Picatinny, the United States Army accepted the weapon into service as the M18 Claymore and approximately 10,000 were produced. It was used in small numbers...
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aerial-firefighting aircraft M18 Claymore mine, an American anti-personnel landmine M18 Hellcat, an American tank destroyer used in World War II M18 smoke grenade,...
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'Claymore' M18 Claymore mine, an explosive weapon Scottish broadsword, a basket-hilted sword, sometimes also included as claymores Operation Claymore,...
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Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010. "M18 Claymore". Military Factory. Gao, Charlie (15 December 2019). "Heckler and Koch...
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fragmentation. It first entered service in 1965 and is a copy of the American M18 Claymore with a few differences. Its name is derived from Russian мина осколочная...
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mine clearance harder. Directional fragmentation weapons (such as the M18 Claymore) differ from other types in that they are designed to direct their fragments...
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Gauge conversion guide Sneakbox, a small boat used for hunting waterfowl M18 Claymore mine, directional anti-personnel mine with similar effects to that said...
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currently deployed in Iraq which works with pre-existing mines like the M18 Claymore. Day & Zimmermann and General Dynamics are prime subcontractors. The...
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When the US M18 Claymore Anti-Personnel-Mine is detonated, it sends out 700 metal balls traveling at high velocity. These balls can kill or seriously injure...
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The Hungarian army used these weapons in 1944–1945. The later AT2 and M18 Claymore mines rely on this effect. High-explosive squash head Explosively formed...
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that had been concealed below them. Several of the commandos also had M18 Claymore mines strapped to their chests with the firing mechanism in their hands...
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widely used in the Korean and Vietnam wars as well as other conflicts. M18 Claymore mine Improvised explosive device "Fougasse, Madliena Tower area, Pembroke"...
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Grenades were untraceable to an owner and left no ballistic evidence. M18 Claymore mines and other explosives were also occasionally used in fragging, as...
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(RDX) and TNT similar to Composition B). Very similar to the American M18 Claymore mine. VP 2010 Finland Directional fragmentation weapon Anti-personnel...
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Gel mines are essentially plastic clamshell containers shaped like the M18 Claymore, with a pair of spring-loaded internal hinged flaps connected end-to-end...
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ENERGA Anti-tank Rifle grenade Belgium Latterly sourced via South Africa M18 Claymore Anti-personnel mine United States Mine G.S. Mk V Anti-tank mine United...
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Landmines known to be used by Hezbollah include the M15 mine and the M18 Claymore mine. Improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, are a common element in...
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Attrition warfare Cannon fodder Swarming (military) Creeping barrage M18 Claymore – land mine designed in 1952 as a response to human wave attacks in Korea...
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M136 AT4 M47 Dragon AT4 Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle M203 Mk 19 M18 Claymore mine M67 grenade Ka-Bar M9 bayonet M7 bayonet M1A1 Abrams M1A1 HA Abrams...
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leg amputation while the M18 Claymore killed all three targets through its shrapnel spray. The edge was given to the M18 Claymore for its higher lethality...
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anti-personnel mine. POMZ-2 Soviet Union Stake mounted anti-personnel fragmentation mine. M18 Claymore mine United States Directional anti-personnel mine....
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(11 August 2022). "The Ukrainian Armed Forces use the legendary American M18 smoke grenades". gagadget.com. Mitzer, Stijn; Oliemans, Joost (5 September...
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Command-detonated directional anti-personnel mine N/A Canadian version of the M18 Claymore mine that can only be manually detonated. In use as of 2015....
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launcher M320 grenade launcher module Mk 19 grenade launcher OZM-72 M18 Claymore mine TM-62 TM-72 AT2 DM 31 DM 12 PARM 2 HPD-2 PK-14 RPG-7 RPG-16 RPG-18...
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fragmentation anti-personnel mine. It is broadly similar to the United States M18 Claymore mine. The mine consists of a convex rectangular plastic main body, supported...
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leg amputation while the M18 Claymore killed all three targets through its shrapnel spray. The edge was given to the M18 Claymore for its higher lethality...
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up to five hundred enemy combatants with only two commandos employing M18 Claymore anti-personnel land mines facing the killing zone of the planned ambush...
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Lastly, the Recon class utilized a sniper rifle, motion sensor, and M18 Claymore mines. The four classes also had the ability to wield a shotgun and a...
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refer to: the M60 Patton tanks 105 mm gun a practice version of the M18 Claymore mine This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same...
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On 2 June Company A, 2/506th engaged a group of ten PAVN setting up M18 Claymore mines, two PAVN and one U.S. soldier were killed in the skirmish. Later...
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