GZG DSII WAM - What are they?

Hi! I've been looking at John's house rules in his site and came across:

> WAMs: All within 2" of marker are attacked. This represents not a

My question is: what's a WAM?

In a message dated 8/13/98 1:31:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Al.Bri@xtra.co.nz writes:

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> My question is: what's a WAM?
http://members.xoom.com/AndrewMartin/DSII/FAQ

WAM stands for Wide Area Mine, a system being developed in the US right now.
The is intended to detect targets with an acoustic sensor which is supposed to
be able to differentiate between friendly and threat vehicles and even be able
to prioritize targets. When a target is detected it slews around and launches
a submunition into the air. This 'skeet' then searches for the target with an
IR sensor (some suggestions to include a millimetric wave radar as well) and
then detonate, firing a self-forging penetrator through the deck armor
(and usually the engine as that is normally the hottest point). The WAM is
also
being worked on to test it's feasibility in taking out low-flying
helicopters as well.

> You wrote:

> WAM stands for Wide Area Mine, a system being developed in the US

Munition. It's not a mine. Mines have negative political connotations, so it's
not one.:) Besides, the doctrine for WAMs is (as near as we can tell from the
simulations) somewhat different than for conventional mines. The Hornet WAM is
actually being fielded into the 82nd Airborne's 307th EN (ABN) BN this year.

Thanks, Chris and John!

By the way, does the US use off-route mines? A guided missile with
automation to automatically fire the missile at targets passing along a road.

> You wrote:

> By the way, does the US use off-route mines? A guided missile with

Nope.  But give me five minutes, an AT-4, a firing device, some trip
wire, and a demo bag and I can jury-rig one.  :)