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   Shlomo (shlomo@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 06:58:02 JST Shlomo
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     Some German Guy (some_german_guy@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 06:57:59 JST Some German Guy

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     @Mutsu_a125 @Shlomo pretty sure it goes back to the 1600's
     ive read accounts of the siege of vienna where the turks tried to undermine austrian defences and detonate mines to blow up the city walls.
     at least one of those tunnels was found with a mine inside that was only minutes away from being lit when the polish army overran the turks.
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     PoalackJokes88 (poalackjokes88@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 06:57:59 JST PoalackJokes88

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     @Some_German_Guy @Mutsu_a125 @Shlomo It goes back to at least the medieval era, when sappers would try to dig under castle walls to either invade through the tunnel, or to undermine and collapse the castle wall. If the latter, they'd prop it up with timbers while digging, then leave and light it on fire.
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     Shlomo (shlomo@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 06:58:00 JST Shlomo

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     @Some_German_Guy As Dima points out, every other volunteer in Donbass is a coal miner.
     If there is something they are good at it is digging tunnels under ground.
     The explosion was right under the trench 160 meters from the entry point on the Russian side, and the tunnel remained intact and can be used again or expanded to other trenches nearby.
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     Eoka Pistol (mutsu_a125@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 06:58:00 JST Eoka Pistol

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     @Shlomo @Some_German_Guy >As Dima points out, every other volunteer in Donbass is a coal miner. If there is something they are good at it is digging tunnels under ground.
     
     Going back even beyond WW1 to the American Civil War, where the Union specifically seeked out their enlisted coal miners as tunnelers.
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     Shlomo (shlomo@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 06:58:01 JST Shlomo

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     @Some_German_Guy ww1 warfare crushing modern warfare with a simple trick :pepebee:
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     Some German Guy (some_german_guy@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 06:58:01 JST Some German Guy

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     @Shlomo it is a literal world war 1 tactic.
     the same thing happened during the battle for hill 60 in france.
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     Some German Guy (some_german_guy@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 06:58:02 JST Some German Guy

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     @Shlomo so much for the ukis impregnatable stronghold.