Landmines in War and Peace by Mike Croll

Author:Mike Croll [Croll, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Reference, Military, Weapons
ISBN: 9781844685004
Google: XgXMDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2009-04-21T00:29:53+00:00

The US M14 ‘Toe Popper’ anti-personnel mine produced after the Korean War.

Another significant feature of mine warfare in Korea was poor recording and marking which resulted in many troops becoming casualties of their own mines. Lieutenant Sam D. Starobin, S2, 65th Engineer Combat Battalion recalled:

Mines are double-edged weapons. Properly employed they can be a strong instrument of defense. Improperly used they are a menace … A large percentage of the mines that destroyed our vehicles and killed our troops had been relaid by the enemy. American mine warfare doctrine is sound, but after the Eighth Army had shipped 120,000 mines to units, only 20,000 were recorded or on hand. The remaining 100,000 were either abandoned or buried unrecorded!

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