@dpsherry and our friendly imperialist - of course the sequence was set up - it was in a film! Mind you, I wasn't there on the day... can anyone comment on whether this technique was actually undertaken 'for real' by engineers / mine disposal personnel at the time?
I have to assume this video is a recreation, perhaps using a disarmed land mine. I am not saying that soldiers didn't do this sort of thing all the time (I know *I* wouldn't). I'm saying that very few cameramen are willing to get that close! And then there's "Guys, could we do a second take? Jan was standing in the way..."
wouldn't it have been faster/safer to simply tie a rope around that handle looking bit and pull the thing? I figure it would at least save them from messing around with it two inches from their face for however long they did.
There was an article from SOF Magazine about the different Ops that happened back in the late 70s, one story was that a foot patrol was travalling through the bush, and heard a massive explosion, the troop hurried to where the explosion was and found a crater in the middle of the nearby road and pieces of insergents up in the trees,
Yup, was fake. Nice demo though (except to an engineer trained in the period!)
dpsherry 1 year ago
@dpsherry and our friendly imperialist - of course the sequence was set up - it was in a film! Mind you, I wasn't there on the day... can anyone comment on whether this technique was actually undertaken 'for real' by engineers / mine disposal personnel at the time?
msasauk 1 year ago
I have to assume this video is a recreation, perhaps using a disarmed land mine. I am not saying that soldiers didn't do this sort of thing all the time (I know *I* wouldn't). I'm saying that very few cameramen are willing to get that close! And then there's "Guys, could we do a second take? Jan was standing in the way..."
ImperialistRunningDo 1 year ago
wouldn't it have been faster/safer to simply tie a rope around that handle looking bit and pull the thing? I figure it would at least save them from messing around with it two inches from their face for however long they did.
omgnumbersandletters 1 year ago
There was an article from SOF Magazine about the different Ops that happened back in the late 70s, one story was that a foot patrol was travalling through the bush, and heard a massive explosion, the troop hurried to where the explosion was and found a crater in the middle of the nearby road and pieces of insergents up in the trees,
Boy, looks like someone " Blew it "
HunterR909 1 year ago
These guys show that silly out of context american film 'Hurt Locker' is just promoting american heroism!
My Dad fought in the 'Hurricane' area from 1976-79, and Mum lived there on thier farm.
205gtist170 1 year ago
Excellent, Thanks form the post.
reasoning777 2 years ago