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Originally Posted by Raellus
This was part of project Eldest Son, a SOG program to inject sabotaged ammo into NVA weapon's caches. This program was effective enough that SOG had to have its own AK ammo manufactured in Taiwan because there was concern that using captured NVA mags could result in one of the doctored rounds killing SOG people. (A lot of SOG teams carried AKs or at least equipped their Vietnamese pointmen with them.)
They did it with 82mm mortar ammo as well.
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The SOG/LRRP teams would also carry small cans of CN powder; it served two purposes, when they buried their trash, a small amount poured in would discharge animals from digging it up. Another purpose was to scatter it on their scent trail when the NVA counter-recon people started using hunting dogs to track down the teams.
They were also found of carrying toepopper AP mines...just to scatter a few on their back trail and take out a tracker or two, especially when the NVA started fielding counter-recon companies.
One of the main reasons why the teams carried AK-47s was to take advantage of human nature. Just think about this, you are some NVA guard and you open fire on a shadow with your AK...they return fire with an AK...now what's the first thought that runs through your mind? Could it, perhaps be other NVA that you are shooting at?