The punji sticks or punji stake is a type of booby trapped stake. It is a simple spike, made out of wood or bamboo, which is sharpened, heated, and usually set in a hole. Punji sticks are usually deployed in substantial numbers. [1] .

Jun 25, 2018 · Punji sticks were made either from sharpened bamboo, with the points hardened by fire, or nails, which were then inserted through wooden boards. They were then placed, often quite densely, in areas of pre-arranged attack such as fields where helicopters were bound to drop attacking infantry.

A very sharp bamboo stake that is concealed at an angle in high grass, in a hole, or in deep mud, often coated with excrement, and planted to wound and infect the feet of enemy soldiers. Also called punji stake.

Punji stick wounds: experience with 342 wounds in 324 patients in Vietnam. - PMC. As a library, NLM provides access to scientific literature. Inclusion in an NLM database does not imply endorsement of, or agreement with, the contents by NLM or the National Institutes of Health. Ann Surg. 1967 Dec; 166 (6): 902–907.

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Punji Sticks were sharpened bamboo branches that were used by the Viet Cong as its toxic terror sticks. Sometimes the sticks were smeared with feces in order to spread infection throughout the wound. On the show, Punji Sticks were placed in a pit where a falling pig carcass fell on top of the sharpened sticks inflicting many wounds.

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