The invention relates to a method for the airborne laying of tank barriers with the aid of anti-tank mines (40) using an unmanned, highly automated, vertical take-off-capable aircraft (1) which has a
magazine coupling device (2) which is designed to mechanically couple an anti-tank mine
magazine (30) to the aircraft (1) or to decouple it therefrom, wherein the anti-tank mine
magazine (30) comprises a housing (32) with a plurality of mine receiving locations (34) arranged therein, each for one anti-tank mine (40), and each mine receiving location (34) is assigned a mine release device (36) which can be actuated by a control device (28), which is designed to mechanically couple an anti-tank mine (40) received at a mine receiving location (34) to the anti-tank mine magazine (30) for transport and to deposit the anti-tank mine (40) at a predetermined depositing position (50.1, 50.n) to decouple it from the latter, characterized by the following method steps: a) fastening the anti-tank mine magazine (30) filled with a plurality of anti-tank mines (40) to the aircraft (1) by means of the magazine
coupling device (2), in particular on its underside, b) vertically launching the aircraft 1 and transporting it with the filled anti-tank mine magazine (30) by air to a predetermined deployment position (50.1, 50.n) of an anti-tank mine (40), c) vertically lowering the aircraft (1) over the deployment position (50.1, 50.n) and deploying an anti-tank mine (40) from a mine receiving
station (34) onto the ground by mechanically decoupling the mine release device (36), d) removing the aircraft (1) from the deployment position (50.1, 50.n), e) approaching a further Mine placement position (50.1, 50.n) and repeating steps c) to d).The invention further relates to an aircraft (1) for carrying out the method.