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The '''TR/9 Antipersonnel Mine''', otherwise known as the '''Trip Mine''', is a UNSC [[equipment]] item in [[Halo 3]].
The '''TR/9 Antipersonnel Mine''', otherwise known as the '''Trip Mine''', is a UNSC [[equipment]] item in [[Halo 3]].


==Background==
==Overview==


The trip mine can be activated by proximity or touch, but will not be activated by a crouched player. Once deployed, it can be identified by a high pitched beeping noise or by a distinctive flashing orange light on its top. Its blast radius is considerably larger than a grenade explosion or rocket explosion allowing vehicles to be thrown into the air. It can be attached to vehicles and other objects and is often used to guard entrances. The activation radius is smaller than the kill radius. The trip mine can not be deactivated once deployed.  It will explode after about ninety seconds if nothing triggers it. However, it can be remotely activated by projectile [[weapons]] or [[grenade]] explosions.
The trip mine can be activated by proximity or touch. Once deployed, it can be identified by a high pitched beeping noise or by a distinctive flashing orange light on its top. Its blast radius is considerably larger than a grenade explosion or rocket explosion allowing vehicles to be thrown into the air. The trip mine can not be deactivated once deployed.  It will explode after about ninety seconds if nothing triggers it. However, it can be remotely activated by projectile [[weapons]] or [[grenade]] explosions.


During the [[Halo 3 Beta]], the mine did not have an up or down. In Halo 3 if placed upside down it will usually detonate automatically. It doesn't happen often but if it is thrown onto a strange angled surface while the player is running it may bounce and flip.
The Trip Mine, while having a larger blast radius than a [[Frag Grenade]], will only lower a [[Spartan-II|Spartan's]] or [[Elite]]'s [[Energy Shields]].


In the final version of the game, a Trip Mine will NOT kill a fully shielded [[Spartan]] or [[Elite]], nor will it destroy vehicles in one blast. It has been significantly weakened from the beta, and it does not, by default, spawn on any maps in Matchmaking, save [[Sandtrap]], which is only in Social games. However, with the release of the Heroic Map Pack, it made a return in Rat's Nest, where it spawns near the entrance of both bases.  This can make it frustrating to get the "[[We're In For Some Chop]]" achievement, as it can pretty much only be achieved now in the campaign.
The Trip Mine only spawns by default on [[Sandtrap]] and [[Rat's Nest]].


 
[[Image:Lotus Anti-Tank Mine or Tripmine Unarmed.jpg|150px|thumb|right|The Trip Mine unarmed.]]
 
 
[[Image:Lotus Anti-Tank Mine or Tripmine Unarmed.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The Trip Mine unarmed.]]


==Tactics==
==Tactics==
*When running away from a moving vehicle, a mine can be deployed in front of a moving enemy vehicle. Be careful though, it may kill not only the driver and passengers but you as well.
*When running away from a moving vehicle, a mine can be deployed in front of a moving enemy vehicle. Be careful though, it may kill not only the driver and passengers but you as well.
*If you deploy a trip mine on top of a [[Man Cannon]], the mine will go flying out into the battle field. Though on the Beta, the trip mine would sometimes disappear entirely when thrown into the Man Cannon. It would still explode if someone or something were to go within the activation radius.
*If you deploy a trip mine on top of a [[Man Cannon]], the mine will go flying out into the battle field. Though on the Beta, the trip mine would sometimes disappear entirely when thrown into the Man Cannon. It would still explode if someone or something were to go within the activation radius.
*Also deploying the mine in the general area where the Man Cannon deposits players will kill the next person to man cannon from the base. Don't do it to your own base if your intentions aren't being a team killer.
*Putting a trip mine in front of an unmanned vehicle will result in a nasty surprise to the next one entering it.
*Place them in areas that are hard to see and that players need to go. A perfect example is in front of the Man Cannon. There is a downward incline before the Man cannon. Placing one here makes it unnoticeable to the player entering the Man Cannon. Be careful or the trip mine may be launched by accident.
*Be sure to inform your teammates of the locations of trip mines. Otherwise, you may get a [[betrayal]] if a teammate steps on it.
*In [[Forge]] trip mines can be deployed as a defensive "wall" for tight choke points.
*If a deployed mine has not been detonated, it will self-destruct after a set time of 1:30. Prior to the self-destruction, the orange light on the mine will brighten and the beeping will speed up and make a whining noise.
*Deploy one on a freindly warthog and have the manned 'hog kamakaze into the enemy. (NOTE! You may have to shoot your warthog's mine to make it blow up)
*One of the most evil tricks, as Bungie mentioned, is to deploy a mine in the exact position where is spawns. Some players will notice that the mine is armed (by listening to it's distinct audio and visual cues), but most players will attempt to collect it, resulting a kill which would certainly not have happened if the player is attentive.  
*One of the most evil tricks, as Bungie mentioned, is to deploy a mine in the exact position where is spawns. Some players will notice that the mine is armed (by listening to it's distinct audio and visual cues), but most players will attempt to collect it, resulting a kill which would certainly not have happened if the player is attentive.  
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The TR/9 Antipersonnel Mine, otherwise known as the Trip Mine, is a UNSC equipment item in Halo 3.

Overview

The trip mine can be activated by proximity or touch. Once deployed, it can be identified by a high pitched beeping noise or by a distinctive flashing orange light on its top. Its blast radius is considerably larger than a grenade explosion or rocket explosion allowing vehicles to be thrown into the air. The trip mine can not be deactivated once deployed. It will explode after about ninety seconds if nothing triggers it. However, it can be remotely activated by projectile weapons or grenade explosions.

The Trip Mine, while having a larger blast radius than a Frag Grenade, will only lower a Spartan's or Elite's Energy Shields.

The Trip Mine only spawns by default on Sandtrap and Rat's Nest.

File:Lotus Anti-Tank Mine or Tripmine Unarmed.jpg
The Trip Mine unarmed.

Tactics

  • When running away from a moving vehicle, a mine can be deployed in front of a moving enemy vehicle. Be careful though, it may kill not only the driver and passengers but you as well.
  • If you deploy a trip mine on top of a Man Cannon, the mine will go flying out into the battle field. Though on the Beta, the trip mine would sometimes disappear entirely when thrown into the Man Cannon. It would still explode if someone or something were to go within the activation radius.
  • One of the most evil tricks, as Bungie mentioned, is to deploy a mine in the exact position where is spawns. Some players will notice that the mine is armed (by listening to it's distinct audio and visual cues), but most players will attempt to collect it, resulting a kill which would certainly not have happened if the player is attentive.


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