Please excuse my ignorance. Do our troops still use claymores?
You betcha,very effective defensive weapon.
Imagine 100 1/2" steel balls powered by a pound of C-4 (may be off on
exact details)
Overzealous interpretation of counter-mine treaties by military judge advocates caused them to collect all of ours in Afghanistan in 2002.
The odd thing is, the US didn't sign the treaty, and the treaty only bans booby-trap emplacement of the mine, but the military lawyers never miss a chance to do the enemy's work for him.
And yeah, we captured cases and cases of Iranian-made claymore copies; unmarked stuff made for terrorists. The lawyers' pals.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F