*"Fortunately, they're safe to stand on-"*

Remember folks, usually anti-personal mines are not designed to kill but maim you. You can still die but the goal is take you AND your buddies out of the fight because now they have to take care of you and your equipment

“BOOM!! YOUR ENTIRE PLATOONS LEGS JUST GOT BLOWN OFF, WHAT DO YOU DO?!” “AAHHHHHHHHH!”

ive never seen a man stand on a mine and then wait to say “its safe to stand on” I love this

and boom, you lost your hand

Love how he never states that their inert just how it needs 2 tons of force to trigger 😅😂

Germans creating a terryfing landmine : Allies : You know what i'll name this one Betty

Mines are horrifying, people will have to deal with the ones we’ve planted for decades to come

Respect to that fallen soldier in back

It’s important to note that obstacles like Rommel’s asparagus weren’t necessarily meant for destroying landing craft, but to force a landing at low tide, where attacking troops will have far further distance to cover to the sea wall, exposed to machine gun fire. If it blows up a landing craft, that’s just a bonus.

Rommel's Asparagus were the poles placed in fields to break up landing gliders. The poles on the beach were called Hochpfähle (high stakes) or Hemmbalken (obstruction beams) for the ones with a mine.

Ur mom when she steps on the anti-tank mine: 💥

I was a Torpedoman in the US NAVY and a Mineman in the USNR. I love learning more & more about the history of Mine Warfare. Some of these WEPS are so far ahead of their time. Fascinating and Thank You!

No way he said its safe to stand on because it requires lots more preassure and not because its deactivated 😂

Rommels asparagus is a goofy name for something so violent

“They’re safe to stand on” anyone else had like a micro heart attack when he decided to stand on top of one?

The wooden box mine would actually be against the geneva convention, idk if they had the same rules regarding land mines back then, but now you can't manufacture land mines out of any kind of plastic or wood precisely because those materials can't be detected by a metal detector, so when the conflict is over they're nearly impossible to find and dispose of and create an extremely dangerous environment for civilians

Props to the guy who donates his leg for the demonstration 👌🏽

1. This is not a Rommel's Asparagus, but Hemmbalken. Asparagus was an inland anti-glider trap. Besides it' has Tellermine 35 (S). This mine was not waterproof, and required special glass cover to be used on beach. 2. Second mine is common Tellermine 35, it requires between 80 to 180 kg to trigger.

Anti tank mines do not require anywhere close to a ton of pressure to go off, and are not safe to step on. The tellermine for example only required 91 kg of weight to explode, and keep in mind that if youre walking or running, the momentum of you hitting the ground and taking a step means that you are putting down significantly more pressure than your body weight.

Why did I flinch when he smacked it with his hand? Like A: I know it’s an anti vehicle mine so it probably needs at least 100lbs of pressure And B: this is obviously decommissioned

My dad was a Combat Engineer in the Poe Vally and he said the de-mining tool they used the most was a K-Bar.

Great to see the 'Combined Ops Badge'. Being a former Commando in 148bty we would wear these on our para smocks. Brilliant times. Great content as always guys.

“They’re safe to stand on” *KABOOOOM*

Poor Jerry in the back

The first obstacle he mentioned isn't called Rommels Asparagus as far as I know it didn't really have a name just another danger for landing craft coming ashore. The aforementioned asparagus was a mass concentration of trees or telephone poles erected in large open areas mainly cow pastures and fields in Normandy. The idea was to shred apart any gliders that attempted to land in said fields and narrow the available landing sites to only a few which were then heavily guarded or maintained troops nearby to rapidly destroy any successful landings. The asparagus worked tremendously well destroying numerous gliders and scattering American and British paratroopers all over the place usually far from their objectives.

Romel asparagus sounds delicious 😂

"Starting with this, Rommel's asparagus. Uhh. I don't know. I do not know what this is"

"Schützenmine 42" interesting name for sure

We just suck sometimes, don't we?

Rommels asparagus referred more correctly to vertical poles set in open fields, with mines and barbed wire strung across them to deter paratroopers and gliders.

