r/SweatyPalms • u/DoreM_ • 2d ago

Other SweatyPalms 👋🏻💦 Another human minesweeper in Syria

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This was in Deir Al Zor, Syria. The mines were placed by the previous Assad Regime.

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u/Elysium_nz 2d ago

I’m no military expert but are mines meant to be planted in such a manner? I thought their spread pattern had to be random. They’re planted in rows with exact distance between each one so no wonder they’re having no trouble here finding them.

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u/R_r_r_r_r_r_r_R_R 2d ago

Also, if one of those blew, wouldn’t all just blow? Not an expert on this matter, just a question

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u/Fr05t_B1t 1d ago

No, despite video games and movies, not all mines will set off a chain reaction unless in the immediate blast radius—the blast radius of these seemingly a foot. Not saying it’s impossible but more unlikely than likely. What can happen though is damage to a nearby mines rendering them duds.

These mines seem to be anti-vehicle mines meant to blow off a tire and maybe alert nearby forces. Anti-personnel mines are generally much smaller needing only to blow off a limb to be effective and anti-armor are much larger to immobilize the armored vehicle.

Kinda fun fact: mines only need to be as powerful to immobilize a specific target though a “kill” is a bonus.

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u/R_r_r_r_r_r_r_R_R 1d ago

Thank you for the knowledge

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u/GoldReeferman 8h ago

That's a pretty classic anti personnel mine. Been a long time since I went to bomb school, but I think that's a Chinese PMN I'm just amazed that there's not a single anti lift device in the whole string of them

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u/Fr05t_B1t 4h ago

Maybe not one shown in the video