[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;38208067]I mistily remember today landmines should have timed self-defusing properties, but I don't know how much is that obligatory.[/QUOTE]
If a country is signed up to the anti mine treaty (can't remember the name) they have to do it. I think every country bar the US is signed up to it mind you.
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[QUOTE=OvB;38212628]-snip- broken merge.[/QUOTE]
Sorry :(
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[QUOTE=smurfy;38208112]It says anti-personnel mines in the first sentence of that article
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Heheh look at this
Every civilised country in the world has signed up to the anti-personnel landmine ban
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Ottawa_Treaty_members.svg/2000px-Ottawa_Treaty_members.svg.png[/t][/QUOTE]
Shame one of those nice uncivlised countries refuesd to use mines many years ago, they would gotten Bin Laden just months after 9/11!!
Holy crap, I live in Warrington.
[QUOTE=David29;38212943]Holy crap, I live in Warrington.[/QUOTE]
I'd be very careful driving your tank around for a while then!
[QUOTE=Deiru;38212975]I'd be very careful driving your tank around for a while then![/QUOTE]
Aye, I better get to work fixing a flail to the front of it.
Edit: why the fuck am I being rated dumb?
[QUOTE=David29;38212997]Aye, I better get to work fixing a flail to the front of it.[/QUOTE]
Buy a miclic
This is in the U.K., right?
Think it could be just a confused thief, or something more sinister?
IRA, maybe?
[QUOTE=SKEEA;38212576]Mines aren't warcrimes. Hell, there is a minefield about 400 meters from me right now. At KAF, they have a minefield in the middle of the base.
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He got EFP IEDs mixed up with regular ones, chill man. He is pretty correct in his description though, EFPs will fuck you up.[/QUOTE]
They forbidden long as you're not an uncivilized country.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;38214716]This is in the U.K., right?
Think it could be just a confused thief, or something more sinister?
IRA, maybe?[/QUOTE]
Oh fuck, I hope it's not that shit again.
[QUOTE=laserguided;38208158]Basically all the world powers that actually matter don't give a shit.[/QUOTE]
Or you know, [B]mostly[/B] countries that aren't warmongering cunts.
[QUOTE=smeismastger;38214826]Or you know, [B]mostly[/B] countries that aren't warmongering cunts.[/QUOTE]
I don't quite catch what you're saying.
[QUOTE=laserguided;38214839]I don't quite catch what you're saying.[/QUOTE]
I'm picking up large quantities of "Fuck America" and "Fuck Russia", with large amounts of America in the mix cap'n.
[QUOTE=KommradKommisar;38214916]I'm picking up large quantities of "Fuck America" and "Fuck Russia", with large amounts of America in the mix cap'n.[/QUOTE]
I'm neither, I was simply saying a fact that the world powers don't give two shits.
[QUOTE=David29;38212943]Holy crap, I live in Warrington.[/QUOTE]
You have my condolences....not for the Anti Tank mines, but for living in Warrington.
[QUOTE=smeismastger;38214826]Or you know, [B]mostly[/B] countries that aren't warmongering cunts.[/QUOTE]
You are going to use certain items in a war.
Incendiaries, AP mines, etc.
Making promises that you have no intention of keeping when the shit actually hits the fan is ridiculous.
Anti tank mines are a significant portion of modern military strategy. They can control or even halt enemy armor advances and significantly alter the course of an engagement. They are also pretty much fucking useless without AP mines.
You see people aren't afraid of anti tank mines because people don't generally set off anti tank mines. enemy soldiers can take apart your field easily. This is why the American volcano mine system includes an AP mine occasionally in a field of AT mines. It doesn't take many, just enough to make the enemy think twice about galavanting about the mine field without due caution. With the occasional AP mine, the advancing armored units have to stop and call in specialists in order to handle it, whereas otherwise they could just send in the supporting infantry to handle it unaided.
[QUOTE=GunFox;38217486]You are going to use certain items in a war.
Incendiaries, AP mines, etc.
Making promises that you have no intention of keeping when the shit actually hits the fan is ridiculous.
Anti tank mines are a significant portion of modern military strategy. They can control or even halt enemy armor advances and significantly alter the course of an engagement. They are also pretty much fucking useless without AP mines.
You see people aren't afraid of anti tank mines because people don't generally set off anti tank mines. enemy soldiers can take apart your field easily. This is why the American volcano mine system includes an AP mine occasionally in a field of AT mines. It doesn't take many, just enough to make the enemy think twice about galavanting about the mine field without due caution. With the occasional AP mine, the advancing armored units have to stop and call in specialists in order to handle it, whereas otherwise they could just send in the supporting infantry to handle it unaided.[/QUOTE]
Correct me if I'm wrong they could just bomb the mines since they're on the surface.
[QUOTE=laserguided;38217496]Correct me if I'm wrong they could just bomb the mines since they're on the surface.[/QUOTE]
Sure. But GATOR mines can be dropped from a strike fighter anyways. A single fighter can drop several minefields at random locations. So while you can deploy them easily and at random, the enemy has to seek them out and progress extremely slowly while doing so.
Mines aren't really intended to be that effective. Slowing and channeling the enemy is the goal there.
A vehicle mine won't detonate if you walk over it. right?
[QUOTE=BCell;38219066]A vehicle mine won't detonate if you walk over it. right?[/QUOTE]
If you weigh less then 500kg you're safe.
[QUOTE=laserguided;38219167]If you weigh less then 500kg you're safe.[/QUOTE]
But if you're a really fat sloth that has a habit of walking through questionable places or love to drive your car fully loaded around some field in The Middle East/SE Asia/SE Europe/Africa, you might want to reconsider.
However, it's important to note that while land mines are a very cunning and effective method of stalling your enemy during a war, the biggest problem that comes from land mines are overuse, and inevitable forgetting where they were. Once ordinary people resettle the frontline you have [I]a lot of [/I]innocent lives endangered by leftovers from a war. This can be easily fixed by either extreme demining or artillery exercises over the mine fields, but both take time, money, or both.
[QUOTE=croguy;38219214]But if you're a really fat sloth that has a habit of walking through questionable places or love to drive your car fully loaded around some field in The Middle East/SE Asia/SE Europe/Africa, you might want to reconsider.[/QUOTE]Can people who weigh 500+ kg even walk? Roll, perhaps; though i'd imagine their flabs would get caught on all kinds of pointy plants.
[QUOTE=RayvenQ;38215598]You have my condolences....not for the Anti Tank mines, but for living in Warrington.[/QUOTE]
To be fair, I live in one of the outlying villages, so it's not so bad.
[QUOTE=David29;38219692]To be fair, I live in one of the outlying villages, so it's not so bad.[/QUOTE]
Thats like saying "I only have a [I]slight[/I] case of leprosy", either way iot's still bad.
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