“The little wooden bastards the mine detectors won’t pick up”

“fortunately, they’re safe to stand on-“ *fucking blows up*

Only imagine nikocado avocado stepping on the mine

Give the first one to a Scot! Now you've got a real weapon of war!

“Fortunately, they are safe to stand on” Famous last words

They really didn't want the allies to cross over obviously. My grandfather came over anyway.

Rommels Spargel xD

“And boom, you’ve lost your landing craft”. Wild understatement

RIP the brave man who volunteered to step on the mine for this video!

The bouncing Betty didn’t bounce up to chest hight,it maybe went as high as your calf,the purpose of the bouncing Betty was to mortally damage someone’s foot that way it would draw in more soldiers coming to help the injured and they would either be picked off or hurt by another mine but also the thinking of the Germans was,it takes Atleast 2 people to carry someone on a stretcher so the more people preoccupied with carrying someone means less people available to fight

How is this guy alive

the ingenuity for products of death never cease to amaze me

Famous last words "fortunately, they're safe to stand on".

Land mine on a stick

The pole ie the Rommells Asparagus was the other way around, the landing craft would ride up the pole and hit the mine at the top

I like that he didn’t say it was deactivated. Just that it needed 2 tons of pressure

Soldier in the back needs an oscar

I just love these informative videos ❤

Next time your mother-in-law visits, you know the best way to welcome her.

Wait until Gorlock the Destroyer comes

Bro smacking that mine made my heart jump 😂

God mines are so evil

Anti tank mines only need about 350lbs to detonate, not "one or two ton" so in reality, a heavy set soldier in full gear can set off an AT mine.

That shoebox seemed the most dangerous since they're much harder to detect.

The last one is so sinister because it makes it impossible to clear the area for civilians without a full map if all planted mines. Honestly mines are probably the most cringe thing to come out of wars just because of how much they hurt civilians years later

That's not a Rommel's asparagus, you lemon! Rommel's asparagus was filling open fields full of wooden stakes to rip apart gliders landing.

When he smacked that mine, my anxiety skyrocketed 😂

Dude looks like rented that suit from a reenactment store. The patches are hilarious 😆

Bro WW2 copied cod 💀💀💀💀

This man has balls of steel to stand on an active land mine.

That’s basically a giant stick grenade 😂😂

The leg got me 😂

I thought it was a javelin with wood camo for a second

Him slapping that mine gave me anxiety

Bro the “dead body” in the back got me alarmed for a second

Mini heart attack when he slapped it😂😂

props to the guy playing dead, he has nerves of steel

Dude when he smacked it, I really physically winced... thought it was gunna explode

"Safe to (fill in blank)" famous last words

I like how his explanation for stepping on the mine was “it takes more weight” not “this is inert” 😂

I pooped my pants when you smacked that mine 😂😂

I jolted when he slapped the first mine.

"It is waiting for a high tide just to come up-" has the same energy as "woah woah woah, pipebomb"

The Bouncing Betty is just brutal

Lmao that dude on the ground commit to the bit

War is hell

I got so nervous every time he pretended to ignite one of the things

I felt a tingle when he booped the mine

“ *As they require about a ton….two tons o-* “ RIP soldier you served your country well.

Man I’ve always wanted to join a historical reenactment

Bro is chill When a person is dead right beside him😂

I flinched when he tapped it

I like how they used a gored foot to go with the shoe mine.

This Man is so calm and friendly while talking about weapons of war that caused horrific deaths and hideous injury… it’s honestly a little unsettling

"Here we have a uniform that used to fit me perfectly when I was a lad of 19."

My anxiety when he slapped the mine 📈 📈 📈 📈

The way I shit myself when he smacked the mine and then stepped on the mine

I love how proudly they display tools of death...

I flinched when he lifted his hand up to slap the mine lol

Anybody else flinch when he smacked the asparagus head ?

Did anyone else flinch when he smacked that mine?

the moment he put a foot on the mine i lost internet connection

My dude is a menace, the way he casually slapped that mine

Me thinking my Minesweeper tricks will come handy

little bros struggling on the ground behind him and he's just chillin

Steve sleeing on the job 😂

my anxiety when he pressed that mine went up so high

bro was getting ready to slap the top

Rommel’s Asparagus was the name of my favorite mission in Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 lol