@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agoBiden agrees to give Ukraine anti-personnel mineswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•2 months agoProper mines destroy themselves after a fixed period of time.
minus-squareShadowRamlinkfedilink2•2 months agoperhaps… someone said a ‘battery’ runs out… I’m assuming they are loaded with high-order explosive, so a random foot or cultivating machine ‘shouldn’t’ set it off… Still I’d be hesitant, even their own troops could walk into it by accident,
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-22 months agoI only know of the AT2 anti vehicle mines from Bundeswehr. They disarm after an adjustable period of time, between 3 and 96 hours, by self detonation.
Proper mines destroy themselves after a fixed period of time.
perhaps… someone said a ‘battery’ runs out…
I’m assuming they are loaded with high-order explosive, so a random foot or cultivating machine ‘shouldn’t’ set it off…
Still I’d be hesitant,
even their own troops could walk into it by accident,
I only know of the AT2 anti vehicle mines from Bundeswehr. They disarm after an adjustable period of time, between 3 and 96 hours, by self detonation.