Fort Benning Countermine Slides

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Countermine Procedures
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PURPOSE To increase individual soldier
understanding of the mine and unexploded
ordnance (UXO) threat in the former Yugoslavia,
and todevelop counter mine skills in order to
protect the force during Stability Operations.
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ACTIONS

• Probing for Mines
• Tripwire/Booby Traps
• Self/Unit Extraction

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RISK ASSESSMENT
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION - One Million
Mines RISK ASSESSMENT -
Extremely High
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RISK MANAGEMENT REDUCTION
HAZARD
CONTROLS

• One million mines

• Freeze, avoid, report, mark
• Situational awareness
• Develop mine sense
• Navigation
• Countermine
• NEVER attempt to DEACTIVATE

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INDENTIFY MINED AREAS

• Three saw cuts in the side of a tree
• Rocks piled up
• Freshly dug mounds of earth
• Blast crater
• Damaged vehicles or dead animals
• Signs, clothing or markers in trees, on post or
  on stakes
• Residue from mine craters

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USING THE PROBE (Non-Metallic
Object)


30 Degrees
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CLEAR MARK THE LANE
one meter
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REMEMBER!!!

• Probe at a 30 degree angle
• Probe every 1½ inches across
• Probe 1-meter wide path
• Probe 3 inches deep
• Mark mines!

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BOOBY TRAPS
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BOOBY TRAPS TRIPWIRES
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BOOBY TRAPS TRIPWIRES
START POINT
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A BOOBY TRAP IS An explosive charge or
non-explosive device, which is installed to
wound, kill, or incapacitate an unsuspecting
person when he disturbs an apparently harmless
object or performs a presumably safe act.
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• THE AIM OF
• BOOBY TRAPPING IS TO
• Confuse the enemy
• Inflict casualties
• Destroy material
• Lower morale

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TRIPWIRES BOOBY TRAPS

• Visual ( Binoculars)
• Grass
• Hand
• Fishing Pole
• Grappling Hook

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TYPES OF TRAPS
. Bait . Decoy . Bluff . Double Bluff

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BOOBY TRAP COMPONENTS
. A Firing Device . A Power Source - Battery . A
Connection - Electric Wire . A Blasting Cap . A
Main Charge
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DETECTION

• DETECTION WILL BE PRIMARILY BY VISUAL MEANS.
• INDICATORS OF POSSIBLE BOOBY TRAPS
• Trampled Earth or Footmarks.
• Disturbances of Ground Surface or Scattered,
  Loose Soil.

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DETECTION ( CONT.)

• Improvised Methods of Marking Traps, Such as
  Piles of Stones or Marks on Walls or Trees.
• Evidence of Withered Camouflage.
• Wrappers, Seals, Loose Shell Caps, Safety Pins,
  Nails, Batteries, or Pieces of Wire or Cord.

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DETECTION (CONT.)

• Breaks in The Continuity of Dust, Paint Work, or
  Vegetation.
• Lumps or Bulges Under Carpet or in Furniture.
• Anything That Attracts Your Attention!

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Self/Unit Extraction
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• Self/Unit Extraction
• Freeze and designate path to clear out of
  minefield.
• Report to higher as soon as situation permits.
• Extraction element probes and marks a cleared
  path.
• Evacuate casualty on cleared path to a cleared
  area.

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• AVOIDANCE
• NO ITEMS OR AREAS CAN BE CONSIDERED SAFE.
• SUSPECT ANY OBJECT THAT APPEARS TO BE OUT OF
  PLACE - REMEMBER - WHAT YOU SEE MIGHT BE WHAT THE
  ENEMY WANTS YOU TO SEE.
• STAY ON APPROVED ROUTES.

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• AVOIDANCE (cont.)
• STAY OUT OF BUILDINGS AND AREAS NOT APPROVED
  BY SFOR.
• NEVER ATTEMPT TO DEACTIVATE!
• STOP, AVOID, MARK, AND REPORT
• RETURN THE WAY YOU CAME.

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• COUNTERMINE
• ACTION LOCATE MINES BY PROBING.
• CONDITIONS GIVEN INDIVIDUAL COMBAT EQUIPMENT, A
  NON-METALLIC MINE PROBE, AND AREA WITH BURIED
  MINES, AND MARKING MATERIALS.
• STANDARDS PROBE EVERY 1 1/2 INCHES TO A PATH OF
  1 METER WIDE, 1 TO 3 INCHES DEEP (vertical
  depth), AND AT A 30 DEGREE ANGLE. DETECTING AND
  MARKING MINES.

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• COUNTERMINE
• ACTION LOCATE TRIPWIRES AND BOOBY TRAPS.
• CONDITIONS GIVEN A BOOBYTRAPPED LANE, INDIVIDUAL
  COMBAT EQUIPMENT, AND MARKING MATERIALS.
• STANDARDS USING ONE OF THE FIVE METHODS, LOCATE
  AND MARK TRIPWIRES AND BOOBY TRAPS WITHOUT ANY
  DETONATIONS.

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• COUNTERMINE
• ACTION EXTRACTION FROM A MINEFIELD (DISMOUNTED).
• CONDITIONS GIVEN A SQUAD WITH INDIVIDUAL COMBAT
  EQUIPMENT, MINE PROBES, AND MARKING MATERIALS.
  SQUAD FINDS ITSELF IN A MINEFIELD BY VISUAL
  DETECTION OR MINE DETONATION.
• STANDARDS SQUAD DETECTS AND MARKS MINES ALONG A
  DESIGNATED PATH (ABC METHOD) AND EXTRACTS ALL
  SOLDIERS WITHOUT DETONATING ANY MINES

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• PROBING