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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
The Ottawa Treaty only bans AP munitions, not AT.
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Which is OK I guess since your average 8 year old is not likely to set off a buried AT mine.
It's only when the 8 year old starts digging it up and trying to disassemble it that there are problems
Famed MiG-25
Foxbat defector Victor Belenko was nearly killed by a old landmine (not sure if it was AT or AP) when he and his schoolchums started to take it apart.
When it detonated, he was wounded but his chums were not quite so lucky
There are also parts of the world where children salvage mines in exchange for cash...and end up missing body parts like hands.
Damn the aftermath of war!
