Tonk, boom. Tonk, boom. That’s the sound of me hopping behind the wheel of a M1 Abrams in Battlefield 6, immediately driving over two land mines, and blowing up. In just a few short days with the full version of Battlefield 6, land mines have become the bane of my existence.
I haven’t decided yet if that’s because they’re totally overpowered or if I’m just a dummy, but what I do know is that “land mine spam” is real. The current best practice for anti-tank mines, as far as I can tell, is to plaster absolutely every road, junction, and pile of dirt with cylindrical death traps and hope that drivers are too distracted to look out for them.
It’s working so far: Whether I’m driver, gunner, or a humble passenger, at least half of my tank and jeep escapades have ended with the sudden and frankly terrifying boom of a land mine.
For example, this is what the average road on Mirak Valley looks like right now:
