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Old 09-26-2010, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Rockwolf66 View Post
I've heard of such a mine although I'm not quite sure of the official name for it. basically you pulled the pin and it shot out a bunch of tripwires. when someone tripped the wires it went off like a bouncing betty.
Those I've heard of, but this was a near-future science fiction weapon in this book. The monomolecular wires basically shredded anyone in the blast area -- they sliced like a Traveller variable sword.
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