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2003-04-07 Iraq

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Posted by becky 2003-04-07 07:49 am|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Very good article! I do find this line puzzling, though:
Tanks used their chain guns to blast more mines out of the way.

Wonder if this was a daisy chain on top of the road surface? Can you shoot up AT mines, or would this imply they were AP mines?

Posted by Dar Steckelberg 2003-04-07 09:26:35|| 2003-04-07 09:26:35|| Front Page Top

#2 This is probably a comment on the usual Iraqi mine deployment technique; just dump the AT mines on top of the road and hope the enemy is too stupid to notice the mines are there.

Posted by Hiryu 2003-04-07 09:37:37|| 2003-04-07 09:37:37|| Front Page Top

#3 By the looks of the terrain in the photo, perhaps the mines had been covered with sand that blew away.

Posted by Tom 2003-04-07 14:20:06|| 2003-04-07 14:20:06|| Front Page Top

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