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Old 07-29-2023, 11:21 AM
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Default Ghost-riding through a Minefield

When I was a kid, my friends and I would do something that we called "ghost-riding"*. We'd ride our bikes to pick up speed and then jump off without stopping to see how far our bikes would go without us, sometimes aiming the bike at a ramp or obstacle of some sort before un-assing. The Ukrainians attempted something similar recently, but with a BMP-1, and across a Russian minefield.

This is an... "interesting" way to detect enemy AT mines. The UAF reportedly sent an unmanned BMP-1 across a suspected Russian minefield. Improbably, it didn't "find" any and, curiously, the Russians apparently didn't bother to take it under direct fire as it approached their positions. It was finally stopped by an AT ditch.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidax...h=1538fbed3769

*I'm not claiming that we invented this term. I'm sure it's pretty common. I included the anecdote in the hopes that you relate to it.

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