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To: DFG

“Bouncing Bettys”, weren’t they called?


6 posted on 04/21/2017 4:41:12 AM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Poor demoncrats haven't been this mad, since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
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To: carriage_hill

Bouncing Betty was the name for the German anti-personnel shrapnel mine. When it was triggered it would launch into the about 3-5 feet high and then explode outward. It was designed to do as much damage as possible to infantry.


10 posted on 04/21/2017 4:55:50 AM PDT by sipow
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To: carriage_hill

Bouncing Betty’s were land mines IIRC.


17 posted on 04/21/2017 6:04:11 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: carriage_hill

No those are “bounding antipersonnel land mines aka castration mines &/or silent sentries.


27 posted on 04/21/2017 12:26:27 PM PDT by Nebr FAL owner
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