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

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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?

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They explode instantly. The *click* and trying to figure out how to save the person/tearful “go on without me” speech are purely Hollywood.

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