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Members of the 2nd Engineering Combat Battalion sweep the roads of Korea for anti tank mines
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Members of the 2nd Engineering Combat Battalion sweep the roads of Korea for anti tank mines
Photographer is ahead of them?
Hopefully there are no A/P mines where the photographer went an A/T mine should not be set off by the weight of a single man though I would not want to try that theory out.
Speaking of mines the Germans in WWII got onto the Flail tanks setting off the teller mines what they did was have a initiator type set up hooked to a teller mine about the right distance back so as to explode under the tank when the flail hit the initiator.
Jeeze guys...posed photo... The area they're checking could be 300 yds away. This guy wants a picture before they head out. "Show us how you use that thing"...Quote:
Originally Posted by ed skeels
As soon as I opened the picture I thought Korea.
Who knows why........
What bit of kit exactly does the second man have, behind the man with the detector? Is it just a metal probe or something else?
A mine probe. Just a very sharp metal spike with a several piece joined handle, and a pistol grip. It's just for poking... Here's one version.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flying10uk
Tunisia 1943
Not quite the clown show I'd use for mine detection. I have a feeling a bit less than stated is going on.
Ok thanks, Jim.
Didn't the British mine detector case include a spike bayonet and entrenching tool shaft for mine probing purposes?
Always thought you wanted as few soldiers as necessary on the spot in demining teams, even when pulling AT mines as they were often 'salted' with AP to slow the clearing process.
I THINK that was just the infantry expedient...but would work for close up poking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flying10uk
Known as a mixed minefield, it was also because armor moving forward usually has infantry attached, if moving slowly they are on foot. That's what the AP mines are for. Also the whole affair can be rigged so when the first mine is hit they all go off together...all of them. There's various ways to rig them.Quote:
Originally Posted by matthanne1