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[[Image:7499790-Full.jpg|200px|left|thumb|One of the Brute Landmines surrounding [[Sandtrap]]]] | [[Image:7499790-Full.jpg|200px|left|thumb|One of the Brute Landmines surrounding [[Sandtrap]]]] | ||
Since the mine is designed to explode above a target, similar to the old [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/air_burst air burst] or a bouncing betty, it can shower the crews of vehicles like the [[Mongoose]] or [[Prowler]], or regular infantry that are foolish to venture into the minefield, with explosive debris. The mine is less effective against aerial targets (because it will explode only a relatively short height above the ground) unless the player is flying relatively low to the ground. The mines can hurt players even if invincibility is turned on, if they are in a [[Bubble Shield]] or behind a [[Deployable Cover]], similar to the [[Automated Plasma Turret]]s in Snowbound. | Since the mine is designed to explode above a target, similar to the old [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/air_burst air burst] or a bouncing betty from Call of Duty: World at War, it can shower the crews of vehicles like the [[Mongoose]] or [[Prowler]], or regular infantry that are foolish to venture into the minefield, with explosive debris. The mine is less effective against aerial targets (because it will explode only a relatively short height above the ground) unless the player is flying relatively low to the ground. The mines can hurt players even if invincibility is turned on, if they are in a [[Bubble Shield]] or behind a [[Deployable Cover]], similar to the [[Automated Plasma Turret]]s in Snowbound. | ||
In terms of story value, the mines may have been set up by Brutes to form a defensive perimeter around the [[Forerunner]] artifacts they were digging up in Sandtrap, preventing easy ground assault. The presence of the [[UNSC Frigate]] ''[[Aegis Fate]]'' overhead, however, circumvented this and now they prevent ground-based exits. | In terms of story value, the mines may have been set up by Brutes to form a defensive perimeter around the [[Forerunner]] artifacts they were digging up in Sandtrap, preventing easy ground assault. The presence of the [[UNSC Frigate]] ''[[Aegis Fate]]'' overhead, however, circumvented this and now they prevent ground-based exits. | ||