Why were loudspeakers used during the Vietnam War?

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I was watching a movie that took place in Vietnam War and saw that they put large loudspeakers on tanks, boats and even on helicopters. On another TV Series, Generation Kill that took place in Iraq War, they don’t have such things. Soldiers usually sing by themselves.

I’m wondering:

* what was the purpose of loudspeakers?
* why they don’t use it anymore?

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Fun fact: During Operation Just Cause (the US invasion of Panama to arrest Noreiga), Noriega took refuge in the embassy of the Holy See, which meant the US military could not enter. To get him to come out, they blasted rock-and-roll music really loudly for a number of days and he eventually surrendered

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