That makes sense. Unless you are in the dessert or maybe the steppes, there probably are still choke points where you have to drive. Still, staying off the roads sure sounds right.
My Father was in the combat engineers in WWII and according to their history, they once dug 18 mines out of a 6 yard square piece of ground. I guess the Germans considered it a good location for a mine.
Maybe Pvt. Von Schtuup was told he'd get his break after he buried his 18 mines and he just stuck the suckers down as fast he could.
Either that or the German soldier that was detailed to plant the mines buried them in one small area so he could knock off early.
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One American engineer clears 18 mines in 6 square yards. It would have cost the Russians 18 men from the punishment battalion to clear the same mines.