The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 unavailable. (This image was formerly held as 200270. A colour version is held at P03116.001)
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
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 BAMB
VIETNAM. 1965. PHOTOGRAPH FROM A CHINESE PAMPHLET SHOWING A WOMAN, AN OLD MAN AND A YOUTH, VIET CONG SYMPATHISERS, PREPARING A PANJI PIT (SHARPENED BAMBOO STICKS) OUTSIDE THEIR VILLAGE. WHEN COMPLETED
BULON VALLEY. PANJI PIT AROUND A FORT. THIS DEFENCE USES SPIKES, STAKES AND BARBED WIRE.
A SHAU, VIETNAM. 1962. AUSTRALIAN ARMY ADVISERS VISIT THE OUTPOST OF A SHAU OCCUPIED BY THE CIVIL GUARD. IT WAS FORMERLY A FRENCH FORT. (FORMERLY 200328) (A COLOUR VERSION IS HELD AT P1011/65/15)
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
