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  • AC NM AE T1 mine
    AC NM AE T1 mine
    The AC NM AE T1 is a Brazilian minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. The mine is believed to be in service with the Brazilian army, although production of the mine ceased in 1989. The mine has a square plastic main body, with a raised circular pressure plate and fuze. A carry handle is built into...

  • ADWAT mine
    ADWAT mine
    ADWAT is a French anti-tank blast mine used with the Matenin mine laying system. The mine has the same casing as the MI AC PR series of mines. The mines has a mechanical and electronic fuze. The mine incorporates a 30-minute arming delay, after which either the electronic or mechanical fuze can...

  • AT-8 (Cuban mine)
    AT-8 (Cuban mine)
    The AT-8 or Cuban anti-tank mine is a square green plastic cased anti-tank mine. It is a scaled up version of the Cuban anti-personnel mine. The mine consists of a plastic ribbed hinged upper case which rests on the fuzes placed into the lower platic case. When enough pressure is placed on the...

  • ATM-72 mine
    ATM-72 mine
    The ATM-72 is a steel cased circular North Korean anti-tank mine. It is similar to the Russian TM-46, with a thick wire carrying handle and a filling plug. The mine uses a four pronged fuze, downward pressure on any of the levers will trigger the mine...

  • ATM-74 mine
    ATM-74 mine
    The ATM-74 is a North Korean wooden box mine, it is a copy of the Russian TMD-B. It is a wooden box packed with blocks of TNT, the top of the mine has three planks of wood underneath the central plank is a pressure fuze similar to Russian MV-5 pressure fuze....

  • ATM 75 mine
  • ATM 96 mine
    ATM 96 mine
    The ATM 96 is a plastic cased Austrian anti-tank mine produced by Dynamit Nobel Wien. The mine had a dome shaped pressure plate, and an optional tilt rod fuze....

  • BLU-91
    GATOR mine system
    The GATOR mine system is a US system of air-dropped anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, that was developed in the 1980s to be compatible with existing cluster dispensers. It is used with two dispenser systems — the Navy 500 lb CBU-78/B and the Air Force 1,000 lb CBU-89/B...

  • C-3-A/B mine
    C-3-A/B mine
    The Expal C-3-A and C-3-B are round Spanish rubber modified polystyrene cased anti-tank blast mines. The mines differ only in minor detail. The mine is classified as a minimum metal mine, the only metal it contains being a 4.5 millimetre diameter zinc-plated steel spring. The mine is found in...

  • Cardoen AT mine
    Cardoen AT mine
    The Cardoen AT mine is a circular steel cased Chilean anti-tank blast mine that was produced by Industrias Cardoen SA. The mine is conventional in design with a central pressure plate held between three flexible tabs, underneath the pressure plate is a simple mechanical detonator. The mine has a...

  • CC 48 mine
    CC 48 mine
    The CC 48 is an Italian wooden cased minimum metal anti-tank mine that was used during the Second World War. The mine uses a shaped TNT explosive charge to produce a directional cutting effect...

  • CS 42/2 mine
    CS 42/2 mine
    The CS 42/2 is an Italian wooden cased anti-tank mine used during the Second World War. The mine uses four PMC 43 buttons, which can be substituted for Model 42/2 fuzes to make it function as an Anti-personnel mine.-Specifications:...

  • CS 42/3 mine
    CS 42/3 mine
    The CS 42/3 is an Italian wooden cased anti-tank mine used during the Second World War. Like the earlier CS 42/2 mine it uses four PMC 43 fuzes. It is a minimum metal mine, containing no metal.-Specifications:* Dimensions: 284 x 236 x 144 millimeters...

  • DM-11 mine
    DM-11 mine
    The DM-11 is a german anti-tank mine popular in countries of Africa, not suited to be disarmed or neutralized...

  • Flachmine 17
    Flachmine 17
    The Flachmine 17 was a German landmine mass produced during the First World War. Production of the mine began in 1916 after the appearance of British and French tanks, and by the end of the war over three million had been produced...

  • FMK-3 mine
    FMK-3 mine
    The FMK-3 is a fibreglass cased Argentine anti-tank blast mine. It is produced by Direccion General de Fabricaciones Militares. The mine actually uses a FMK-1 anti-personnel mine as a fuze, the FMK-1 is modified with a pressure cap to increase the activation pressure...

