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The history section needs rewriting, for three reasons:
-- Securiger 05:25, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
I've added this section to get the ball rolling as it obviously requires much more information. Deon Steyn 12:45, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
I think the "History" section's name could be changed to "Development" and then it could include WWI, WWII and perhaps "Cold War" and/or "Modern". Then this section can track the changes and technological development of the mine as opposed to every historical instance it was used in, I don't for instance think the mines themselves differed much from one war to the next and I don't think we should clutter it up by having a separate section for each war, because then we should really also add many others wars besides "vietnam", "afghanistan" and "gulf war(s)"... ("angola", "korea" etc. etc.) besides there is some overlap with "cold war". Perhaps these wars can be listed in a section called "Service" or "Deployment" or "Combat use" or something? Deon Steyn 06:01, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm paring down the article " tank". I removed the following, which may have something of use for this article. — Michael Z. 2006-11-23 04:01 Z
Mines have the advantage of attacking the thinnest armour of the tank and can be well concealed.
With modern scatterable mines, and in particular artillery scatterable mines, it is actually possible to lay a mine field around a moving tank formation.
In addition to the traditional bottom-attack mine, the scatter mine, the artillery-delivered mine and the air-delivered mine, there are a number of side attack or "off-route" mines. These are mines that can be mounted on a vertical surface (such as a wall) or mounted on a stand, and are positioned where a tank is likely to pass. Choke points such as bridges, fords, gates and underpasses are all likely spots. When a tank passes, these mines fire into the side of the tank. The two common warheads for these mines are the ubiquitous HEAT and the less-common platter charge. These mines can be fired by a human operator, simple mechanical actuator (such as a tripwire or pressure plate) or by more sophisticated systems (such as seismic, IR or other electronic fusing systems). Some of the fusing systems are sophisticated enough to discriminate between different classes of target and attack only specified classes of vehicles (e.g., ignore wheeled vehicles). Some infantry anti-tank weapons can also be configured to act as off-route mines.
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The history section needs rewriting, for three reasons:
-- Securiger 05:25, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
I've added this section to get the ball rolling as it obviously requires much more information. Deon Steyn 12:45, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
I think the "History" section's name could be changed to "Development" and then it could include WWI, WWII and perhaps "Cold War" and/or "Modern". Then this section can track the changes and technological development of the mine as opposed to every historical instance it was used in, I don't for instance think the mines themselves differed much from one war to the next and I don't think we should clutter it up by having a separate section for each war, because then we should really also add many others wars besides "vietnam", "afghanistan" and "gulf war(s)"... ("angola", "korea" etc. etc.) besides there is some overlap with "cold war". Perhaps these wars can be listed in a section called "Service" or "Deployment" or "Combat use" or something? Deon Steyn 06:01, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm paring down the article " tank". I removed the following, which may have something of use for this article. — Michael Z. 2006-11-23 04:01 Z
Mines have the advantage of attacking the thinnest armour of the tank and can be well concealed.
With modern scatterable mines, and in particular artillery scatterable mines, it is actually possible to lay a mine field around a moving tank formation.
In addition to the traditional bottom-attack mine, the scatter mine, the artillery-delivered mine and the air-delivered mine, there are a number of side attack or "off-route" mines. These are mines that can be mounted on a vertical surface (such as a wall) or mounted on a stand, and are positioned where a tank is likely to pass. Choke points such as bridges, fords, gates and underpasses are all likely spots. When a tank passes, these mines fire into the side of the tank. The two common warheads for these mines are the ubiquitous HEAT and the less-common platter charge. These mines can be fired by a human operator, simple mechanical actuator (such as a tripwire or pressure plate) or by more sophisticated systems (such as seismic, IR or other electronic fusing systems). Some of the fusing systems are sophisticated enough to discriminate between different classes of target and attack only specified classes of vehicles (e.g., ignore wheeled vehicles). Some infantry anti-tank weapons can also be configured to act as off-route mines.