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An anti-tank or AT mine is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored fighting vehicles. Compared to anti-personnel mines , anti-tank mines typically have a much larger explosive charge, and a fuze designed to be triggered by vehicles or, in some cases, remotely or by tampering with the mine.
The M15 mine is a large circular United States anti-tank blast mine, first deployed during the Korean War. Essentially, it is a larger version of the M6A2 anti-tank mine , which it replaced. Although the M15 has been superseded by the M19 mine (a plastic-cased minimum metal mine of more modern design), the U.S. retains large stocks of M15s ...
The Anti-Tank Mine, General Service, Mk V was a cylindrical, metal-cased United Kingdom anti-tank blast mine that entered service in 1943, during the Second World War. [2] [3] It was replaced in British service with the Mk 7 mine. Two versions of the mine were produced, the Mk. V and the Mk. VC with the same external dimensions. The only ...
There are two main categories of land mine: anti-tank and anti-personnel. Anti-tank mines are designed to damage tanks or other vehicles; they are usually larger and require at least 100 kilograms (220 lb) of force to trigger, so infantry will not set them off. [6] Anti-personnel mines are designed to maim or kill soldiers.
TM-46 anti-tank mine with the arming pin still in place. The TM-46 mine is a large, circular, metal-cased Soviet anti-tank mine. It uses either a pressure or tilt-rod fuze, which is screwed into the top. Anti-tank mines with this type of fuze were capable of inflicting much more damage to armored vehicles, when compared to a typical anti ...
The S-mine had a great psychological effect on Allied forces because of its tendency to maim, rather than kill, infantry. The German habit of laying them around anti-tank and anti-vehicle mines contributed to the S-mine's reputation. If a vehicle was disabled by a mine, the soldiers would be trapped in it until someone came to rescue them. [10]
The mine was effective against vehicles and capable of taking off the track of tanks up to medium tank size. [1] The mines main charge was relatively small and the mine appears to have been withdrawn by the end of the war, being replaced by the larger Mk 5 mine. The mine was used in large numbers at the 1942 Second Battle of El Alamein. [2]
TM-62M – the wire safety clip is still in place; the mine has not been armed. The TM-62 is a series of Soviet anti-tank blast mines produced in various variants. It served as the primary anti-tank landmine for the Soviet military. [4] It has a central fuze and typically a 7.5 kilograms (17 lb) explosive charge, but the variants differ greatly ...