landmine effect

ralfidude · Post by **ralfidude** » 2008-01-25 04:01

do land mines usually differ in strength? Cuz i saw 2 videos of two different landmines, heres the weaker one

YouTube - Iraq speed bump, land mine

and heres another one. On second thought i think this is not your typical landmine, it looks buffed with explosives, but that would be an amazing add for insurgents on mestia map (sry for spelling)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yJLwtQn7gfs

Bodybag2224 · Post by **Bodybag2224** » 2008-01-25 04:08

First one was an IED buried too deep.

Gyberg · Post by **Gyberg** » 2008-01-25 04:18

To answer you question, yes landmines differ in shape and sizes depending on the purpose.

Wasteland · Post by **Wasteland** » 2008-01-25 04:38

Wasn't that first one filmed by dirtboy?

Also, neither of these videos are of landmines. They are both IEDs. IEDs are "improvised explosive devices". They are manufactured by amateur bombmakers. So of course there will be variation.

ralfidude · Post by **ralfidude** » 2008-01-25 04:52

ah, sry wateland, but i saw the same video on a news channel and they disticntly said it was a landmine, i thought it was an IED since it went off on the side and wazs not triggered by the first car, but since the news cast said it was a land mine i guessed maybe it had a weird delay after the first car went by it. It still looked cool, lol.

MACDRE · Post by **MACDRE** » 2008-01-25 05:41

That second clip is just about the only thing that has upset me much on the internet.

<1sk>Headshot · Post by **<1sk>Headshot** » 2008-01-25 07:09

Obviously never seen 2 girls 1 cup then eh

ralfidude · Post by **ralfidude** » 2008-01-25 07:43

oh god headshot, somebody sent me that link before, that... made me cry

Wasteland · Post by **Wasteland** » 2008-01-25 07:49

BME Pain Olympics was worse. So very, very worse.

MACDRE · Post by **MACDRE** » 2008-01-25 08:31

H3eadshot wrote:Obviously never seen 2 girls 1 cup then eh

Seen it, but...

Nothing is more upsetting to me than knowing that the military personel in that hummvee left behind kids, spouses, family and friends. They died fighting the terrorist threat that endangers all of us, and if you may be one of those people that hate America, imagine this happening on your streets, to your unarmed civilian friends. No one is immune to these guys.

And unfortunately I do not believe the majority of the public could muster the morale to maintain a long sustained war against this threat. Its a threat that may never be defeated.

Post by **Dunehunter** » 2008-01-25 08:42

****'ing hell, that second one was nasty. I can scarcely believe that someone survived that, but I'm pretty sure that some people did, hence the medevac.

=Romagnolo= · Post by **=Romagnolo=** » 2008-01-25 13:26

The second video is very anoying =/

BloodBane611 · Post by **BloodBane611** » 2008-01-25 13:53

Yeah, I'm with dune on that one. Looked really nasty, but they were taking guys out on stretchers.

As far as mines go, there are a lot with varying sizes and power. Most western militaries don't use them, as they tend to kill a lot of civilians.

Post by **Dunehunter** » 2008-01-25 14:36

Probably looked more impressive than it was. Judging by the dirt, it was burried fairly deeply, so I asume that the blast was absorbed by the underside. The Humvee was still whole too. Still, nasty stuff.

[T]MLPatriot · Post by **[T]MLPatriot** » 2008-01-25 15:41

in reaction to the second video...I find it to be a very sad thing. Found it to be quite shocking.

Dragonfire43560 · Post by **Dragonfire43560** » 2008-01-25 17:37

"in reaction to the second video...those m*ther f*ckin honor less men. they claim they fight for the good and that they have god on their side, if they really believe that, why won't they pick up arms and fight with honor, like men!.. those damn worthless weak scum!"

I dont think you really understand. The same thing can be said about the Americans when they push a button up 30000 feet in the sky from the safety of an F16 cockpit.

You do know that those so called "terrorists" have family too and they are not professional soldiers. They are normal people like you that stood up to fight the occupation of THEIR homeland. Thats right, THEIR homeland. Iraq is not American, Iraq is Iraqi, its ARAB.

Plus do you really expect insurgents with old rusty Ak-47s and some homemade bombs to fight THE *********ING USA head on? What kind of idiot would do that? They are underpowered, and must change their tactic accordingly.

Seriously stop being hypocriical, I love america and all i even live their but when americans say stupid hypocritical **** like that it makes me mad. How the hell do you think you got your independence from britain? Standing up and fighting "with honor and dignity" agains the british army? HA HA HA. America pretty much invented guerilla tactics.

gclark03 · Post by **gclark03** » 2008-01-25 17:51

Actually, I was surprised (pleasantly) that the cameraman for the second video, or his insurgent buddies, didn't move in to intercept the medevac. If they had, that situation would have become a whole lot uglier, perhaps even capture/torture/execution of the survivors and the medical personnel.

[T]MLPatriot · Post by **[T]MLPatriot** » 2008-01-25 21:41

Dragonfire43560 wrote:I dont think you really understand. The same thing can be said about the Americans when they push a button up 30000 feet in the sky from the safety of an F16 cockpit.

You do know that those so called "terrorists" have family too and they are not professional soldiers. They are normal people like you that stood up to fight the occupation of THEIR homeland. Thats right, THEIR homeland. Iraq is not American, Iraq is Iraqi, its ARAB.

Plus do you really expect insurgents with old rusty Ak-47s and some homemade bombs to fight THE *********ING USA head on? What kind of idiot would do that? They are underpowered, and must change their tactic accordingly.

Seriously stop being hypocriical, I love america and all i even live their but when americans say stupid hypocritical **** like that it makes me mad. How the hell do you think you got your independence from britain? Standing up and fighting "with honor and dignity" agains the british army? HA HA HA. America pretty much invented guerilla tactics.

these "family men" you speak off, are these the same ones doing the beheadings?

ralfidude · Post by **ralfidude** » 2008-01-25 21:46

this thread got out of control, lets not make this a political outrage, unless youre running for president.

Losus_Deliosus · Post by **Losus_Deliosus** » 2008-01-25 21:48

Somehow I think this thread is going to get locked if you people (you know which ones I am talking about) don't get back on topic and fast...Not a threat, just a friendly warning to save you from the inconvenience of being on a R-Mods sh*t-list.