1963 US Army Vietnam War Armor Operations ... - Survival Books

WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COMigue! l 9 7 >at .ring IiFigure 79. Probing to locate mines.plished, it will set off tripwire-activated mines. desirable method and is resorted to only whenThe person throwing the grapnel must drop to absolutely necessary, such as when secrecy ofthe ground in a defiladed position before the removal is required or if destruction in placerope or wire and grapnel, hits the ground be- will damage some usable facility or create ancause this may provide the necessary force to undesirable obstacle. This method is timeactuatea mine. When used to pull out mines, consuming and very dangerous. Instructionsthe grapnel is hooked gently into the side, fuze for disarming US Army mines are presented inwell, or carrying handle of the mine. The rope TM 9-1940, and instructions on known foreignattached to the grapnel is laid out with care so army mines in TM 5-280. Some of the preasnot to place tension on the rope until the cautions for handlifting of mines arepersonpulling out the mine is in a safe place topull, such as a shell hole, ditch, or behind a(1) Always work alone on a mine.(2) First examine carefully the groundlarge log,around the mine before starting toc. When neither of the above methods may be work for other mines, tripwires, andused, the mines are handlifted. This is the leastboobytraps.330 AGO 9139A