• saltnotsugar@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    There are no military tactics to counter a surprise tactical peekaboo with a claymore mine.

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    7 months ago

    The “INERT” kind of ruins it a tad, assuming you can read the text of 14p quality image.

    That said, there were wonderful safety posters in Iraq of a Claymore that had been ziptied to the front of a 5 ton truck, and the command line run into the cab. I am very regretful I don’t have pictures of the poster and haven’t been able to find them online.

    That is what happens when you tell somebody who is only half paying attention that an explosive is directional.

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      7 months ago

      I know you mean ERA, but this is a great opening to talk about the M113 (Gavin) variant equipped with MCCMs.

      The Modular Crowd Control Munitions purposefully look like Claymores for an intimidation factor. In function they are like a low powered claymore, replacing steel bearings for rubber, and replacing C4 for a .04 inch sheet explosive.

      Only a small number of M113 (Gavin) vehicles were modified to mount MCCMs. They were used for POW camp control in Iraq, with MCCMs to be deployed in the event of a large scale riot.