# Landmines a tad too heavy?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/landmines-a-tad-too-heavy/3956>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [November 13, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/landmines-a-tad-too-heavy/3956 "2013-11-13T03:10:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![AerialK7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@AerialK7](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AerialK7)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/landmines-a-tad-too-heavy/3956/1 "2013-11-13T03:10:46Z")

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13KG is a bit heavy…Especially for an anti-personnel landmine.

 ![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/VS50.jpg)

Something like that? Even the WW2 bouncing betties were like 4KG

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**Author:** ![EkarusRyndren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ekarusryndren/32/80_2.png) [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/landmines-a-tad-too-heavy/3956/2 "2013-11-13T03:21:23Z")

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…Suddenly I want to see anti-vehicle mines that spawn on roads only…

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**Author:** ![Rutilant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a88e57/32.png) [@Rutilant](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rutilant)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/landmines-a-tad-too-heavy/3956/3 "2013-11-13T03:59:01Z")

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> [@EkarusRyndren](#):
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> …Suddenly I want to see anti-vehicle mines that spawn on roads only…

When these get added I’m sending you hate mail after my vehicle gets blown up worse than it already does by landmines.

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**Author:** ![EkarusRyndren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ekarusryndren/32/80_2.png) [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/landmines-a-tad-too-heavy/3956/4 "2013-11-13T04:05:12Z")

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> [@Rutilant](#):
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> [quote=“EkarusRyndren, post:2, topic:3956”]…Suddenly I want to see anti-vehicle mines that spawn on roads only…

When these get added I’m sending you hate mail after my vehicle gets blown up worse than it already does by landmines.[/quote]

Well in theory the Anti-Personnel mines would only do minimal damage to a vehicle (because those are mostly shrapnel) that said Anti-Vehicle mines (or more accurately anti-tank) would be triggered magnetically, by weight, and other things. Which means it’s entirely possible that a player would step on the anti-vehicle mine, and have it not go off. Or a motorcycle run over it, and have it not go off.

The RMCC however would probably set off anti-vehicle mines in the next state over. …So pack light and use plastic.

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**Author:** ![GlyphGryph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/glyphgryph/32/847_2.png) [@GlyphGryph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GlyphGryph)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/landmines-a-tad-too-heavy/3956/5 "2013-11-13T04:47:12Z")

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Reminds me I need to add hunting landmines back in.

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**Author:** ![deadmerits](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/deadmerits/32/19_2.png) [@deadmerits](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/deadmerits)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/landmines-a-tad-too-heavy/3956/6 "2013-11-13T05:03:04Z")

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Hunting landmines? I haven’t heard of these but a quick goggle search turns out rats hunting landmines so…

I assume its like birdshot for a shotgun, instead of a huge damaging explosion it shoots out tiny pellets or bbs to kill without destroying small animals.

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**Author:** ![Binky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@Binky](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Binky)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/landmines-a-tad-too-heavy/3956/7 "2013-11-13T12:38:00Z")

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I’ve always thought they were too heavy, but kinda thought that it was an artificial trade off for how useful they can be. Halving the weight definitely makes sense though.