I was incinerating. That was good..I am slow. Apologies. Russia has just dumped many of the mines because if they plow them into these fields it reveals where the mines are so they have to make do with just dumping them and letting grass grow over them. Good cover but subject to fires. Same in a forest, actually hiding a anti-tank mine by digging a hole means you've got to dig a good sized hole and cover it. Durning snows that's going to immediately show as the turned earth will be either colder or warmer and look different. Then in mud season..forget it. Ukraine is not mine laying friendly just as it is not agricultural plowing friendly except 6 months a year. May-October. The issues then become burying a very dense mine network basically means plowing a trench to emplace a mine, we are talking a 4k mines an acre from what I am reading. It would be a herculean task to do that in one winter, in frozen grounds or mud season- forget it.
I'm no mine laying expert but we play in dirt all day. I've seen the mines. I can't imagine burying many of these while also building the trench networks (which contrary to what we were led to believe...seem quite fine). They have apparently mined literally tens of thousands of acres. When I saw the videos of soldiers literally dropping them out the back of the truck as it trundled through a field I was finally able to understand how it could have been done. Sure a truck and a squad of guys could do 20-60 acre field in a day. They could have done that in low light winter days as long as the ground was frozen. As soon as the grass started growing it covers the mines, perfect natural camouflage. 1 truck in the field was not much of a target especially when there were dozens across two hundred miles. Especially when they were on an offensive campaign that had Ukraine looking to Bahkmut. Anyhow the world has learned a bit on proper mine placement and deception.
The lesson here is not all are uninventive morons. Fight the ones that are, or let those fight the smart ones.
