| Posted by Conundrum |
3/26/2004 5:42 PM | remove |
are those land mines?
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| Posted by Mark |
3/26/2004 9:59 PM | remove |
anti tank mines to be exact. Designed to prevent cars and tanks from coming down the road.
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| Posted by Samurai |
3/27/2004 1:48 AM | remove |
now THAT is how you close a road!
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| Posted by underdark |
3/27/2004 2:57 AM | remove |
Look soviet to me. Guessing this wasn't a route into the city anyone wanted to take.
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| Posted by Mark |
3/27/2004 3:16 AM | remove |
Nope defiantly american mines. Its a side road toward a palace or something.
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| Posted by underdark |
3/28/2004 4:07 AM | remove |
I'd be suprised at that, but I have been out for a while. That kinda two-disk stack style was very commom in Pact mines. American AT mines were pertty uniform in having a smooth side profile. Hell, when I got out, the newest plastic AT mines were square for some reason. Figured they would have taken over the inventory by now.
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| Posted by Mark |
3/28/2004 4:44 AM | remove |
Thats what the gaurds told me. Could be worng I'll check into it.
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| Posted by Sniper |
3/30/2004 4:13 AM | remove |
i love this photo
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| Posted by Mark |
3/30/2004 4:35 AM | remove |
why is that?
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| Posted by Sniper |
3/31/2004 1:41 AM | remove |
it gives me a better feel of what they are talking about on cnn. i can't really pause the tv and take a while to look at the pictures they show
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| Posted by Duluoz |
4/7/2004 11:36 AM | remove |
Yeah seriously. These casual snapshots from people who are actually there are much more informative than some professionally written piece by a guy with a PhD in journalism and a $20,000 camera.
Keep em coming.
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| Posted by Mark |
4/7/2004 4:10 PM | remove |
I have a bunch but unfortantly im not there anymore.
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| Posted by orangeindiana |
4/8/2004 7:02 AM | remove |
How difficult are these to move off the road? I've heard they're not as touchy as anti-personnel mines (or whatever the proper name for them is), but I'd imagine you couldn't just pick them up and throw them off to the side either.
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| Posted by Mark |
4/8/2004 2:52 PM | remove |
depends. They require about 1000 pounds average to detonate. You can walk over them. However I wouldnt want to jar them.
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| Posted by underdark |
4/11/2004 3:56 PM | remove |
Belive it or not most mines aren't fitted with anit-handling devices. Mines work to prevent passage through an area best when covered by fire, like most other access denial obstructions. Anti-tank mines without anti-handling devices attached are safe to remove by hand for disposal. The catch is, which one is booby trapped? Combat engineers or EOD personel spend alot of time pulling each mine that has to be removed (rather than blown in place, the favored and safer method). Most times it's wasted, no booby trap. The one time you find one though, it tends to make up for all the work you did checking this one and all the ones before it.
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| Posted by Silent Knight |
5/5/2004 4:16 AM | remove |
I still see a bike lane to the right...
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| Posted by underdark |
5/17/2004 9:32 PM | remove |
Well, earth day is coming, gotta comserve...
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| Posted by MDuitsman |
12/12/2004 9:32 PM | remove |
Apparently, the Iraqis think that toilet paper makes good camo for their mines.
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| Posted by Mark |
12/13/2004 12:20 AM | remove |
Thats american and thats to warn people there are mines under some stupid convention. May also be tamper tape I'll ask someone.
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
12/14/2004 4:44 AM | remove |
Yeah... Uhmmm... Stupid Convention! Making deadly mines visible....
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| Posted by Mark |
12/14/2004 6:20 AM | remove |
Thats the point turbo, and they are anti vehicle. It is a deturance for drivers.
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
12/14/2004 8:23 PM | remove |
I see. So these are more for warning / show than actually tearing people into many pieces in a hellish explosion ??
I get it now, thanks Mark.
Hope I never come across an UE site protected in this fashion!! :-S
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| Posted by Mark |
12/15/2004 3:44 AM | remove |
Yep its a do not trespass sign with a bite. Its also to prevent people from trying to drive through the area. Just incase they are crazy enough. Also there are no mines past the wall in the backgroud and thats where the enemy would be coming from. Basicly it prevents people from ramping over the barriers and driveing on.
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| Posted by Tupsumato |
5/26/2005 2:52 PM | remove |
Hmm. How heavy are those mines?
The ones we use are ~10 kg.
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| Posted by Mark |
5/27/2005 7:35 PM | remove |
No idea
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| Posted by Mutt |
3/6/2006 1:39 PM | remove |
Advise, dont try to pick one up.
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| Posted by Tupsumato |
3/11/2006 9:26 AM | remove |
Mutt, why not?
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| Posted by Aggressive |
1/19/2007 6:22 AM | remove |
wow, nice photo
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| Posted by nootz |
11/8/2007 10:41 PM | remove |
Tupsumato, don't pick one up because the possibility of dropping it could be fatal to you and anyone within 10ft of you. (Force of impact, depending on if & how you drop it). Be wise to NOT touch live mines.
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