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    The German S-mine (Schrapnellmine, Springmine or Splittermine in German), known by enemy Allied Forces as the "Bouncing Betty" on the Western Front and...
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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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    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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    anti-personnel mine or anti-personnel landmine (APL) is a form of mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to an anti-tank mine, which target vehicles...
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    The original World War II German S-mine has been widely influential. Other countries that have employed bounding mines in war include the United States...
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    The M16 mine is a United States-made bounding anti-personnel mine. It was based on captured plans of the World War II era German S-mine and has similar...
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    Мина-1, lit. 'Anti-infantry high-explosive mine') is a scatterable high explosive anti-personnel land mine of Soviet and Russian production. It is also...
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    anti-personnel bounding mine used at the start of the Second World War, it was developed largely in response to the German S-mine bounding mine. It saw very little...
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    naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited...
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    Claymore mine is a directional anti-personnel mine developed for the United States Armed Forces. Its inventor, Norman MacLeod, named the mine after a large...
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  • anti-personnel mine copied from German S-mine 44 after the end of the Second World War. A later variant was designated the Mle 1955 (Model 1955). Like the S-Mine when...
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  • 17) Mines that had insufficient data Argus mine Banks mine Johnson, Benjamin mine Manning mine McGee mine Moon Sea mine Nicholas mine Pace mine Richmond...
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  • Mine may refer to: The Boy Is Mine (album), by Monica (1998) "The Boy Is Mine" (Brandy and Monica song), by Brandy and Monica (1998) "The Boy Is Mine"...
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    Robbers & Cowards to cult appeal from fans and critics. 2008's Loyalty to Loyalty and 2011's Mine Is Yours saw the band develop different musical sounds and...
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    either the M718 or M718A1 (RAAM-L) mines, which have a self-destruct time over 48 hours; or the M741 or M741A1 (RAAM-S) mines, with a self-destruct time of...
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    Virginia mine 13 coal miners trapped in West Virginia mine 12 coal miners are found dead, 1 in critical condition, in West Virginia mine The Sago Mine disaster...
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    resources. The Bureau was abolished in 1996. The U.S. Bureau of Mines was established in the U.S. States Department of the Interior on May 16, 1910,...
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    In anti-tank warfare, an anti-tank mine (abbreviated to "AT mine") is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored...
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  • would be screwed Fuze for a German S-mine, which would be screwed into the fuze well on the mine M4 anti tank mine, showing main fuze in the centre, plus...
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    The Wieliczka Salt Mine (Polish: Kopalnia soli Wieliczka) is a salt mine in the town of Wieliczka, near Kraków in southern Poland. From Neolithic times...
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    'impede the [MSHA]'s enforcement efforts.'" In April 2012, coal producer Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (ANR), the owner of the mine at the time, said it...
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    Cross-sectional view of the fuze fitted to a German S-mine Cross-sectional view of an American M2 mine Cut-away view of an M14 antipersonnel landmine Wallace...
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    Schwarzlose machine gun Teller mine S-mine Stock mine Schu-mine 42 Glasmine 43 Abwehrflammenwerfer 42 Topfmine Riegel mine 43 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling...
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    PROM-1 (category Anti-personnel mines)
    anti-personnel mine. It consists of a cylindrical body with a pronged fuze inserted into the top of the mine. It is broadly similar in operation to the German S-mine...
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    The Minenabwurfvorrichtung was an anti-personnel mine launcher used to disperse S-Mines. It was typically found on German tanks such as the Panzer III...
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    tabular gold mine in South Africa in the Witwatersrand Basin of the Gauteng Province. Previously know as Western Deep Levels No1 Shaft, the mine began operations...
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    The Rio Tinto Boron Mine (formerly the U.S. Borax Boron Mine) 35°2′34.447″N 117°40′45.412″W / 35.04290194°N 117.67928111°W / 35.04290194; -117.67928111...
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  • Karowe diamond mine is a mine located in Botswana. It is an open-pit mine. In 2021, Lucara Diamond secured $220 million to take the mine underground. The...
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    The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) (/ˈɛmʃə/) is a large agency of the United States Department of Labor which administers the provisions...
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  • The PP-Mi-Sr is a Czechoslovakian bounding mine, broadly similar to the German S-mine. It uses either a three pronged RO-8 fuze or a RO-1 pull fuze. It...
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