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Polish general fired after missing anti-tank mines ‘found in IKEA warehouse’ (tvpworld.com)

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When train carriages were returned to Poland’s state-owned railway company, it emerged that five pallets of mines were missing.

Onet reported that the missing mines were carried on a civilian carriage through several Polish cities, including Szczecin, Poznań, Warsaw and Białystok, over the course of nearly two weeks. They were eventually located near Orla, a village in northeastern Poland, inside a warehouse belonging to furniture giant IKEA.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

It takes a lot of pressure to trigger an anti-tank mine. I don't think that you'd manage it just stepping on it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPP-B_Wierzba_mine

This is a current Polish anti-tank mine. WP says that it's apparently similar to the Soviet TM-62.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TM-62

Operating pressure: 150 to 550 kilograms (330 to 1,210 lb)

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

you might want to tell your mom to stay in your car next ikea trip

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 13 points 8 hours ago

I should start dieting

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 31 points 10 hours ago

Me with a sledgehammer: