Polish mine detector
Detector de minas polaco
- Date
- 1941-1942 · confidence high
- Place
- United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Józef Kosacki (1941-1942)
- Field
- Conflict
What it is
Portable metal detector for landmines, developed by Polish lieutenant Józef Kosacki while serving with Polish forces in the United Kingdom during the Second World War.
What it led to
- clearance of Allied minefields in North Africa and Europe
- adoption by the British army and other Allies
- standardization of postwar military mine detectors
- later advances in metal-detection technology