Minefield Tour - part 3
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Tool set used by deminers.
From top:
leather gloves
grass clippers
secateurs
prodding spade
trip wire feeler rod
bush saw
paint brush
pruning shears
thin probe (in tube to protect tip)
small axe
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prodding spade made from recycled truck spring
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Site manager, site 1, DU2, Sith Tang explains demining activities
along route 10.
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Site map - Treng Area.
The red V is route 10 - Battambang to north east and Pailin to north
west. Map covers about 5 km of road. Settlements are pre-1975 information.
Yellow: cleared
Red: to be cleared
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A pile of mine casings found in a mined area. Local people have dug up
the mines and broken them apart to recover the explosive for fishing.
Note the 4-pointed steel barb (caltrop) - almost as effective as a mine
in spoiling your day.
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