Mine flail
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mine-flail-161-11748017
title:
Mine flail
text:
A mine flail is a vehicle-mounted device that makes a safe path through a minefield by deliberately detonating land mines in front of the vehicle that carries it. They were first used by the British during World War II. The mine flail consists of a number of heavy chains ending in fist-sized steel balls (flails) that are attached to a horizontal, rapidly rotating rotor mounted on two arms in front of the vehicle. The rotor's rotation makes the flails spin wildly and violently pound the ground. T
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Vehicle-mounted anti-mine device
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mine_flail
date created:
2005-09-05T02:56:25Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T14:01:36Z
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