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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
How did you come to this conclusion that they're good infanteers?
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The Vietcong were not all guerilla fighters i.e. farmer by day terrorist by night.
Just like their predecessors the Viet Minh who defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu, there were full-time Vietcong units. They are organised and regimented just like infantry battalions anywhere.
If you doubt their effectiveness as a fighting force - it might be due to their lack of firepower, support etc. But as individual riflemen, they're much better motivated, more prepared for sacrifice and better suited to being infantry soldiers than were the average American conscript at the time.
Their lack of weapons and logistics have turned them into the most resourceful soldiers of the 20th century. Their booby trap methods are still being taught at jungle fighting schools all over the world.