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"Lunge Mine" encountered on Leyte Island.

Discussion in 'Weapons' started by sniper1946, Nov 9, 2010.

  1. sniper1946

    sniper1946 Expert

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    sniper1946, Nov 9, 2010
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  2. Poppy

    Poppy grasshopper

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    Is that a shaped charge?..I wonder if the mine would kill the layer...Why 3 prongs and not 1 or 4 ?
     
    Poppy, Jan 4, 2011
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    Yep. Read through it and it is evident that it was a suicide attack.
     
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  4. formerjughead

    formerjughead The Cooler King

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    Weren't a version of this to be used by 'Frogmen' against landing craft during the invasion of the home island? and then there was this I found:

    The page makes for a very good read.....any doubts left as to why The Bombs were dropped?
     
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  5. A-58

    A-58 Cool Dude

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    You should post this on the "Did the Japanese Deserve the bomb" thread over at the talk. It gets resurrected from time to time, and this would be a good item for the pro-bombers argument.
     
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