Hey Doc!
That's the same-same name we used in 2-47th (Mech) as well, in 1967! My favorite tactic was to find a well used VC trail, and to set up a mechanical ambush using a 9 volt battery taped to aregular mouse trap. The killer bar on the mouse trap was taped almost completely over with electrical tape leaving only a small bare spot that served as a contact point. A c-ration spoon with a small hole in the handle was inserted under the killer bar, and a trip wire tied to the spoon, with the wire then stretched across the trail. Hit the wire, spoon's out, contact is made, and instantaneously, the VC ranks are depleted, ever so slightly. We usually opted to blow the claymores, rather than try to retrieve all the paraphenalia.
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