Hawkins mines?

[CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE]

Half suggestion, half questions.

The Hawkins mine is a new weapon in 2.45 so presumably a bit of thought went in to how it works, but is there any particular reason why they seem to evaporate after a minute or two when you place them on the ground? Could they stay as long as normal AT mines? Today on Ramelle I had the bright idea of throwing four of them on our (Allied) side of the bridge, but apparently they evaporated since a Marder and both Tigers made it across with no damage.

So, questions:

How long will a Hawkins mine stay on the ground before disappearing?
How many Hawkins mines can you place before the first one disappears? (Presumably 5, but who knows?)

Note that I did die twice after deploying the mines, but both times I was fortunate enough to pick up my kit before it disappeared, so the mines *should* stay.

[Turkish007]

We have hawkins mines on ramelle?! 

[CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE]

@TurkishCommando007

There is a Hawkins mine kit near the "Church Street" flag on Ramelle. It's on a table in the same room as a Grease Gun, Browning, Molotov and Bazooka kit. The Hawkins mine kit has: 1 x M1918 Trench Knife, 1 x Thompson, 4 x Hawkins mine, and a bandaid.

[Turkish007]

Cool! Havent noticed it before!

[Horstpetersens]

they ofen dont explode even if u perform a dance with your tank on them

[Turkish007]

Even if they do, they dont deal much damage to vehicles except light and unarmoured vehicles.

[CHRISTIEFRONTDRIVE]

Good fun against Kettenkrad banzais though .

[Chad1992]

I just simply throw them on the vehicle and they explode that way.  I dont think its the way there intended to be used but hey it works.

[ajappat]

Actually it is intended to be either thrown at enemy or used as mine in real life.