Eroak

I not sure if most are aware of this. It's almost impossible with the hover tank.

If you come across mines and are able to stop yourself before they make contact, You have a chance to get away if they are far enough away.

Motion mines tend to reset thier position after small movements from a vehicle. They will move about half a meter and move all the way back. If you move to far they will move X meters and only move back 1/2 a meter. If they pick up speed and glide, They don't reset at all.

APC's and the EU tank are good at getting out of mines becasue the make very small movements and stop very quickly and allow the mines to reset and note glide.

Frist step is to locate the mines. You want to move away from it and much as you can.

The next step is to watch your back and clear the area. No point in moving if that engineer isn't dead. You'll be so focused on moving you'll be a sitting duck for the next minute.

Lastly you'll see the mines drop to the ground once your out of range. Do rely on the motion mine alarm. It bugs out and sometimes stops even if they are still activly tracking you.

I hope this helps save some armor in a tight pinch. This is most usefull by Monorail on Belgrade.

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Hydride

1. I assume this is don't rely?

2. As a side note, if your an engineer always place your mines behind a box or something to obstruct them from view. By the time they raise to visual height it's too late.

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MasterEditorInChief

A lot of engineers put their mines at the corner of buildings... bad idea.

Using Eroak's methods of mine escape, you can lead the mines into the adjacent wall/pillar/building they're next to.

First, identify where your attacking mines are. Know where they are, and where they're coming in from.

Second, slightly move, and then stall your vehicle to see how the mines will move. This is crucial, as their movement will tell you if your efforts will yield results or will just be futile.

Mines take a while to rise, move straight and then adjust (if I can remember) to the target. So, if the space between the mine and the obstacle is tight enough to where you can successfully move your vehicle to where you can't directly see the mine anymore, go ahead and move away from the mines. The mines will track your movement and run into the obstacle. If the space is open enough, move your vehicle enough to where the mines are close to said obstacle. Let the mines fall, then repeat. This will most likely take long enough to allow any engineer the time to get 1-3 good shots of you though, so get that anti-infantry weapon out.

My method of "Mine Dodging" is probably very skeptical to you at first, so maybe I'll need a video to prove this.

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jonathanshifty

im not sure if it was a bug or anything but when i was on PAC tank and i made contact with the motion mine i just shot my cannon away from the mines and from the shock of my cannon my tank inched backwards. then finally when i shot a few rounds i lost contact with the motion mines.

MDFubar

All sounds pretty good, but I just assume to jump out and throw mine-bait. If you are gonna be driving armor, then you should at least be an engineer and try to have the unlocks. JMO.

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Anospa

Aye Fubar, but what if you're the only one in the armor? TG is a place of jacking vehicles at every opportunity if your opponent isn't paying attention. Many an APC or walker has been stolen simply by running at them with RDX in hand.

If you kill the engineer, and your armor isn't crucially needed elsewhere, just wait for the mines to disappear.

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"Brittle?! Dude you just took a localized tactical warhead to the face." -Eroak

MDFubar

Very valid point! Well Taken! I have seen that happen plenty of times.....

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MasterEditorInChief

I usually find myself not having mine bait on hand when I'm in armor. I tend to go Assault or Support when in armor, and Engineer when I'm facing it.

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