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There was a plant in Vietnam where many soldiers encountered wait a minute what is so special about it?
Contrary to the "Hollywood" movies (films) not every infantry (grunt) patrol had machetes. Leg units may have had a ready supply of them, but mechanized grunts, sure didn't have them. And mechanized infantrymen did an awfully large amount of "dismounted" leg work.
"Wait a minute vines", were simply jungle vines. They acted like strings or ropes, you couldn't see them, they'd just grab you. Especially your weapons. M-16 rifles seemed to carry OK, but the M-14 rifle had a metal butt plate that swung open and it's magazine was heavy gauge steel, and larger than the short light weight aluminum M-16 magazines (20 rounders were far more common than the 30 round M-16 magazines & 20 round M-16 magazines jammed less than the 30 rounders did). The "wait a minute vines" loved to grab that M-14's steel butt plate & magazine. The vine would pull your rifle one way, your forward pushing motion through the jungle kept you going another way, so you fell, and your rifle was pulled from your hands. Then you had to "struggle to get up" (fight more vines), then "struggle to retrieve your rifle" from the other vines that grabbed your rifle. POINT MEN suffered the most during these "dismounts", as they were the ones that encountered them first.
Machingunners (M-60) had similar problems, but they walked further behind the other men. So by the time the sixty gunner reached the "trouble spots" the vegetation had mostly been trampled fairly well enough for him to get through more easily.
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What were citizen soldiers ready to fight on short notice called?
Minute Men
In what ways were the armies of the north and south unprepared for what?
young soldiers were eager to fight they were expected to be able to load, aim, and fire their rifles three times in one minute
In what ways were the armies of north and south unprepared for war?
young soldiers were eager to fight they were expected to be able to load, aim, and fire their rifles three times in one minute
In what ways were the armies north and the south unprepared for war?
young soldiers were eager to fight they were expected to be able to load, aim, and fire their rifles three times in one minute
How often did soldiers in the Civil War get communication with loved ones?
usually it took about a minute cus the soldier guy cud send a text to the ones he loveded. if he was out of a service zone tho it cud take about 2 minutes
What was the special name for citizen-soldiers who were trained be ready at a moments notice?
Minute-man
What are three things you should know about remembrance day?
in the two minutes of silence, first minute means the dead soldiers and the last minute means the the soldiers in war at this minute
What was the term for part time citizen-soldiers of colonies?
The part time colonial soldiers were called Minute Man.They weren't technacly soldiers, but if the town or city was attacked by suprise, like their name, they were ready in a minute for battle. The first two battles of the American Revolution, Minute man were the soldiers in it.
When did James May Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson film in with the three old motor bikes in Hanoi?
Top Gear: Vietnam Special is a special 75-minute episode of the motoring series Top Gear, which was broadcast on 28 December 2008
Who is the minutemen at Lexington?
They were soldiers who had to get ready under one minute.
What term refers to citizen soldiers?
minute men or Militia
What are the ratings and certificates for Just a Minute Doctor Who Special - 2011?
Just a Minute Doctor Who Special - 2011 is rated/received certificates of: USA:PG
What was the nickname given to the American soldiers during the American Revolution?
minute men
What are groups of soldiers that claimed to be ready to fight on a minute's notice called?
MMG
What are citizen soldiers who boasted they could be ready at a moment and notice?
Minute-man
What is an accurate description of guerrilla tactics?
A group of soldiers hide in the forest. As the enemy is walking through the forest, the soldiers shoot for a minute, then run.
What are the release dates for 30 Minute Meals - 2001 Special Delivery?
30 Minute Meals - 2001 Special Delivery was released on: USA: 10 June 2007
