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antitank mine

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A mine designed to immobilize or destroy a tank. See also mine.

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Mined and explosive obstacles were used very extensively and they were planted in the most dense manner along the probable paths of enemy attack: Along the Orel-Kursk line in the CF zone there were 1,600 antitank mines and 1,000 antipersonnel mines per one square kilometer, along the Belgorod-Oboyan line in the VF zone there were 1,400 antitank mines and 1,200 antipersonnel mines.
At the south end near Jowz village, the bottom of an Italian antitank mine (TC-6) was found sitting on a rock wall.
Just like anti-personnel mines, antitank mines are cruel indiscriminant killers--they can't differentiate between a tank, tractor, or school bus.
 
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