  • FMK-5 mine
    FMK-5 mine
    The FMK-5 is a circular Argentinian minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. Like the FMK-3 mine it uses a FMK-1 anti-personnel mine as a trigger. The FMK-1 is fitted with a stiff cap to increase its activation pressure to 300 kg...

  • Hawkins grenade
    Hawkins grenade
    The Grenade, Hand, Anti-tank, No. 75, also known as the Hawkins grenade was a British anti-tank hand grenade used during World War II. It was one of a number of grenades developed for use by the British Army and Home Guard in the aftermath of the Dunkirk evacuation...

  • LPZ mine
    LPZ mine
    The L.P.Z. mine or Leichte Panzermine was a circular metal cased German anti-tank mine produced during the Second World War. The mine was accepted into service in 1941,and were intended for use by Paratroops. Production of the mine ended in 1942 with only 31,700 mines produced...

  • M1 mine
    M1 mine
    The M1,M1A1 and M4 are circular steel cased U.S. anti-tank blast mines with a distinctive cross shaped pressure spider. The mine was used during the Second World War and a copy produced in Argentina was used during the Falklands War. Another copy is produced in China. designated the No.4 mine...

  • M1A1
    M1 mine
    The M1,M1A1 and M4 are circular steel cased U.S. anti-tank blast mines with a distinctive cross shaped pressure spider. The mine was used during the Second World War and a copy produced in Argentina was used during the Falklands War. Another copy is produced in China. designated the No.4 mine...

  • M4 mine
    M1 mine
    The M1,M1A1 and M4 are circular steel cased U.S. anti-tank blast mines with a distinctive cross shaped pressure spider. The mine was used during the Second World War and a copy produced in Argentina was used during the Falklands War. Another copy is produced in China. designated the No.4 mine...

  • M5 mine
    M5 mine
    The M5 is a U.S. minimum metal plastic cased anti-tank blast mine. The mine uses either a glass or porcelain internal case with a protective outer case. The mine uses a chemical fuse rather than a mechanical one. It contains either 5.4 lb of TNT or 5.7 lb of tetrytol...

  • M6 mine
    M6 mine
    The M6, M6A1 and M6A2 are a series of metal cased circular anti-tank landmines produced by the United States, they were superseded in service by the larger M15 mine. The mine is normally painted olive green and has a large central pressure plate. In the centre of the pressure plate is an arming...

  • M7 mine
    M7 mine
    The M7 is a small metal cased U.S. anti-tank blast mine that was used during the Second World War. It was based on the British Hawkins grenade. Approximately 2.5 million were produced before production ceased, and although it has long since been withdrawn from U.S...

  • M15 mine
    M15 mine
    The M15 mine is a large circular U.S. anti-tank blast mine, first deployed during the Korean War. Essentially, it is a larger version of the M6A2 anti-tank mine, which it superseded.-Description:...

  • M19 mine
    M19 mine
    The M19 is a large square plastic cased U.S. anti-tank blast mine. The design dates from the mid-1960s and has only two metal components: the copper detonator capsule and stainless steel firing pin which weighs 2.86 grams. It is a minimum metal mine, which makes it very difficult to detect after it...

  • M51 MACI mine
  • M52 MACI mine
  • M/71 mine
    M/71 mine
    The M/71 is a large Egyptian metal cased anti-tank blast mine based on the Russian TM-46 landmine. It is found in Egypt and Somalia. The mine is normally painted sand colored...

  • M75 mine
    GEMSS mine system
    The GEMSS mine system was a US mine system, replaced in US service by the Volcano mine system. The mines are deployed from either the towed M128 "Frisbee Flinger" and the M138 "Flipper" portable mine layer.-Mines:...

  • M/80 mine
  • M453 mine
  • M1935 mine
    M1935 mine
    The M1935 is a French heavy anti-tank mine. It consists of a large heavy steel base plate with a hinged thin steel lid. Inside the lid it has a rectangular steel container, which holds the explosive charge. The mines are laid at a minimum interval of six feet.A pressure of eight hundred pounds...

  • M1936 mine
    M1936 mine
    The M1936 is a French light anti-tank mine used during the Second World War. The mine was captured in large numbers by the German army after the Fall of France, and was later used in North Africa and Italy. The mine consists of a base plate on top of which is a rectangular steel box containing an...

  • MAT/5 mine
    MAT/5 mine
    The MAT/5 is an Italian circular plastic cased minimum metal blast resistant anti-tank blast mine. It uses a pneumatic fuze which is resistant to shock and blast, and is also claimed to be resistant to mine flails and mine rollers. The mines plastic case is water proof, and it can be laid in...

  • MAT/6 mine
    MAT/6 mine
    The MAT/6 is an Italian circular synthetic resin-cased minimum metal blast resistant anti-tank blast mine. It uses a pneumatic fuze which is resistant to shock and blast, and is also claimed to be resistant to mine flails and mine rollers. The mine's plastic case is waterproof, and it can be laid...

  • MAT-62B mine
    MAT-62B mine
    The MAT-62B is a Romanian plastic cased circular anti-tank blast mine. It is very similar to the Russian TM-62P2. The mine has a central fuze well which accepts the bakelite P-62 pressure fuze, which contains a CD-11R detonator. The mine can accept fuzes from the Russian TM-62 and TM-72 series of...

  • MAT-76 mine
    MAT-76 mine
    The MAT-76 is a large circular Romanian minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. It is similar to the MAT-62B mine, sharing a fuze. The mine is actually a cast block of TNT with a thin coating of fibreglass. The mine has a central fuze well that normally uses a P-62 pressure fuze, although it can be...

  • MAT.84-F5 mine
    MAT.84-F5 mine
    The MAT.84-F5 is a Chilean, plastic cased, minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. The mine has a small central pressure plate on the top of the case which is made from 3 mm thick, olive green, high-impact plastic. The mine is armed before it is laid by unscrewing a safety plug from the side of the mine...

  • MATS/1.4 mine
    MATS/1.4 mine
    The MATS/1.4 is a scatterable Italian circular plastic cased minimum metal blast resistant anti-tank blast mine. It uses a pneumatic fuze which is resistant to shock and blast. The mines plastic case is water proof, and the mine can be scattered from a helicopter travelling at up to 200 km/h. The...

  • MATS/2 mine
    MATS/2 mine
    The MATS/2 is a scatterable Italian circular plastic cased minimum metal blast resistant anti-tank blast mine. It uses a pneumatic fuse which is resistant to shock and blast similar to the fuse fitted to the TS-50. The mines plastic case is water proof, and the mine can be scattered from a...

  • MATS/2.6 mine
    MATS/2.6 mine
    The MATS/2.6 is a scatterable Italian circular plastic cased minimum metal blast resistant anti-tank blast mine. It is very similar to the MATS/2, except that it uses a smooth pressure plate rather than a griddle pressure plate. It uses a pneumatic fuse which is resistant to shock and blast similar...

  • MGP-31 mine
    MGP-31 mine
    The MGP-31 is a scatterable Peruvian circular, plastic cased minimum metal blast resistant anti-tank blast mine. The mine has a central domed pressure plate, and a ribbed edge. It will function upside down. Little is known about the mine, and it is believed to be in service with the Peruvian armed...

  • MI AC PR mine
    MI AC PR mine
    The MI AC PR are a series of French minimum metal blast resistant mine anti-tank blast mines. The mines can be laid by hand or automatically from the Matenin mine laying system at a rate of 500 per hour. The mines use a clockwork arming delay, which can also self neutralize the mine after a set...

  • Mk 2 mine
    Mk 2 mine
    The Mark II mine or A./T. Mine G.S. Mk II was a small British anti-tank blast mine used during the Second World War. The consisted of a body about seven inches in diameter and two inches high . The mine has a central fuze well accessed from the bottom, with a main charge in a cavity around the...

  • Mk 3 mine
    Mk 3 mine
    The Mk 3 mine or Mine G.S. Mk III was a British anti-tank mine used during World War II. The mine had a cylindrical tin lower body with a steel pressure plate which sits on top of a shear-wire restrained spring-loaded striker. Sufficient pressure on the cover shears the restraining wire, allowing...

