The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
POLEI KRONG, VIETNAM. 1962-11-16. AERIAL VIEW OF POLEI KRONG, WEST OF KONTUM, WHICH WAS A TYPICAL MONTAGNARD VILLAGE IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. THE VILLAGE WAS SURROUNDED BY SHARPENED STAKES AND A BAMBOO PALISADE. (FORMERLY 200279)
Vietnam. c. 1962. A typical native village defence system of bamboo palisade, showing a moat and sharpened bamboo (called panji stakes). This system was used when barbed wire was in short supply or un
Vietnam. c. 1962. Vietnamese villagers standing in front of a typical native defence system showing a moat and sharpened bamboo, known as panji stakes. This system was used when bamboo was in short su
Vietnam. c. 1962. A view of a bridge which is probably defended by the small ?Montagnard village over looking it on the road to Lao Bao. (Donor I. Gollings)
Montagnard Crossbow Quiver with five arrows. Quiver and arrows made by the Montagnard Tribe which inhabited the highlands of South Vietnam. They were used for hunting and clandestine activities duri
DALAT, VIETNAM. C. 1968. VIEW OF THE PICTURESQUE TOWN IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS RELATIVELY UNTOUCHED BY THE WAR IN VIETNAM. THE TOWN HAS AN INVIGORATING CLIMATE WHICH MAKES IT POPULAR AS A RESORT AND F
A ditch filled with punji stakes and surrounded by more punji stakes and barbed wire are part of typical perimeter defences employed to protect posts in rural South Vietnam. Judging by the windsox and
