eli5: Do real mines explode the moment it is stepped on or when the foot is released?

Question

Saw too much movies where people step on mines and they don’t explode if the foot stay on. Do real mines work this way?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

[https://chainlinkandconcrete.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-m14-land-mine.html](https://chainlinkandconcrete.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-m14-land-mine.html)

Here is one common landmine model and how the trigger works. You step on it and your toes are gone, simple as that. No waiting to lift your foot nonsense.