17-015 Garand Picture of the Day - Anzio

[browningautorifle]

would the Teller mine do that sort of catastrophic damage to an M-4

That's what they were for. Read this...

Anti-tank mines with this type of fuze were capable of inflicting much more damage to armored vehicles.[2] This was demonstrated numerous times in the Normandy Campaign. On June 8th, 1944, a Sherman tank was accompanying the 1st Ranger Battalion in an attack on the Maisy battery. It ran over a Tellermine and was blown to pieces, with a total crew loss. Sergeant John Robert "Bob" Slaughter describes the scene: "The explosive energy from that hidden teller mine sent the 32-ton Sherman tank into the ditch on its side. This scene echoed the bloody, grotesque carnage of D-Day. One minute they were healthy young men, and the next minute they were bloody arms and legs wrapped around bloody torsos. We found body parts and shoes with the feet still stuck in them twenty-five yards away."

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[browningautorifle]

It ran over a Tellermine and was blown to pieces, with a total crew loss.

And that pointedly, is what an AT mine is for. Imagine stacking several for better effect?