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Appendix D: Value of Antipersonnel Landmines in Unprotected Mixed Minefields
Pages 99-100

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... This perception was called into question in the course of this study, and the committee concluded that the data used to validate the effectiveness of APL in breaching operations should be updated. Only one document available to the committee, the final report from the Modeling and Analvsis Group, APL Alternatives Study, found in the Examination of the Battlefield Utility of Antipersonnel Landmines and the Comparative Value of Proposed Alternatives, contained analytical data (Greenwalt and Magnoli, 1997~.
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... Considering the confusion and other conditions on the battlefield, the so-called "fog of war," it would probably take longer to use a launched grapnel or a man-portable line charge in a real engagement than in an operational test. To compensate for the inherent confusion of combat, the committee notionally doubled the times claimed by the manufacturer and concluded that APL would provide, at most, approximately 10 minutes of additional protection for AT mines, if the enemy forces were properly equipped.


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