Minelayers II.

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“What we're seeing is just industrial level… industrial mine-laying,” 

 Russian army anticipates the now long-awaited Ukrainian counter-offensive. Mine layers at work on a monumental and epic scale. As it was at Kursk in 1943 so it will be in the Ukraine eighty years later!

"Russia Lays Mines at 'Industrial Level' Ahead of Ukrainian Counteroffensive"

From https://www.themoscowtimes.com | the article by Brawley Benson | May 31, 2023.

"When Ukrainian forces launch their long-awaited counteroffensive this summer, they will be up against multiple lines of Russian fortifications stretching hundreds of miles from the Black Sea to Ukraine’s northern border."

"The military hazards include trenches and anti-tank obstacles, but Russian soldiers have also been busy laying thousands of landmines."

"Beyond the military challenge posed to advancing Ukrainian troops, Russian minefields will likely cause hundreds of civilian deaths and require billions of dollars to be safely removed in the coming years, experts told The Moscow Times." 

Regarding the prodigious number of mines [anti-personnel and anti-tank both] as used at Kursk by the Soviet Red Army, 1943:

"So for the defense phase of the Battle of Kursk (4-18 July 1943), the Soviet Army laid at least 291,797 antitank mines and 294,378 antipersonnel mines. In the south this produced an impressive 1,666 mines per kilometer and 1,624 antipersonnel mines per kilometer." [per the dupuyinstitute.org]

"Red Army combat engineers laid 503,663 anti-tank mines and 439,348 anti-personnel mines, with the highest concentration in the first main defensive belt. The minefields at Kursk achieved densities of 1,700 anti-personnel and 1,500 anti-tank mines per kilometer, about four times the density used in the defense of Moscow." [per the wiki entry]

Minefields even of epic proportions as a barrier not intended to fully 100 % stop an advancing adversary. Merely [!] cause your opponent to slow down his forward movement, take casualties, thwart plans and timetables. As occurred at Kursk.

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