7 of the Most Terrifying Vietnam War Booby Traps

After removing the safety pins, the explosives are put into a Can. The grenade was tied with a wire to be tripped and detonate instantly.

Cartridge is a tube for ammunition. It would be set into a piece of bamboo and lowered into a shallow hole in the ground. Some weight on the cartridge and the nail-board mechanism would shoot a bullet through your feet.

Once the wire was triggered, a 24-inch metal or wooden ball with spikes welded onto it, weighing 40 pounds or more, would swing down from a tree and

Skadooosh!!!

Enemy troops will lower the opponent's flag when reached the emptied camp, suddenly the wire gets tripped inside the pole and the explosives charged.

Dug a hole, dump the leeches, that's it. The leeches contain hirudin (anti-coagulant enezyme), which allow the bleeding to continue further. It took around 557 lives of soldiers during initial stages of war.