  • Mk 4 mine
    Mk 4 mine
    The Mk 4 mine or Mine G.S. Mk IV was a British anti-tank mine used during World War II. Externally the mine has a cylindrical main body filled with explosive either TNT or Baratol. The mine is covered by a pressure plate, which is attached to the mine body by four pins which sit in vertical slots...

  • Mk 5 mine
    Mk 5 mine
    The Mk 5 or Mine G.S. Mk V was a cylindrical metal cased U.K. anti-tank blast mine that entered service in 1943, during the Second World War. It was replaced in British service with the Mk 7 mine....

  • Mk 7 mine
    Mk 7 mine
    The Mk 7 mine is a circular U.K. anti-tank blast mine. It can be laid either by hand or from a mechanical mine layer. The mine is conventional in design, with a central fuze well, below which is a booster charge, both surrounded by the main charge. The mine can be fitted with a variety of fuzes,...

  • MKT Mod 72 mine
    MKT Mod 72 mine
    The MKT Mod 72 is an Albanian circular metal cased anti-tank blast mine, a copy of the Russian TM-46. Two versions of the mine are produced, the PX designated version of the mine is fitted with a secondary fuze well in the base of the mine that accepts an MUV type anti-lifting device...

  • MKTBT mine
    MKTBT mine
    The MKTBT is a large circular bakelite cased Albanian anti-tank blast mine. The mine uses a mechanical pressure fuze, copied from the Russian MV-5. The mine has relatively low metal content, including a metal carrying handle and fixing brackets, as well as six screws in the top of the mine...

  • Model 41-47 mine
  • Model 47 mine
  • Model 47-52 mine
  • Model 52 mine
    Model 52 mine
    The Model 52 mine is a Swedish circular plywood cased anti-tank blast mine. It is currently in service with the Swedish army. The mine can be fitted with a number of different fuzes and pressure plates including a three pronged plate and a pentagonal pressure spider and a tilt-rod...

  • Model 67 mine
    Model 67 mine
    The Model 67 is a square plastic cased Austrian minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. The mines pressure fuze sits on the top of the mine, with a provision for an anti-handling device. A second version of the mine the ATM-75 is similar to the Model 67 mine....


  • MP-APVL 83-F4 mine
    MP-APVL 83-F4 mine
    The MP-APVL 83-F4 is a Chilean anti-tank blast mine based on the U.S. M1A1 mine. The mine has a plastic body with distinctive pressed steel pressure spider on the top. The main charge of the mine has 3.5 kg of steel balls embedded into the charge...

  • MPP-B Wierzba mine
    MPP-B Wierzba mine
    The MPP-B "Wierzba" is a fibreglass Polish minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. The mine is similar to the Russian TM-62 series and is compatible with the same fuses. It is normally used with a MWCz-62 fuse with a clockwork arming delay, which is a copy of the Russian MVCh-62...

  • Na-Mi-Ba mine
    Na-Mi-Ba mine
    The Na-Mi-Ba is a Czechoslovakian minimum metal bakelite cased anti-tank blast mine. The mine uses a horizontal lever fuze, with a very low operating pressure that breaks open a glass capsule containing acid, which initiates a flash composition. The mine has a small main charge, and is normally...

  • No 6 mine
    No 6 mine
    The No 6 mine is an Israeli metal cased anti-tank blast mine. It is a direct copy of the Russian TM-46 mine, the only notable difference being the filling cap, which is domed on the TM-46 and flat on the No 6. It can be fitted with the No 61 pressure fuze or a No 62A tilt rod fuze...

  • No 8 mine
    No 8 mine
    The No 8 mine is a South African circular plastic cased minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. The mine has a large pressure plate on top of which is an oversize arming lever whose position at either of two sets of lugs either indicates "ARMED" or "SAFE". The mine can be fitted with a number of...

  • NR 25 mine
    NR 25 mine
    The NR 25 is a circular Dutch steel cased anti-tank blast mine. It is broadly similar in appearance to the German Tellermine 43, although it is larger. The mine has a central domed pressure plate, underneath which is an NR-29 mechanical pressure fuze, which is inserted into a fuze well. A doughnut...

  • NR 26 mine
    NR 26 mine
    The NR 26 is a Dutch circular minimum metal anti-tank blast mine similar to the French M51 MACI. The mine uses an NR 26 friction pressure fuze with a sheer collar designed to give way at a load of 350 kg...

