Minefields a bitch. They cost lives ad they slow down an advance. Every sodier hates minefields, and the engineers are always searching for better ways to clear a gap through a minefield so that troops and equipment can cross safely. Some of those methods include overpressure, a large explosion over the minefield to sympathetically detonate the mines buried.
It's quite impressive to see.
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| GRAFENWOEHR, GERMANY 01.23.2019 - U.S. Soldiers with the 91st Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, detonate a mine clearing line charge fired from their M1 assault breacher vehicle at the Camp Aachen training area, Grafenwoehr, Germany, Jan. 23, 2019. |
More on line charges here.
As a once 12B some 50 years ago, I say anything that keeps boots out of a mine field is a wonderous thing.
ReplyDeleteAhh, Graf in the winter. My last visit was the winter of '62-'63 as a four- deuce FDC guy. Warmest it got during that two week period was -18. Rivers in Germany were freezing solid and people were dying because coal barges couldn't make up the rivers. Fond memories of watching M-60's sliding down the tank trails.
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