The US Army is working on producing a smart anti-tank mine that detects enemy vehicles and can destroy them with an armor-piercing munitions.
A US Marine and Thai troops train for landmine disposal in February 2019.The US Army is working on a new landmines designed to attack the thinner armor on the top of tanks.The Army sees the weapon as a way to restrict an enemy's room to maneuver its armored vehicles.
Particularly interesting is whether the weapon will eventually be given to Ukraine. Ukrainian commandos or guerrillas would have a field day placing the weapon on key Russian roads and supply routes.for companies that could develop a"Terrain Shaping Obstacle Top Attack prototype."The announcement mentions a control station that could remotely operate up to 12 minefields that are up to 3.1 miles away.
The M93 sounds similar to the XM204, except that it appears to have fired a single munition that used infrared homing to target a tank and then fired an explosively formed penetrator — a self-forging molten slug of metal — into the top of it.in Ukraine. The weapon, which looks similar to the M93 Hornet, appears to rely on acoustic sensors to detect vehicles.John Moore/Getty Images
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