I thought it looked just like a TM-62 too, but the blast made me think again. I've seen those things go boom, I just can't believe that the cameraman could be walking after that.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Personally, I can't believe either someone is still walking after being like ~10 m next to an explosion of one of those mines. However, I assume it has a large impact on the force of the explosion, whether the mine is lying flat on the ground or "standing" on its lateral side.

[–] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 days ago

You may be right. My friend was trained as a sapper and he often talked about the importance of positioning the charges correctly. Even the simplest AT mines are designed to direct the most of the blast on the up-down - axis, to maximize the damage.

And like somebody already wrote, the cameraman could judt have been a dead man walking his final steps. The blast should have caused massive internal damage at that range. Maybe someone just salvaged the memory card of the camera/phone afterwards.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

More importantly, how did it go boom? Was it rigged to something to trigger it? Because those things won't go off even if you step on them.

[–] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

That's a very good question.

I checked the specs of the TM-62, the standard fuze should require a pressure of 1500-5500N (150-550kg) to detonate. So the dragging should not have triggered it, unless the fuze was faulty - which would not be impossible considering the subpar quality of the Russian gear.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

@Lorindol@sopuli.xyz

As the last still I could capture shows the flash coming from the left, it might actually be something else exploding than the three mines the soldier is dragging.

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[–] TwanHE@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's just rolling shutter from the camera. The sensor is blown out and the next frame is completely white it just starts capturing the data on that side.

Explosion could've happened anywhere in front of the camera for that to happen.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Thanks for the clarification.