Andy Smith Mine action specialist |
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Mined area Indicators – Destroyed train |
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The picture shows a train that was derailed and attacked several years ago. The carriages are severely damaged but the cargo remains. The damaged train was mined by the attacking forces who wanted to prevent it being salvaged and to stop the railway line being repaired. Several indications that the area may be dangerous can be seen. Suggested messages:
Sheet 30 Destroyed train
The red arrows point to the indications of danger that you may have noticed in the large picture. The fact that some of the cargo remains is also an indication that local people avoid the area. The red arrows indicate: A – On the front of the locomotive someone has chalked a sign “Mina”. B – The arming clip from a J-69 bounding fragmentation mine has been left on the ledge at the front of the train. C – A damaged J-69 bounding fragmentation mine (a copy of the V-69) is lying on the ground. It is 130mm in diameter (about 5”) and has a five pronged fuze assembly that is designed to be attached to a tripwire or tripwires. The mine shown here has failed to detonate properly. Beside it is the same mine photographed with the other parts found when the area was cleared. D – A hand grenade was concealed under an old bowl. The grenade still has its arming pin in it. It was probably dropped by mistake during the fighting and someone placed the bowl over it so that no one would accidentally step on it. E – A J-69 bounding fragmentation mine is wedged among the sacks in the overturned carriage. A tripwire runs to the next carriage where it is tied to another sack. This mine contains around 420g of RDX and TNT surrounded by more than 1000 fragments of chopped steel rod. When activated, the center of the mine is thrown upwards on a short wire. When the wire pulls tights, the center explodes spreading the steel fragments over a wide area. Suggested messages:
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