Claymore Antipersonnel Mine. International Coalition to Ban Landmines – Countries using Claymore type mines (PDF) FM 23-23 ANTIPERSONNEL MINE M18A1 AND...
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ISBN 9780674049307. "Antipersonnel Mines" Popular Science, February 1945, p. 71, article for US public about the German Mustard Pot Mine and the Sch-Mine. Mines Advisory...
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containing 45 antitank and 15 antipersonnel mines. It uses the same dispenser as the Mk7 Rockeye. The BLU-91 /B AT mine is a low flat cylinder with a...
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thrown on the ground, one spike always points up. As with modern antipersonnel mines, caltrops are designed to disable soldiers rather than kill them;...
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Ukraine using any anti-personnel mines, but said in January 2023 that its team "saw physical evidence of PFM antipersonnel mine use in seven of the nine areas...
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bounding anti-personnel mine used during World War II. A number of variants of the mine were produced and although the mine is no longer in US service...
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system that allows safe breaching through complex antipersonnel obstacles, particularly fields of land mines. The APOBS is a joint DOD program for the U.S...
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bounding mine is an anti-personnel mine designed to be used in open areas. When it is tripped, a small propelling charge launches the body of the mine 3 to...
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areas. The broader realm of mine action also includes advocacy, victim assistance, antipersonnel mine stockpile destruction, mine risk education and research...
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Demining (redirect from Mine detector)
Antitank mines are buried deeply while antipersonnel mines are usually within 6 inches of the surface. Mines may be placed by hand or scattered from...
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defenses Mine warfare Anti-tank mine, a land mine made for use against armored vehicles Antipersonnel mine, a land mine targeting people walking around...
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Such mines are resistant to clearing by line charges. M58 MICLIC (Mine Clearing Line Charge) vehicle M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle Antipersonnel Obstacle...
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GYATA-64 is a Hungarian antipersonnel mine, very similar to the Russian PMN mine in design and appearance. However, the Gyata-64 mine has a 300 gram explosive...
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use of mines remains a controversial issue to this day. Antipersonnel mines like the S-mine have been the subject of repeated treaties and human-rights...
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Yugoslavian blast antipersonnel mine. Sometimes referred to as the 'Pašteta', due to its superficial resemblance to a meat-pâté tin. The mine is constructed...
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2022-04-15. Retrieved 2023-02-27. "Ukraine: Russia Uses Banned Antipersonnel Landmines". Human Rights Watch. 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2022-03-30. POM-2 mine...
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tripwires fitted to any bounding mine, great care must be taken: it is quite possible that additional antipersonnel blast mines (e.g. the M14) may have been...
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stockage, de la production et du transfert des mines antipersonnel et sur leur destruction" (PDF). AP Mine Ban Convention. Retrieved 6 January 2015. "France's...
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Anti-personnel weapon (redirect from Antipersonnel device)
U.S. military personnel believe that the use of .50 BMG in a direct antipersonnel role is prohibited by the laws of war. However, Maj. Hays Parks states...
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antipersonnel mines as well, for instance the M14 mine and M16 bounding mine. An additional benefit of double-impulse fuzes is that they give mines a...
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mina nazhimnaya, lit. 'anti-personnel pressure mine') series of blast anti-personnel mines were designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union. They...
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and Transfer of Antipersonnel Mines and on Their Destruction, the treaty is sometimes referred to as the Ottawa Convention. The Mine Ban Treaty was adopted...
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mechanism, the M14 mine is not resistant to blast-clearing methods, unlike more modern antipersonnel mine designs such as the TS-50 mine. Weight: 99 grams...
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ORDATA VS-50AR with electronic anti-handling device at ORDATA "VS 50 Antipersonnel Mine". Australian War Memorial. Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 8 June...
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SM-70 (category Anti-personnel mines)
(Splittermine Modell 1970) is an East German directional fragmentation antipersonnel mine developed specifically to combat Republikflucht (defection) across...
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Ottawa Treaty (redirect from Mine Ban Convention)
they do not retain any antipersonnel mines, including 27 states that stockpiled antipersonnel mines in the past. Canada retains mines for training, and also...
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Landmines in Ukraine (redirect from Land mines in Ukraine)
both Russian and Ukrainian government forces have utilized antipersonnel and anti-vehicle mines. On 24 February 1999, Ukraine became a signatory of the Ottawa...
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mine Model 49 mine MUSA mine MUSPA mine NO-MZ 2B mine NR-413 mine P-25 mine P-40 APPLE mine PM-43 mine PM-68 mine PMFC-1 mine PMFH-1 mine PMFH-2 mine...
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21 new mine/UXO casualties recorded in 2003. Of the 25 incidents in 2004, fourteen were caused by antivehicle mines, seven by antipersonnel mines and four...
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M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition (category Anti-personnel mines)
liquid propellant, and encapsulated in a moulded plastic form. The M86 antipersonnel mine is manually armed by removing the safety clip and then the arming...
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