by
BrodieBartfast
The S-Mine 35 sat in an outer 'pot', which it jumped out of when triggered. After spending 80+ years on a beach, exposed to water and salt air, the mine and the pot are likely to be seized together. Add to that the overall degradation in structural integrity, and the mine is much more likely to simply shatter if it explodes, rather than performing in its originally intended manner. Obviously it is no less dangerous for that fact, and unexploded ordnance of all types is nothing to underestimate, regardless of age and condition.
B.B.
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