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Show Mine Detector I y ; $ ' iv - Mines, which take the place of barbed wire, are playing an important impor-tant role in the war on the African front. The British mine detector is the best bet to counteract these hidden hid-den monsters. When the device detects de-tects a mine, certain sounds reach the earphones of the sappers, and they go and render the mine useless. use-less. Their work requires an unusually un-usually high degree of skill and courage. The detector, until now a little mentioned weapdn, played an important part in the recent Allied victory in Egypt. Picture shows a sapper holding a mine detector. |