualty" of the whole exercise! Lol

    • @JF_HoangAnh
      @JF_HoangAnh 4 роки тому +4

      Oof

    • @dsnuts6044
      @dsnuts6044 4 роки тому +10

      Translators are a thing, and they wouldn't ignore a bigass sign lol

    • @khanhannguyen8740
      @khanhannguyen8740 4 роки тому +15

      There was no Vietnamese died by their trap- Wikipedia.

  • @trongtaytay2644
    @trongtaytay2644 Рік тому

    Hi Simple History , Thank you

  • @PeterSt1954
    @PeterSt1954 3 роки тому

    Thank you for ruining my next few nights' sleep. I liked and subscribed anyway!

  • @maplemaple1439
    @maplemaple1439 4 роки тому +657

    Broke: *when the trees start speaking Vietnamese*
    Woke: *when the ground starts speaking punji trap*

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked 4 роки тому +3

      Bowen Chen hi

    • @jonnytest3124
      @jonnytest3124 4 роки тому +6

      When the snow starts speaking Finnish

    • @cadetflamen12
      @cadetflamen12 4 роки тому

      Bowen Chen is probably a trap

    • @Anonymous-dn3zq
      @Anonymous-dn3zq 4 роки тому

      punji pit: *oH hELLo THErE*

    • @fozz141
      @fozz141 4 роки тому +1

      When you pee on a bush and then you hear an ak sound, at last you heard:" đjt m* mày" from the bush

  • @darthvader4594
    @darthvader4594 4 роки тому +159

    I can now imagine a vietnam veteran decorating a tree and having seizures on the floor.

    • @memelover6917
      @memelover6917 4 роки тому +13

      "THE TREES THEY'RE IN THE TREES BAHAHAHSHA"

    • @sgtkillgore
      @sgtkillgore 4 роки тому +4

      @@memelover6917 "i can see them maaaaan, over there in them trees"

    • @das3610
      @das3610 4 роки тому +1

      Meme Lover69 JOHNNY WE NEED AIR SUPPORT BROKEN ARROW BROKEN ARROW DROP THE NAPALM

    • @chillman3377
      @chillman3377 4 роки тому

      His friends come in with flamethrowers burning the tree

  • @vugiabaonguyen4660
    @vugiabaonguyen4660 Рік тому +7

    Even though I am a Vietnamese, I still amazed at how ancestors can create all of these

  • @primehaddock554
    @primehaddock554 2 роки тому

    Thank you for giving me solutions for thieves taking food from my garden

  • @hieugiap9005
    @hieugiap9005 4 роки тому +299

    John Wick: I kill people with a pen
    VC: give me the stick

    • @nmac1563
      @nmac1563 3 роки тому +6

      @Coll of kids Coll of kids 2 he sells propane and propane accessories

    • @UltimateEntity
      @UltimateEntity 3 роки тому +4

      Hold my sticc*

    • @ShadowValleys
      @ShadowValleys 3 роки тому +2

      YES!

  • @pineapplehd6577
    @pineapplehd6577 4 роки тому +1789

    Americans: we have napalm highly train soldiers and high tech weapons
    Vietcong: we have sharp sticc dat hurt

    • @jibrankhantareen7300
      @jibrankhantareen7300 3 роки тому +7

      Bow & Arrow : Legends don't die

    • @jibrankhantareen7300
      @jibrankhantareen7300 3 роки тому +14

      @Jamie because soldiers need a moral compass to fight a war. USA soldiers are just mercenaries.

    • @giovannigumalo969
      @giovannigumalo969 3 роки тому +112

      Who would win?
      America: Has high tech weapons and equipment , Highly trained and experienced soldiers , High tech vehicles and is mostly motorized
      Veitnam: Has a lot of sharp sticks

    • @ethanhwang4287
      @ethanhwang4287 3 роки тому +60

      @@giovannigumalo969 vietnamese because, knowledge is power and americans only have power

    • @drakadog7405
      @drakadog7405 3 роки тому +20

      And AK-47 and SKS and RPG , and SAMS ,and RPK , And PK and mortars and Long range and AA artillery grenades and mines and MIGS all lavishly Supplied by China and the Soviet Union . The NVA were very well trained and North Vietnam was filled with Soviet Advisors.

  • @dancemaniaco
    @dancemaniaco 2 роки тому +2

    USA vs Vietnam
    URSS vs Afganistan
    At some point in history someone said .... "to fight and defeat your enemy first study his history, that will tell you if an armed force is enough"

  • @kanyenorth4401
    @kanyenorth4401 9 місяців тому +2

    Vietcong traps are like something out of a saw movie

  • @johnsonsmithofjohnsonsmith6690
    @johnsonsmithofjohnsonsmith6690 4 роки тому +149

    “Ok guys, we need to be very careful
    *gets impaled on punji stick*

  • @orcinus6802
    @orcinus6802 4 роки тому +5432

    US Military: “We will spend trillions of dollars on the most high tech weapons the world has ever seen!”
    Defeated by sharp sticks.

    • @ramblingrob4693
      @ramblingrob4693 4 роки тому +378

      They sorted the USA with just fear of a trap. USA never learn. They only know how to drop bombs

    • @kyokogodai-ir6hy
      @kyokogodai-ir6hy 4 роки тому +120

      Not defeated by sharp sticks. They were defeated by propaganda and Communists back home.

    • @miniaturejayhawk8702
      @miniaturejayhawk8702 4 роки тому +97

      @@kyokogodai-ir6hy thats litterally what the Germans said after WW1 and we all know what happened next...

    • @allenatkins2263
      @allenatkins2263 4 роки тому +20

      @Chí Phèo nguyễn ok ,who flung dung.

    • @Hanzy_Panzie
      @Hanzy_Panzie 4 роки тому +26

      also dropping those "high tech" weapons for some good old AKs

  • @taquangat2633
    @taquangat2633 Рік тому +3

    these traps are creative, clever, super horrible and fearsome at the same time. Tactical purposes aside, these traps themselves are much worse than those jumpscares we see in movies.

  • @mediumtext8038
    @mediumtext8038 3 роки тому +1

    "Metal is harder than flesh" went hard this time

  • @thawinthinwongmom3998
    @thawinthinwongmom3998 4 роки тому +401

    Saw: we have deadly traps.
    Vietcongs: Amateurs.

  • @o4_
    @o4_ 4 роки тому +3144

    Americans: gangsta til' the trees start talking
    Viet Cong: gangsta til' there's orange jelly raining from the sky

  • @Serperior12344
    @Serperior12344 Рік тому +1

    Now I wouldn't cry out loud after stepping on those Lego bricks ever again.