misk to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 6 hours agoBiden agrees to give Ukraine anti-personnel mineswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down12
arrow-up163arrow-down1external-linkBiden agrees to give Ukraine anti-personnel mineswww.bbc.commisk to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·5 hours agoProper mines destroy themselves after a fixed period of time.
minus-squareShadowRam@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 hours 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-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 hours 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.