Chinese Tactics

[Woodard]

indochine.net.co.nr/vm/ctac1.html#top

US Army primer on Chinese tactics, from a Website on the french Indochina war.

indochine54.free.fr/vm/vtac1.html#top

Translation of a VietMinh document on Chinese Tactics. Good explanation of a fairly simple concept, if You were at the Louisa VA Vietnam event this is what happened during the night battle Sat. Night.

[yalu]

I forget the title of the book, there is a book which is a collection of intel interviews with captured PVA soldiers during the Korean war which has some interesting insights as far as doing things different from "the book."
The two things that caught my attention was the use of grenadiers-soldiers armed only with grenades who would work their way as close as they could to a UN position and throw grenades.
The other was the so called 'Human Wave."
This is how I recall it was described.
The unit would attempt to get as close as it could to a UN position without being spotted.
Once they were observed, and UN forces would take them under fire, the idea was to close with the position as fast as the men could since it was felt this would reduce the effect of UN artillery fire if the PLA could get into the enemy trenches.

[Woodard]

The book you're thinking of wouldn't be "The Chinese Communist Army in action : the Korean War and its aftermath" by Alexander L. George, would it? This one came out in the 60's and is based on interviews with captured Chinese troops. It's a fascinating book, but deals more with psychological and morale issues. If you're thinking of something else I may not know of it, so let me know if you find out!

[Woodard]

This is from that same site on the Indochina war, but is a US Army primer of CCF tactics. Pretty good basic writeup, a quick read too. I especially like that it talks about the differences between Chinese and North Korean methods, since they usually get lumped together in everything.
members.lycos.co.uk/Indochine/vm/vietminh.html, scroll down and click on "Chinese teachers"