a minefield shoe for reducing the danger of accidental detonation of a land mine by a wearer of the shoe , the shoe including : a cushion including a plurality of inflatable compartments , the cushion having , when inflated , at least one flexible , substantially flat , ground - contacting surface extending across the compartments ; passages , disposed within the cushion , for providing fluid communication between the compartments , and means for attaching the shoe to a boot of the wearer , wherein each of the compartments is in fluid communication with at least one other compartment , via the passages , so as to prevent any significant increase in internal pressure of any one of the compartments resulting from a decrease in internal volume of another compartment , thereby to allow deformation of the ground - contacting surface to form a matching counterpart of terrain engaged by the shoe , while maintaining a substantially even distribution of the load on the shoe along all of the ground - contacting surface .