Ukrainians drive over LANDMINES left behind by Russian troops

[rayg]

If the mines are for tanks, not sure if driving a car over one of the mines would set it off? Maybe some one on here would know!

Inches from death: Ukrainians drive over LANDMINES left behind by Russian troops in nerve-wracking footage
The mines were placed to cover the full width of a bridge near Borodyanka
Russian troops had laid them in diagonal rows to block the route across
Video shows drivers lining their cars up so their tyres are parallel to the mines

Nerve-wracking footage shows them inching their vehicles forward over mines
In total, the footage shows three treacherous crossings by civilian drivers

These are the tense moments civilians carefully drove their cars over landmines left behind by Russian troops on a main road in Ukraine.

The drivers are shown crossing one-by-one, navigating their cars through the mine field - all while coming inches from death.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...an-troops.html

[Vern Humphrey]

Typically, anti-tank mines take 400 lbs of pressure to set them off. A car would definitely detonate one.

In Egypt in the '50s, my Dad's crews worked in the Western Desert and we had a "mine sweeper" made in company headquarters in Houston, Texas. It was a radio-controlled Ford tractor pushing a bunch of agricultural implements -- harrow, disk, etc. It was tested twice. Each time, the front wheels set the mine off -- the second time, the mine only smoked. The Captain in charge of the Egyptian mine clearing team went forwarded, dug it up and got it to chest height when it went off. A lot of fools followed him when he went forward. Some were killed, others seriously injured.

[dogtag]

Maybe those drivers learned their skill by avoiding potholes.
I'm good at that but I'll stick with our potholes.

[Major Tom]

Maybe those drivers learned their skill by avoiding potholes.
I'm good at that but I'll stick with our potholes.

Speaking of 'pot holes', in northern climates there are pot holes growing every where and they multiply! Tire stores and suspension mechanics are way behind in repairing this menace. Biden's infrastructure bill is not working!