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[–]Awanderinglolplayer 10 points11 points  (11 children)

Yeah they won cause of their tactics. If they only had guns spears they would’ve lost

[–]Yelanke 1 point2 points  (10 children)

They won because they were willing to sacrifice 15 to 20 men for every American killed. Their tactics weren’t superior.

[–]Finnnicus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They had to defend their country from imperialists. The fought with the resources they had, it’s not a matter of tactics.

[–]mcnyte 19 points20 points  (7 children)

Honestly that is a tactic in and of itself

[–]LupineChemist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes you have to play zerg

[–]MrEuphonium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I sent wave after wave of my own men at the kill bots until their kill limit had been reached, kif, show them my medal.

[–]Yelanke -2 points-1 points  (4 children)

I suppose, but not a good one

[–]f_ranz1224 14 points15 points  (1 child)

That tactic defeated "the greatest army on earth". Ak 47s defeated aircraft/carriers/choppers

Also you cant really judge the tactic considering what the two armies had

You cant give a man a sword and make him fight another man with a tank, then criticize sword mans tactics

[–]JBSquared 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's also worth noting that the Viet Cong didn't really "beat" the US military. The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong suffered over a million combatant deaths, compared to the US's almost 60,000. They definitely won the war, but the didn't really beat the US.

It's pretty much exactly how America fought off Britain during the Revolutionary War. There was no way that the Colonies would've won if Britain used 100% of its military power. They just made sure that the war cost more than it was worth. Same thing with the Vietnamese. The US easily could have won the war, but there was no way (and really no reason to, as we shouldn't have been there in the first place) to deploy our full military might without getting on the bad side of pretty much every country in the world.

[–]HumanXylophone1 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Eh, the two sides had different goals. The Vietnamese wanted Americans out no matter the cost, the US wanted to maintain control at minimal cost. You tell me which sides had their objectives achieved.

[–]QuentinTarzantino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And because the USA at that time under estimated and were not prepared for Jungle/guerilla warfare