Soldiers who performed underground search and destroy missions in Vietnam
This article is about the team of soldiers involved in underground missions. For other uses, see Tunnel rat (disambiguation).
An Australian tunnel rat looking into a Viet Cong tunnel discovered during Operation Crimp, Vietnam.Sgt. Ronald H. Payne entering a tunnel in search of Viet Cong with a flashlight and M1911 pistol.Sgt. Ronald H. Payne moves through a tunnel in search of Viet Cong with a flashlight and M1911 pistol.
The tunnel rats were American, Australian, New Zealander, and South Vietnamese soldiers who performed underground search and destroy missions during the Vietnam War.
Later, similar teams were used by the Soviet Army during the Soviet–Afghan War and by the Israel Defense Forces in campaigns in the Middle East.
Defense Forces in campaigns in the Middle East. During the Vietnam War, "tunnelrat" became an unofficial specialty for volunteer combat engineers and infantrymen...
Bercovici as TunnelRat #1 Genadii Gancheva as TunnelRat #2 Radoslav Parvanov as TunnelRat #3 Suzanna Urszuly as Woman Itai Diakov as Kid TunnelRat Nikolai...
conflicts. Nick Nolte as Clay Banning, a Vietnam veteran Army Ranger/tunnelrat and Mike's estranged father who abandoned him at a young age. Since then...
a "tunnelrat" (nicknamed "Hara Kiri Bosch") with the 1st Infantry Division — a specialized soldier whose job it was to go into the maze of tunnels used...
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issued to support troops. The M1917s were even used by members of the "tunnel rats" during the Vietnam War. Overall, the two variants of the M1917 enjoyed...
Ethical Culture's 1970 Ethical Humanist Award. PFC Herbert L. Carter – "tunnelrat"; shot himself in the foot while reloading his pistol and claimed that...
issue, resolves to get rid of Eriksson and orders him transferred to a tunnelrat unit. The other men in Meserve's squad will all be reassigned as well...
likenesses when designing its action figures. In 1987, Hasbro released the TunnelRat action figure. The character is an explosive ordnance disposal specialist...
2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023. "What is rat-hole mining, being done to rescue trapped Uttarkashi tunnel workers". The Indian Express. 27 November 2023...
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booby-trapped tunnel. He says that three of his buddies risked their lives to save him. Because he was inside a tunnel, he probably was a tunnelrat during the...
the small bore, the tunnels were known as "the rat-holes" by train drivers. The former "up" line tunnel at Kelmarsh is open as part of the Brampton Valley...
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