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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Between 2006-09 Id watch the PMC Little Birds launching from the end of the line in Afghan, theyd go over and just annoy locals, taunt them to take a few pot shots, then mow them all down. I was only in Iraq in 05 but the PMCs were doing the same in Balad. The modern military tv shows wont show you the real shit they got up to, running blindfolded prisoners, hands bound behind them, off the back of Chinooks (there is a 2-3ft drop off the ramp) so theyd crack their skulls as they fell.

The truth doesnt inspire the next generation of cannon fodder.

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