Minefield Detecting, Breaching, and Clearing

Question 1

1. What is the land mine band treaty?

Answer 1

Ottawa treaty. It requires self-neutralize mechanism

Question 2

2. What are the four methods of detecting mines?

Answer 2

Encountering a mine
Visual detection
Manual probing
Electronic mine detectors

Question 3

3. What is the least preferred mine detecting method?

Answer 3

Encountering a mine

Question 4

4. What is the most preferred mine detecting method?

Answer 4

Visual detection

Question 5

5. What is the only sure method to detect mines?

Answer 5

Manual probing

Question 6

What are the probing techniques?

Answer 6

a) check for trip wire
b) probe at a 30 degree angle
c) probe every 2 inches (5 cm)
d) probe one meter wide lane

Question 7

7. What are the two types of mine detectors?

Answer 7

Metallic and non-metallic neither one works well in the rain

Question 8

8. How deep thermal sight on vehicle can detect mine?

Answer 8

Subsurface up to 6”

Question 9

9. What are some current mine detectors?

Answer 9

AN/PSS-12
F1A4 Minelab
AN/PSS-14 Handheld standoff minefield detection system (HSAMIDS)

Question 10

10. What is the standoff between mine detect teams?

Answer 10

25 meters

Question 11

11. Which mine detector has ground penetrating radar capability?

Answer 11

HSAMIDS

Question 12

12. What are some alternate mine detectors?

Answer 12

Civilian, stud finders, and metal detectors used by police

Question 13

13. What is DA form 1355?

Answer 13

Mine/demo recording form

Question 14

14. What is minimum caliber requirement to destroy mine in place?

Answer 14

7.62mm, must hit the target

Question 15

15. How long do you wait after pulling the mine with a rope?

Answer 15

Minimum 1 min for Anti-Handing Devices

Question 16

16. Who has authorization on use of chemical wpn?

Answer 16

Theater command (4 star general)

Question 17

17. What is the weight pressure that initiate land mine?

Answer 17

Between 300 to 500 lbs

Question 18

18. Describe marking procedures of land mine

Answer 18

a) Mark the mine or area
b) Report 8 digit grid coordinate of the corners of the mine field
c) Use da 1355
d) Find a way around the mined area

Question 19

19. What is mine safety precautions?

Answer 19

Consider all mines Booby-trapped

Do not Run, move only in cleared area

Question 20

20. How wide are lanes cleared?

Answer 20

Assault footpath: 1 meters
Initial lane: 4.5 meters
Single lane: 4.5 meters
Double lane: 10 meters

Question 21

21. What are the three method of assault breaching?

Answer 21

Mechanical, explosive, and manual

Question 22

22. What is the only method of disposal UXO?

Answer 22

As C, only method is Blow in Place

Question 23

23. What are the method can be use blow mine in place?

Answer 23

Hand placed charge (least preferred)
Pull in with rope
Burn surrounding vegetation
Fire weapon

Question 24

24. What is APOBS charge?

Answer 24

150 long line charge is packed with 108 M67 fragmentation hand grenade

Question 25

25. How wide APOBS will clear?

Answer 25

Path will be 1 meter wide and 45 meters long

Question 26

26. What is the path clearance with MICLIC?

Answer 26

14 by 100 meter path

Question 27

27. What is the number one hazard when dealing with mines?

Answer 27

Anti-Handling / Anti-Tamper devices