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List of land mines

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This is a list of commonly used land mines.

Yugoslav MRUD anti-personnel mine (front, accessories fitted).
A Yugoslav MRUD anti-personnel mine (line drawing).
A cutaway of an MD-82 mine.
An M14 mine, showing a cutaway view. The absence of a safety clip and the location of the arrow on the pressure plate clearly shows that this mine has been armed.

Mines by type edit

Anti-personnel mines edit

Fragmentation and stake mines edit

 
A Yugoslavian PMR-2A stake mine, in a typical deployed configuration. Note the externally serrated fragmentation jacket.

Shaped charge mines edit

Directional mines edit

 
The M18A1 Claymore mine.

Blast mines edit

 
A German World War II era Schu-mine 42 anti-personnel mine. Its extremely simple design and use of wooden components allowed it to be produced in great numbers.

Bounding mines edit

 
A World War II German S-mine, perhaps not the first bounding mine, but possibly the most well known. Its design was copied by several countries after the war including the United States who produced the M16 mine to replace their relatively ineffective M2 mine.

Flame mines edit

Chemical mines edit

 
British troops load a Livens gas projector.

Anti-vehicle mines edit

Blast mines edit

 
A Chinese metal-cased Type 59 anti-tank blast mine. Its design is typical of many post World War II anti-tank blast mines, circular with a central fuze well (fitted with a plug in this case).
 
An Italian, plastic cased blast resistant VS-2.2 mine. Capable of being deployed from the air, as well as being resistant to explosive clearance techniques.

Shaped charge/Misnay Schardin effect edit

Full width mines edit

 
A German Riegelmine 43 full width mine.

Side attack mines edit

Wide area mines edit

Anti-helicopter mines edit

Nuclear land mines edit

 
Three scientists pose with a Medium Atomic Demolition Munition, the warhead is the smaller cylinder to the left, its casing is to the right.

Mines by country of origin edit

Argentina edit

Austria edit

Bulgaria edit

Canada edit

People's Republic of China edit

Cuba edit

Former Czechoslovakia edit

Sweden edit

France edit

Germany edit

Italy edit

Japan edit

Myanmar edit

South Africa edit

Serbia edit

Former Soviet Union/Russia edit

Sri Lanka edit

United Kingdom edit

United States edit

Former Yugoslavia edit

Vietnam edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b The Livens Projector is more of a mortar than a land mine but it is described as "arguably the first chemical mine" in The Origins of Military Mines: Part I, Major William C. Schneck and is consequently included here.
  2. ^ https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_january_2023_global_security_army_industry/russian_army_employs_ptkm-1r_antitank_jumping_mines_in_ukraine_war.html

References edit

  • Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2005-2006
  • Brassey's Essential Guide to Anti-Personnel Landmines, Eddie Banks
  • Foreign Mine Warfare Equipment, TM 5-223
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