Several Viet Cong insurgents on a Sampan.
The Sampan is a barge used by the NVA and Vietcong in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Singleplayer
The Sampan first appears in The Defector, after jumping into the PBR, the player can see some Sampans.
After playing the following levels, again it appears in Victor Charlie, in which many VC fighters attack the player, in the beginning of the level, you get an M1911 and kill three Vietcong in a Sampan, afterwards, Mason uses a VC as a human shield in a Sampan. After this firefight, lots of Sampans appear too.
In Crash Site, it appears the Sampans are more equipped, with at least one RPG on board. Once in the plane, VC fighters come in Sampans in which the player can destroy with their China Lake.
In Payback there are multiple Sampans on the river, which will fire at your Hind. You can destroy them, however it's not necessary.
Mulitplayer
Sampans make a brief appearance in Multiplayer map Cracked, many of them are stationed in where the SOG team spawns
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