On Sat, 18 Jan 2014 22:42:05 -0600, Califbill wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jan 2014 10:50:08 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

As for mines in storage, in case of an
invasion, there won't be enough time to be putting in any minefields.

I don't know a lot about US mines but the Russians littered
Afghanistan with little plastic air dropped mines. The problem is they
look like toys and kids pick them up ... kaboom.
There have been a number of stories about them.
I think they copied a US mine.

It is pretty fast to spray those out in front of an attacking army.

My roommate before marriage worked on a mine thrower for FMC. He designed
the triggering mechanism. Was a spinning tire and the mines were fed on to
the tire and tossed out as the trailer was pulled along.

Anti-tank mines on top of the ground become easy targets for the machine guns on tanks.