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​The Defenders of Ukraine Conduct Clearing Operation of russian Fortifications with TM-62 Mines (Video)

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TM-62 anti-tank blast mines / Open source illustrative photos
TM-62 anti-tank blast mines / Open source illustrative photos

Ukrainian warriors of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of Air Assault Forces use an upgraded version of TM-62 anti-tank blast mines to destroy russian occupiers in Luhansk sector

A video of the 81st Brigade's fighters clearing russian trenches and dugouts has been posted on Telegram. They use TM-62 anti-tank mines to effectively eliminate occupiers.

Due to its capacity and large amount of explosive, the mine can be used very successfully to destroy such fortifications.

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"The work of my guys from the 81st Airmobile Brigade near Bilohorivka. One occupier was blown to pieces due to the use of the first mine, two managed to escape. There are not just holes, but entire underground communications. There is chalk everywhere, which is difficult to dig," a warrior with Alex call sign commented the video.

It is known that a mine weighing 8-13 kg contains 6.5 to 11.1 kg of explosive, depending on the material of its body as well as of its modification. For such kind of use, militaries upgrated the mine by adding a slow match.

The cord is set on fire before usage. After that a fighter has a certain amount of time to place the mine or throw it into the occupiers' dugout. A warrior has some time to hide but it depends on the length of the cord. The burning rate of such a cord is about 1 cm per second.

The Defenders of Ukraine Conduct Clearing Operation of russian Fortifications with TM-62 Mines, Defense Express
Ukrainian warriors use TM-62 anti-tank mines with a slow match / Screenshot from the video

According to the author of the video, russian dugouts were cleared so efficiently thanks to such a large capacity of mines. russian occupiers had no chance to escape. In addition, not only mines but also FPV drones are also actively used for offensive operations by Ukrainian militaries.

Earlier Defense Express reported that new FPV drones with machine vision for automatic target tracking had empowered Ukrainian Forces.

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