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Caltrops are small improvised anti-personnel traps

that consist of two or more nails tied into a tripod with one sharp end always pointing upwards.

Battlefield VietnamEdit

In Battlefield Vietnam, the Caltrops are issued to one of the two the North Vietnamese Army and Vietcong Scout kits. Each kit comes with five bundles.

The player holds a bunch of them and throws them on the floor to make a small trap. This essentially acts similarly to barbed wire, where if an enemy player walks on them, they will be damaged slightly, and continuously if they stay on them. Damage from Caltrops does stack, meaning that if one places more than one set of Caltrops in the same spot, an enemy will take damage from all sets simultaneously.

Caltrops are useful to a sniper to cover his rear or the entrance to the building/ tower he/she is in. They are small and easily overlooked, especially when placed in tall grass and bushes. They are also useful as a warning system to the player, since he will get a hitmarker on his crosshair for every enemy that walks over the caltrops. Another benefit is that caltrops don't disappear after being stepped on and remain in position for as long as the player is alive.

v • d • e Weapons of Battlefield Vietnam Because Battlefield Vietnam features different loadouts for each faction, this list may not be specific enough. Please see each faction's respective page for information on individual weapon kits and loadouts. All Kits Handguns - M-19 · M1911 · TT-33 Equipment - Binoculars · Combat Knife · Machete · Plantation Knife Assault Kit Assault Rifles - AK-47 · AKMS · CAR-15 · M16 Machine Guns - Type-53 · RPD Shotguns - Mossberg 500 Equipment - Grenade · XM148 · Medkit Engineer Kit Battle Rifles - M14 Submachine guns - MAT-49 Equipment - Wrench · M1 Mortar · Claymore · C4 Explosive · Welding Torch · Type 63 Mortar · Shovel · Booby Trap · Pungi Sticks Heavy Assault Kit Battle Rifles - M14 · Type-56 Machine Guns - M60 Launchers · L.A.W. · M79 · RPG-2 · RPG-7V · SA-7 Equipment - Grenade · TNT Scout Kit Sniper Rifles - M16 Sniper · M21 · M40 · SVD · M91/30 Battle Rifles - Type-56 Equipment - Smoke Grenade · Caltrops · Bouncing Betty · Time Bomb Cut From Kit Equipment - Wirecutters · Flaregun · Commando knife