Anti Helicopter mines

[junk2drive]

From debka.com headlines

DEBKAfile’s military sources: Did a novel type of “flying roadside bomb” down three US helicopters in Iraq?

January 21, 2006, 2:54 PM (GMT+02:00)

US forces in Iraq are encountering a new Sunni insurgent anti-air weapon which is proving deadly for low-flying helicopters. It works on the same principle as the roadside bomb (IED or improvised explosive device). This primitive weapon is thought to account for the unexplained downing in 10 days of three American combat helicopters.

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[Mustang]

It's just an Iranian SA-14 tied to a tree and fitted with a timer. Or mabye it's just remote-controlled Terrorists have used, or tried to use, the exact same thing to shoot down civillian airliners. It's unlikely that they'd bother with expensive high-tech equipment like anti-helo mines.

What is this mine's effect on tanks and infantry? Can it be burried underground or hidden somehow, and do tanks and infantry set it off?