Surviving a WW2 minefield was a tough ask #history

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[Frosty_tha_Snowman]

*"Fortunately, they're safe to stand on-"*

[captainpricegaming]

Respect to that fallen soldier in back

[loganb]

It’s important to note that obstacles like Rommel’s asparagus weren’t necessarily meant for destroying landing craft, but to force a landing at low tide, where attacking troops will have far further distance to cover to the sea wall, exposed to machine gun fire. If it blows up a landing craft, that’s just a bonus.

[billys]

Love how he never states that their inert just how it needs 2 tons of force to trigger 😅😂

[The_impstrrplays-qvpi]

“They’re safe to stand on”
*KABOOOOM*

[alpacaofthemountain]

Mines are horrifying, people will have to deal with the ones we’ve planted for decades to come

[robertsandiford]

Rommel's Asparagus were the poles placed in fields to break up landing gliders. The poles on the beach were called Hochpfähle (high stakes) or Hemmbalken (obstruction beams) for the ones with a mine.

[lukzombi]

1. This is not a Rommel's Asparagus, but Hemmbalken. Asparagus was an inland anti-glider trap. Besides it' has Tellermine 35 (S). This mine was not waterproof, and required special glass cover to be used on beach.
2. Second mine is common Tellermine 35, it requires between 80 to 180 kg to trigger.

[leontrotsky]

Ur mom when she steps on the anti-tank mine: 💥

[TUNNELRATS]

The first obstacle he mentioned isn't called Rommels Asparagus as far as I know it didn't really have a name just another danger for landing craft coming ashore. The aforementioned asparagus was a mass concentration of trees or telephone poles erected in large open areas mainly cow pastures and fields in Normandy. The idea was to shred apart any gliders that attempted to land in said fields and narrow the available landing sites to only a few which were then heavily guarded or maintained troops nearby to rapidly destroy any successful landings. The asparagus worked tremendously well destroying numerous gliders and scattering American and British paratroopers all over the place usually far from their objectives.

[Strike_Raid]

My dad was a Combat Engineer in the Poe Vally and he said the de-mining tool they used the most was a K-Bar.

[C_Corpze]

“They’re safe to stand on” anyone else had like a micro heart attack when he decided to stand on top of one?

[McKlunkers]

Rommels asparagus is a goofy name for something so violent

[_JackNapier]

Bro standing on* that mine is trusting in the generosity of the Universe🃏🤣🤣🤣

[PainSandwich]

Why did I flinch when he smacked it with his hand? Like
A: I know it’s an anti vehicle mine so it probably needs at least 100lbs of pressure
And B: this is obviously decommissioned

[alexwhiten]

The bouncing Betty didn’t bounce up to chest hight, it maybe went as high as your calf, the purpose of the bouncing Betty was to mortally damage someone’s foot that way it would draw in more soldiers coming to help the injured and they would either be picked off or hurt by another mine but also the thinking of the Germans was, it takes Atleast 2 people to carry someone on a stretcher so the more people preoccupied with carrying someone means less people available to fight

[steliunz]

It’s a Teller german at mine.
It often failed to explode due to prolonged immersion in the sea water deteriorating the fuze.

[tcfightertoo]

*casually steps on a mine*

*casually films a video with a dead guy in the background*

[German_Polak]

My anxiety when he slapped the mine

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[nitroxide]

I thought it was a javelin with wood camo for a second