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The Viet Cong were insurgents and terrorists in South Vietnam, who supported the North Vietnamese Army. While the North Vietnamese Army fought in direct combat from the north, the Viet Cong used guerilla warfare and insurgency tactics to interrupt operations in the south.
Pro-communist rebels, and similar rebellion factions, used similar tactics, as their Viet Cong neighbors in South Vietnam, e.g. hit and run guerrilla tactics, land mines, etc.
The Australians had a completely different approach to the Vietnam war. The standard American forces employed a search and destroy methodology, in which the role of US infantry was to establish enemy contact, and then call upon Air or Artillery to decimate the enemy. Australians on the other hand used counter-insurgency, counter ambush methods. These involved much use of stealth to suprise the enemy, and therefore overwhelm them. The Viet Cong were an unconventional force accostomed to fighting conventional armies, and the Australians fought unconventionally. Really, the forces that the Viet Cong feared the most were the ROK (Republic of Korea) marines. Document sources say that Viet Cong Commanders advised against engaging ROK unless no other option presented itself.
The Vietcong were forces aiding North Vietnam by use of guerrilla warfare tactics. They were virtually unable to be picked out from the South Vietnamese civilians, making it difficult to combat these forces.
an elaborate system of tunnels
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The Viet Cong were insurgents and terrorists in South Vietnam, who supported the North Vietnamese Army. While the North Vietnamese Army fought in direct combat from the north, the Viet Cong used guerilla warfare and insurgency tactics to interrupt operations in the south.
NVA (North Vietnamese Army) and VC (Viet Cong) were known as "Reds" or "Commies" to GIs.
Pro-communist rebels, and similar rebellion factions, used similar tactics, as their Viet Cong neighbors in South Vietnam, e.g. hit and run guerrilla tactics, land mines, etc.
Vietcong forces used small engagements and ambushes to wear down American troops.
In the Vietnam War the US opposed the invasion of South Korea by North Korea. The fighters from North Korea, who used guerilla tactics, were known as the Viet Cong.
The Viet Cong, were the Vietnamese soldiers who were fighting to help the Communist faction of the country during the Vietnam War. They operated largely through guerilla warfare, using the cover of night and dense jungle to make fighting them almost impossible. They also practiced extreme methods of torture when they captured an enemy solider, and used women and children with bombs attached to them to kill unsuspecting people.
Viet Cong or "Charlie"
The men in "Platoon" appeared to be fighting the NVA (North Viet Army) and not the local VC (Viet Cong). Laying in ambush patrols and patrolling contested areas. The NVA were regular soldiers (drafted, basic training, chain of command, and uniformed, often wearing OD (Olive Drab) colored pith helmets). The local VC were just guerrillas; store clerk or farmer by day, guerrilla at night.
The Australians had a completely different approach to the Vietnam war. The standard American forces employed a search and destroy methodology, in which the role of US infantry was to establish enemy contact, and then call upon Air or Artillery to decimate the enemy. Australians on the other hand used counter-insurgency, counter ambush methods. These involved much use of stealth to suprise the enemy, and therefore overwhelm them. The Viet Cong were an unconventional force accostomed to fighting conventional armies, and the Australians fought unconventionally. Really, the forces that the Viet Cong feared the most were the ROK (Republic of Korea) marines. Document sources say that Viet Cong Commanders advised against engaging ROK unless no other option presented itself.
Guerrilla warfare was largely used by the Viet Cong and not by the US Combatants in Vietnam. To answer your question, no.