Originally Posted by Pollux

Lol.....yeah maybe...
What I've been told about our AT-2 mine is that if a tank or sth drives over it, the mine discerns the disturbance in the magnetic field caused by the tank and explodes......
so I'm no pioneer, just a dumb infatrist , but i think that was what I've been told during my officers course

Yes, the AT-2 has what is called a magnetic influence fuze. It is activated by changes in the immiedate magnetic field. The problem with these is that not only will tanks set them off, but so can people. Because of the AHD and the magnetic fuzing it can be detonated by someone walking into it or tripping over it, or having a powerful watch too close. No big deal if it is the enemy, but makes for bad press and Amnesty International will be at your doorstep.

Metal detectors (which is maybe what you meant by MAD) will detonate the fuse about 50% of the time .. and knives have been known to send one flying as well. Luckily those little suckers have a self destruct.

Didnt know that those babies are that sensitive

Originally Posted by Pollux

Didnt know that those babies are that sensitive

Mostly it's the AHD that makes it moody, but those fuses are ornery little things anyway. Italy, IIRC, stopped using them AT-2s back in the 90s .. too many personnel casualties and pressure from the "feel good" groups.

didnt know that
i didnt hear anything bad about the AT-2 here in the Bundeswehr

Originally Posted by Pollux

didnt know that
i didnt hear anything bad about the AT-2 here in the Bundeswehr

I'm not sure one could call it "bad," gets the job done, and nicely at that. Anything like this has it's quirks, how it's dealt with depends on training and skill .. and sometimes a little good luck floating your way.

If I ever get to choose between skill, and luck. I'll take luck.

At basic I was never taught how to do anything besides emplace an M21 AT mine, emplace and recover a claymore, and self-extract from a minefield. So alll of this mine shit is new two me. They also gave us a briefing on mines, and said that a toe popper would take the steel plate in my jungle boot, and put it through my hip bone. How much is true, and how much is b******t, I don't know.

My buddy here who was an engineer with the 82d in Afghanistan, said that these little italian mines had two magnets that would set the mine off, if any metal came near them. in them and when they worked with them they had to take off everything that had metal in it. ID tags, boots, BDUs, everything.

What is that new AT mine that shoots bomblets out, it goes off by sensing vibration? I am not quites sure about the specifics I only heard about it.

I think youre talking of the hornet wide area munition
look here
http://www.wood.army.mil/TSM/hornet.htm

Gemeva convenction is a agreement about using for example napalm,land mines,cluster bombs and it was agreed betwen all military forces in the world but nobody seems to work as agreed!!

Damn, you are in Seribia, you must no all about mines. MY buddy went there, his comment, "Gorgeous country, pretty women, lots of minefields."

Prety women in every where mines mostly in kosovo.im begining to like this site