The VS-50 is a circular plastic-cased anti-personnel blast mine that entered production in 1985. It was formerly made by the now-defunct Valsella Meccanotecnica...
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anti-personnel mine ban came into force the Italian army destroyed all its stocks of the mine. It is very similar to another Italian mine, the VS-50. TS-50 mines were...
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AP mine Type 67 AP mine Type 72 AP mine Type 93 mine Type 96 mine Type 99 mine VAR/40 mine VAR/100 mine VAR/100/SP mine VS-50 mine VS-MK2 mine VS-MK2-EL...
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The VS-MK-2 is a plastic bodied scatterable anti-personnel blast mine manufactured by the now-defunct Valsella Meccanotecnica, SpA, an Italian high-tech...
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Russian MON-50 Blast mine - American M14 Blast mines - Russian PMN1 and PMN2 Blast mine - Italian TS-50 in-situ Blast mine - Italian VS-MK2 (cross-sectional...
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The VS-HCT series of mines are Italian plastic cased anti-tank mines that use Misznay Schardin effect warheads and have a dual seismic and magnetic fuze...
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device VS-50 mine - blast resistant anti-personnel mine TS-50 mine - blast resistant anti-personnel mine SB-33 mine - blast resistant anti-personnel mine SB-81...
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typically in the form of anti-handling devices, for example, a variant of the VS-50 mine. Since mercury is a toxic heavy metal, devices containing mercury switches...
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The VS-JAP (Valsella Jumping Anti-Personnel) is an Italian bounding anti-personnel mine. It is the latest of the Valmara family of bounding mines that...
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with the anti-handling devices incorporated into munitions such as the VS-50 mine. The Luftwaffe in World War II are known to have made use of variants...
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FAL Heckler & Koch G3 Heckler & Koch MP5 M72 LAW Browning M1919 TS-50 mine VS-50 mine Polisario LEFRIG, Centro de Documentación y Museo de la Resistencia...
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vehicles. Many countries have developed and used mines like the Claymore. Examples include models MON-50, MON-90, MON-100, and MON-200 introduced by the...
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Valmara 69 (redirect from V-69 mine)
Additionally, the Valmara 69 may be laid along with minimum metal mines such as the VS-50, VS MK2, TS-50, SB-33 and SB-81, which complicates the clearance process...
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Bremach. TS-50 mine, plastic cased Anti-personnel mine VS-HCT mine, anti-tank mine VS-1.6 mine, anti-tank mine VS-N fuzed mines, anti-tank mines including...
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The Thacker Pass lithium mine is a lithium clay mining development project in Humboldt County, Nevada, which is the largest known lithium deposit in the...
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explode later upon contact. The mine consists of a polyethylene plastic container containing 37 g (1.3 oz) of VS-6D or VS-60D liquid explosive. The two...
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Anti-handling device (category Mine warfare)
lifted, tilted or disturbed in any way e.g. a notable variant of the VS-50 mine featuring an integral mercury switch. Anti-defuzing device. A device which...
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Similarly, M14s can be laid among other mine-types manufactured by different nations e.g. alongside the PMA-2, VS-50, Valmara 69 or TM-62. The top of an M14...
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manufactured the VS-50 and VS-Mk2. Misar SpA produced the SB-81 and SB-33, and Tecnovar Italiana SpA produced the TS-50, TC/3.6 and TC/6 mines. Article 4 of...
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minimum metal M19 mines, plus various antipersonnel mines of different types (e.g. the VS-MK2, SB-33, TS-50, PMA-2 or PMA-3), all of which are specifically...
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To put things in perspective, most anti-personnel blast mines (e.g. the VS-50) contain around 50 grams of explosive, which is enough to destroy all or part...
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anti-personnel landmines. For comparison, most anti-personnel blast mines (e.g. the VS-50) contain around 50 g (1.8 oz) of high explosive, which typically destroys...
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Mining accident (redirect from Mine explosion)
"Mining Deaths in Germany vs: Turkey" (in Turkish). Istanbul: Istanbul Posta Gazette. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014. "Turkish mine disaster: Unions calls...
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Salt Mine (Urdu: کھیوڑہ نمک کان), also known as Mayo Salt Mine, is the world's second largest salt mine, located in Khewra, Punjab, Pakistan. The mine is...
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Red vs. Blue, often abbreviated as RvB, is a comic science fiction video web series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and distributed through the Internet...
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Coal mining in Pakistan (redirect from Pakistan coal mines and resources)
average 1000 coal mines operate with turnover of Rs.50 million daily. Duki is the best private mining valley in Pakistan. More than 50% of the labor is...
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36 years working at the Morenci mine. Gaethje has two sisters. He also has a twin brother who worked at the Morenci mine for almost ten years. When he was...
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Man vs. Wild is a television series on Discovery Channel in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Brazil, India and Europe. The show is called...
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A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging...
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PROM-1 (category Anti-personnel mines)
detonate the mine. In any case, PROM-1s in a minefield may be surrounded by various types of minimum metal antipersonnel blast mines (e.g. the VS-50) which...
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