Equipment/Proposed/Directional Mine

This is the modern cousin of the Claymore.

Battle Implications

This is a mine that deals damage only in 30 to 45 degree angle. The facing is determined, when the mine is set up. It is used to

defend semi-permanent positions, for example sniper positions , against close assaults
protect against circling, flanking and attacks in the rear
prepare ambushes and traps

Fire modes

tripwire activated
- This takes at least one full round to set up, probable one round plus set number of TU for each field the tripwire covers. The tripwire must be a straight line between two objects and is hidden like the mine after deployment. There should be a length limit for the tripwire.
- Anyone stepping on a field with the tripwire will detonate the directional mine. That include friendlies and civilians.
- The tripwire does not need to face the same direction as the mine, but one end must be connected to the mine.
manually activated
- Setting up has a high TU cost.
- The mine is linked to a detonator. Multiple mines can be linked to the same detonator.
- The mine goes off, if and only if a Soldier uses the linked detonator.