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A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon often concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets as they pass over or near it. [1] Land mines are divided into two types: anti-tank mine s, which are designed to disable tanks or other vehicles; and anti-personnel mines, designed to injure or ...
An 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. [1] APLs are classified into: blast mines and fragmentation mines ; the latter may or may not be a bounding mine .
Detection and removal of landmines is a dangerous activity, and personal protective equipment does not protect against all types of landmine. Once found, mines are generally defused or blown up with more explosives, but it is possible to destroy them with certain chemicals or extreme heat without making them explode.
The lower diagram shows two anti-tank landmines connected by a cord attached to the upper mine's carrying handle. The cord is attached to a pull fuze installed in a secondary fuze well in the bottom mine. M15 mines removed from a Cuban minefield being stacked for disposal. Three of them show additional fuze wells on the side
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Primary injuries are caused by blast overpressure waves, or shock waves. Total body disruption is the most severe and invariably fatal primary injury. [2] Primary injuries are especially likely when a person is close to an exploding munition, such as a land mine. [3]
The shift in policy with land mines — which comes days after the Biden-Harris administration authorized Ukraine to use American-made long-range missiles to strike Russia’s Kursk region — is ...
[1] [3] The two wings of the PFM-1 allow it to glide after being released in the air, then spin, stabilizing it and slowing its descent, similar to maple seeds. [4] [1] The thick wing contains the liquid explosive. [4] The two wings together are 120 mm (4.7 in) long. [5] The plastic body can be produced in a variety of colours for best camouflage.