MINE FOUND/CLEARED CF Other 3 CF WIA

TF 2-87 VEHICLE STRUCK BY MINE IVO GHAZNI, VEHICLE IMMOBILE AND 3 US SOLDIERS ASSESSED AS LITTER PRIORITY. CONVOY WAS RETURNING FROM GHAZNI PRT, THE LAST VEHICLE, AN UPARMORED HMMWV, WAS 400M FROM THE COMPANY TAA WHEN THE MINE EXPLODED AT 42SVC 415 140. C/2-87 WILL MAINTAIN SECURITY OF THE SITE UNTIL EOD CAN INVESTIGATE AND THE VEHICLE CAN BE EVACUATED. PATIENTS WERE TAKEN TO THE TAA, THEN MEDEVACED BY NON-STANDARD MEANS ON THE BLACK RING RETURNING TO BAF. BLACK RING W/U FROM GHAZNI WITH 3 PATIENTS AT 1946Z, W/D BAF 1033Z. 2 PATIENTS TREATED AND RELEASED. 1 PATIENT REMAINS AT THE CSH FOR OBSERVATION WITH PROBABLE BACK INJURY. 1140Z WORD FROM TEAM AT GHAZNI IS IED STRIKE WAS ACTUALLY A MINESTRIKE. FRAGMENTS OF A SOVIET TM-46 AT LANDMINE WAS FOUND. APPEARED THAT THIRD VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED TO ONE SIDE WHEN FOLLOWING TRACKS OF FIRST TWO VEHICLES. TEAM ASSESSES THAT MINE WAS RECENTLY PLACED DUE TO FREQUENT USE OF ROAD. (S//REL ISAF) UPDATE TO MINE ATTACK IVO GHAZNI: ON 06 FEB 04, C/2-87 ENCOUNTERED WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (IED), WHEN RETURNING TO THEIR TAA (42S VC 4076 1464). THE EXPLOSION CAUSED 3 CASUALTIES AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ONE VEHICLE. THE DAMAGED VEHICLE WAS THE LAST IN THE CONVOY. EOD INVESTIGATED THE SITE AND ASSESSED THAT IT WAS NOT AN IED, BUT A RUSSIAN TM-46 ANTI-TANK (AT) MINE BURIED IN A SHALLOW HOLE WITH LOOSE DIRT. THE MINE WAS PLACED ON THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE DAMAGED BY THE BLAST DID NOT FOLLOW IN THE TIRE TRACKS OF THE VEHICLES IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF IT. THE BLAST DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE WAS FOCUSED UNDERNEATH THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE OF THE VEHICLE. THE ROAD LEADS TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE COMPANY TAA. US FORCES ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY USE THE ROAD. (07 FEB 04 CTF WARRIOR INTSUM)