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Probably thought it was the run over and blow up kind not the kind with a magnet.

Tanks don't have all that great visibility, soldiers sleep a little in bad conditions, often eat a little + crappy food and are under high stress. Triple so in Russian army by all accounts I read.

Drivers in cars in best conditions fail to notice things, so it is not all that surprising that Russian army soldier would not notice things.

I wonder how many fake mines had also been placed on the roads.