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Attack aircraft headed for North Vietnam were generally armed with 500lb, 750lb, and 1,000lb general purpose HE (High Explosive) bombs. Aircraft headed for South Vietnam were generally in support of US/allied troops in contact (engaged in a firefight/battle with the enemy). Those bombs could be the same as those bombs headed north (to North Vietnam) or 250 pounders or napalm. Napalm was generally for ground troop support (CAS-Close Air Strikes) in RVN (Republic South Vietnam) and not as popular as television and story books (and war stories in general) like to depict. Audiences ENJOY FLAME and BIG FIRES on TV and at the Movies. Troops in the Nam got a kick out of it too, but in reality the flames went out shortly after impact. Sure, things burnt up in the kill zone (impact area), but the enemy simply backed up...waited...then moved foreward again. The USN or USAF A1 Skyraider (propeller driven/actually a WWII designed Dive Bomber that was designed in WWII but NEVER saw action in WWII, its first war was Korea, 2nd war was Nam) was a popular napalm dropper, then the F100 Super Sabre which was the King of supporting ground troops in Nam. The Super Sabre fought from 1961 until the middle of 1971 in Vietnam, it has the longest combat time in STEADY combat than any other US fighter bomber in history.
USAF A1s were painted in camo; USN A1s were white or grey in color. The F100 was strictly a USAF bird and came in silver or camo paint schemes. Other US jets could also drop nape, but the A1s and F100 did it the most.
The F100 was really a great strafer, it flew low and fast firing its four 20mm cannons as it came by you. Probably more 20mm shells were fired by the strafing F100s than any other US jet in Vietnam.
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What type of WMD was used by the US in the Vietnam war?
Napalm?
How many aircraft were carried on uss oriskany in Vietnam war?
The USS Oriskany was an aircraft carrier. It was in both the Korean and Vietnam War. It was designed to hold between 90 and 100 airplanes. It would hold up to 2,600 crew members.
What chemicals were used to destroy marshlands and jungles during the Vietnam War?
Both A and B Agent Orange Napalm
During world war 2 there were more bombs dropped on Vietnam than what three countries?
Germany, Japan and England.
Total number of bombs dropped by us during a World War 1 b World War 2 c Korean War d Vietnam War?
Approximate total ALLIED aerial bomb dropping tonnage: 1. WW1- 16,000 tons 2. WWII- 2.7 million tons (US dropped 1,613,000 tons) 3. Korean War-678,000 tons 4. Vietnam War-7.8 million tons
What type of WMD was used by the US in the Vietnam war?
Napalm?
What illegal war acts did the US and Vietnam do in the Vietnam war?
The US tested napalm, bombs and chemical weapons on the Vietnam civilians.
What was used to kill people in the Vietnam war?
Napalm bombs were used in the Vietnam War and killed a lot of people.
Who dropped the napalm bomb?
You stupid you don't know, man the Koreans did why do you think we lost the war.
How was the use of napalm part of the larger American strategy to win the war in Vietnam?
Napalm was Used in the increased American air strikes on communist forces throughout Vietnam.
Was napalm used in the Korean War?
Napalm was used in the Vietnam war. Operation Rolling Thunder was backed up by the phosphorous and napalm bombs It caused a great deal suffering in Vietnam giving many innocent civilians dreadful burns. Also, during the Tet Offensive Napalm was used in Khe Sahn in Operation Niagra to try to stop the offensive of the NVA on the military compound.
How did the Vietnam war affected the south Vietnam crops?
Napalm burned a lot of it off. It most likely reads in your school book that you were supposed to read this from.
How did the people being drafted to fight in the Vietnam War fell about the war generally?
we killed lots of people. and bombed them more and incinerated them with napalm
What was the napalm in the Vietnam war?
Napalm was used by the US Army because the Vietcong( North Vietnam) used guerrilla tactics and there jungles were so think the us army had to find a way throw with out getting attack from surprise. The napalm is a jelly based atomic bomb that set the jungle on fire. napalm was not the only thing they used they also use agent orange witch was a pesticide that killed the plants.
Why was napalm used in Vietnam war?
Napalm and Agent Orange was used mainly to kill the jungle vegetation so the Viet Cong couldn't hide and made it impossible for people to live or grow cops in the areas where they were dropped.
Which country dropped the hand grenade in war?
From aircraft, it was Italy in 1901,
Where is the Picture of a Japanese child running in the street after atomic bomb blast?
I think the picture you are thinking of is the image of the young girl running after being bombed by Napalm in the vietnam war. The image is coined Napalm girl
