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Originally Posted by Targan
Well the rats are too light to set off one of those through direct pressure and I think it would be pretty rare for a rat to snag itsself on a tripwire or put its full weight on a trip wire. Still, I do take your point that it would theoretically be possible for a pouch rat to set off some AP mines. When you said that an animal that size could set off some mines I thought you were talking about those mines you see in WWII films with the little prongs that stick up out of the dirt. They seem like something a rat could set off. I've never looked into how they work (the prongs I mean). Does anyone here know?
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This is the M-16 bounding AP mine; you can kick a prong by accident or step on one, the effect is the same -- BOOM! We were also taught that using a tripwire on a post in the center of the prong cluster is more effective for the M-16. But they prongs not nearly as sensitive at they are depicted in most movies.
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