Combine Laser Tripmine

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The Combine Laser Tripmine is a tripmine first encountered in Nova Prospekt, blocking off vital areas. They also appear in Episode One.

Overview

The Combine Laser Tripmine is, quite simply, an explosive package with a laser emitting from it. When the laser is tripped, the explosives will detonate. The Tripmines are similar to ordinary mines, except they are easier to deploy and use, albeit somewhat more obvious.

Lasers are also used in conjunction with other devices, such as Turrets; when the laser is tripped, the turret or other devices will activate.

Tripmines are first seen by Gordon Freeman during his incursion to Nova Prospekt; but they also appear in City 17, as both trip-laser turrets guarding key Combine locations and explosives in ambushes set up by the Overwatch to slow Gordon's escape from the city.

Tactics

Laser tripmines can be very dangerous if not handled properly. The easiest way to dispose of them is to shoot them; however, there may not be enough space to stay out of the blast radius.

Half-Life: Alyx

Use the multitool to hack a tripmine.

Gallery

List of appearances

Weapons
Aperture Science Animal King • Bomb • Defective Turret • Frankenturret • Hover Turret (cut) • Oracle Turret • Rocket Sentry • Sentry Turret • Turret Opera
Black Mesa Barnacle Grapple • Crossbow • Ceiling Turret • Colt Python • Crowbar • Desert Eagle • Displacer Cannon • Glock 17 • Gluon Gun • Laser Tripmine • Mark IV Thermonuclear Device • Mk 2 Grenade • MP5 • Pipe Wrench • RPG • Satchel Charge • Spore Launcher • SPAS-12 • Tau Cannon
Black Ops Flash Grenade (cut) • Glock 17 • Laser Tripmine • M2 Browning Machine Gun • M249 Squad Automatic Weapon • M40A1 Sniper Rifle • Mk 2 Grenade • Mortar • MP5 • Sentry Gun
Combine AK-47 (cut) • Autogun • Ceiling Turret • Desert Launcher (cut) • Emplacement Gun • FIM-92 Stinger (cut) • Flare Gun • GR9 (cut) • Grenade • Ground Turret • Guard Gun (cut) • Headcrab Shell • Heavy Shotgun • HK-707 (cut) • Hopper Mine • Hopwire Grenade (cut) • Hunter-Chopper Bomb • Immolator (cut) • Incendiary Rifle (cut) • Jaytest (cut) • Laser Tripmine • Launcher (cut) • Manhack • MK3A2 Grenade • MP5K (cut) • MP7 • MP7 (cut) • Overwatch Sniper Rifle • Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle • Pulse Minigun • Pulse SMG • Pulse weapons • Rollermine • Sentry Gun • Shotgun • Sniper Rifle (cut) • SPAS-12 • Stun Baton • Suppression Device • USP Match • XM29 OICW (cut)
HECU Combat Knife • Desert Eagle • Dam Turret • Double Turret • Dynamite • Glock 17 • Land Mine • Laser Tripmine • M198 Howitzer • M2 Browning Machine Gun • M202A1 FLASH • M249 Squad Automatic Weapon • M40A1 Sniper Rifle • Minigun (cut) • Mk 2 Grenade • MP5 • RPG • Satchel Charge • Sentry Gun • SPAS-12
Resistance Alyx's Gun • Brickbat (cut) • Colt Python • Crossbow • Crowbar • Flare Gun (cut) • Ice Axe (cut) • Magnusson Device • Molotov Cocktail (cut) • Pheropods • Physgun (cut) • RPG • Ravenholm traps • Socket Wrench (cut) • Tau Cannon • Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator
Race X Shock Roach • Spore Launcher
Xen Black Hole Gun (cut) • Ceiling Turret • Grenade • Hivehand • Sentry Cannon • Snark • Snark Mine
Other Annabelle • AK-47 (cut) • AR3 • Harpoon (cut) • Magnet Gun (cut) • Penguin • Pulse Shield (cut) • Roller Wand (cut) • S.L.A.M • Sticky Launcher (cut) • Vortex Hopwire (cut) • Zero Point Generator (cut) • Weapons and items in Deathmatch Classic • Weapons cut from Half-Life 2
The Combine
Leaders / key figures 314 URB-LOC 0017 Advisor • Barn Advisor • Combine Advisors • The Consul (cut) • Vance (cut) • Wallace Breen
Minor members Animal (cut) • Barney Calhoun • Mambridge (cut) • Peters (cut) • Unnamed Scientist
Alien Assassin (cut) • Alien Soldier (cut) • Assassin (cut) • Charger • Civil Protection • Conscripts (cut) • Cremator (cut) • Elite (cut) • Grunt • Ordinal • Sniper • Soldier • Stalker • Suppressor • Zombie Assassin (cut)
Synth units Synth • Advisor Pod • Attack Synth (cut) • Crab Synth • Dropship • Guard (cut) • Gunship • Hunter • Mobile Mine (cut) • Mortar Synth • Sacktick (cut) • Shield Scanner • Strider • Super Soldier (cut) • Synth Elite Soldier (cut) • Tbot1 (cut) • Unidentified cut Synth (cut) • Wasteland Scanner (cut)
Mechanical units City Scanner • Manhack • Combot (cut)
Weapons AK-47 (cut) • Autogun • Ceiling Turret • Desert Launcher (cut) • Emplacement Gun • FIM-92 Stinger (cut) • Flare Gun • GR9 (cut) • Guard Gun (cut) • Grenade • Ground Turret • Headcrab Shell • Heavy Shotgun • HK-707 (cut) • Hopper Mine • Hopwire Grenade (cut) • Hunter-Chopper Bomb • Immolator (cut) • Incendiary Rifle (cut) • Laser Tripmine • Launcher (cut) • MK3A2 Grenade • MP5K (cut) • MP7 (cut) • Overwatch Sniper Rifle • Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle • Pulse SMG • Pulse weapons • Rollermine • Sentry Gun • Shotgun • Sniper Rifle (cut) • SPAS-12 • Stun Baton • Suppression Device • USP Match • Wall Turret (cut) XM29 OICW (cut)
Vehicles Advisor Platform • AirEx Truck (cut) • Armored Personnel Carrier • Hunter-Chopper • M2A3 Bradley (cut) • Merkava (cut) • Razor Train • School Bus (cut) • SWAT Truck (cut)
Technology Advisor Container • Assassin tank (cut) • Barricade • Battery • Big Momma Pod (cut) • Binoculars (cut) • Breencast • Bunker • Camera (cut) • Cell • Charger • Citadel • Citadel Core • Confiscation Field • Dark Energy • Depot • Dispenser • Door lock • Door Tower (cut) • Dr. Breen's Private Reserve • Elevator • Emergency flare • Emitter • Energy Ball • Fabricator • Field Bridge • Force Field • Heavy Door • Heel Springs (cut) • Interface • Light • Medkit • Memory Replacement • Monitor • Overwatch Voice • Power Generator • Restrictor • Security Door • Smart Barrier • Supply Crate • Suppression Field • Teleportation • Television • The Terminal • Vehicles • Vorti-Cell (cut) • Watchtower
Locations APC garage • Citadel • Citadel Core • City 8 • City 11 • City 12 • City 13 • City 14 • City 15 • City 16 • City 17 • City 24 • City 27 • City 17 Trainstation • Combine Overworld • Depot • Gate 5 • Nova Prospekt • Overwatch Nexus • Technical Trainstation • See cut locations
Other Anticitizen • Citizen • Overwatch