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The tunnel rats were American, Australian, New Zealander, and South Vietnamese soldiers who performed underground search and destroy missions during the Vietnam War . Later, similar teams were used by the Soviet Army during the Soviet–Afghan War and by the Israel Defense Forces in campaigns in the Middle East .
En la guerra de Vietnam, ratas de túnel era el nombre que recibían los cuerpos de especialistas estadounidenses, australianos y neozelandeses que recorrían los túneles construidos por el Vietcong para explorarlos, obtener información de inteligencia, acabar con el enemigo y proceder a su destrucción.
One tunnel rat stumbled across a missing M-48 tank the Viet Cong were using as a command center and others routinely uncovered hidden artillery pieces and mortars. In 1970 tunnel rats uncovered a major signals intelligence node underground.
6 de mar. de 2023 · A “tunnel rat” trooper ventures into a Viet Cong tunnel in the Ho Bo woods in 1968. Bunkers, spider holes, and small cavernous openings often led to deadly underground mazes where Viet Cong fighters lurked in ambush.
16 de ene. de 2021 · Imagine crawling your way through a seemingly never-ending series of foreign underground tunnels, armed only with a flashlight, a knife, and a small pistol. For the Vietnam War tunnel rats, these...
2 de ene. de 2019 · Tunnel rats, armed often with only a pistol and flashlight, explored the perilous booby-trapped Viet Cong tunnel complexes and disarmed bombs. Besides the Viet Cong soldiers themselves, "tunnel rats" faced the threat of underground booby traps in the form of snakes and makeshift gas chambers.
2 de ago. de 2011 · To combat these guerrilla tactics, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces trained soldiers known as “tunnel rats” to navigate the tunnels in order to detect booby traps and enemy troop presence.
