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minus-squareTransplantedSconie@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·2 years agoWouldn’t munitions like the HIMARS with tungsten balls set off these mines they’ve used? Why not make smaller versions to shot gun blast a path?
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoI think a mine-clearing line charge does something similar to what you have in mind.
minus-squarecobra89@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years ago“Shot gun blast a path” through the minefield. Brilliant, now you have all the troops in a line ready to be mowed down by the Russians. If it were that easy they would have done it already.
Wouldn’t munitions like the HIMARS with tungsten balls set off these mines they’ve used?
Why not make smaller versions to shot gun blast a path?
I think a mine-clearing line charge does something similar to what you have in mind.
“Shot gun blast a path” through the minefield. Brilliant, now you have all the troops in a line ready to be mowed down by the Russians.
If it were that easy they would have done it already.