Were fake anti-tank mines A Thing?
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Dummy anti-tank mines, consisting of ordinary china plates placed upside-down on a road were apparently used by a British Army unit during the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940. This improvisation later featured in an SOE training course, and the British Military Training Pamphlet No.42.
Like any anti-tank mine, you'd want to put them somewhere that tanks couldn't easily bypass them, and where infantry trying to remove them can be shot at from range.
Source: Dale Clarke Britain's Final Defence The History Press, 2016, p100, quoting Hugh Slater's Home Guard for Victory!, Victor Gollancz, 1941, p59.
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T-34 was evaluated at Aberdeen, by the Germans, Finns, &c, and one of the common major complaints was poor visibility:
Individual tank commanders lacked situational awareness due to the poor provision of vision devices and preoccupation with gunnery duties.
This improved with T-34-85 (added observation cupola in the roof of the turret, tank commander relieved of gunnery duties).
I would expect that the T-34 crew would not notice the "mines", but if they did, they would probably not ignore them.
However, the correct tactical use of a tank requires infantry support which should both notice the fake mines and might even be able to identify them properly.
Finally, war is war and anything can happen. Crew training, smoke, morale - there are so many factors.
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