  • NV-41 mine
    NV-41 mine
    The NV-41 was a wooden-cased Soviet anti-tank blast mine used during the Second World War. The mine consists of a square wooden box with a filling plug on the bottom. The top of the box is covered by a thin pressure lid, which covers a pressure plate held up by a spring. Sufficient pressure on the...

  • P2 Mk2 mine
  • P3 Mk2 mine
    P3 Mk2 mine
    The P2 Mk2 and P3 Mk2 are Pakistani plastic cased minimum metal anti-tank blast mines. The P2 Mk2 has a square case with a central circular ribbed pressure plate, the P3 is circular with a central circular pressure plate. Both mines use anti-personnel mines as the fuse, typically the either the P4...

  • Panssarimiina m/36
    Panssarimiina m/36
    The Panssarimiina m/36 is a Finnish anti-tank blast mine used during the Winter War, Second World War and Continuation War. The mine was the first purpose built anti-tank mine to enter service with the Finnish Army, and was designed by Lieutenant Colonel T. Raatikainen and Lieutenant Colonel...

  • Panssarimiina m/39
    Panssarimiina m/39
    The Panssarimiina m/39 is a Finnish anti-tank blast mine used during the Winter War, Second World War and Continuation War. The mine superseded the Panssarimiina m/36 in service with the Finnish Army. It was first delivered in December 1939 while the Winter War was taking place...

  • Panssarimiina m/S-39
  • Panssarimiina m/S-40
  • Panssarimiina m/44
    Panssarimiina m/44
    The Panssarimiina m/44 is a Finnish anti-tank blast mine. It entered service in 1944 and was used during the Second World War and Continuation War. The mine used a wooden case, consisting of an upper box containing the main charge and a downward facing fuze, this was placed into a sturdy wooden...

  • Pappmine
  • PDM-1 mine
  • PDM-1M mine
  • PDM-2 mine
  • PDM-2M mine
  • PDM-6 mine
  • Pignone mine P-1
  • Pignone mine P-2
  • PM-60 mine
    PM-60 mine
    The PM-60 or K-1 is a German round plastic cased minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. The case of the mine consists of two halves joined together by sixteen plastic nuts, giving the mine a distinctive appearance. The top of the mine has a large pressure plate which rests on top of the fuze assembly...

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  • PMZ-40 mine
    PMZ-40 mine
    The PMZ-40 was a circular metal-cased Soviet multi-purpose landmine used during the Second World War. It was similar in design to the earlier Finnish Panssarimiina m/36 which was used during the Winter War. The mine had a serrated lower edge that allowed it to be deployed on sheet ice...

  • PRB M3 mine
    PRB M3 mine
    The PRB M3 and PRB M3A1 are plastic cased minimum metal anti-tank blast mine produced by the Belgian company Poudreries Réunies de Belgique in the 1970s and 1980s. The mine is square with a olive drab...

  • PRB-111 mine
    PRB-111 mine
    The PRB-111 is a square Belgian minimum metal anti-tank blast mine that consists of a block of explosive which may or may not be coated in asphalt. A central cavity on the top surface is covered by a plastic pressure plate, underneath which is a small well for a pressure fuze. The fuze used with...

  • PT-56 mine
    PT-56 mine
    The PT-56 is a rectangular plastic cased Yugoslavian minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. It is very similar in appearance and size to the TMA-2, which has superseded it.-Specifications:* Length: 260 mm* Width: 330 mm* Weight: 7 kg...

  • PT Mi-Ba mine
    PT Mi-Ba mine
    The PT Mi-Ba The PT Mi-Ba The PT Mi-Ba (also known as the PT Mi-Ba-53 is a circular Bakelite cased Czechoslovakian minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. The mine entered service with the Czech and Slovakian armies in the 1950s and is now obsolete and no longer in service. The mine is conventional in...

  • PT Mi-Ba-II mine
    PT Mi-Ba-II mine
    The PT Mi-Ba-II is a large Bakerlite cased Czechoslovakian anti-tank blast mine. The mine is unusual in that it has two plunger fuses instead of a pressure plate...

  • PT Mi-Ba-III mine
    PT Mi-Ba-III mine
    The PT Mi-Ba-III is a large Bakelite cased circular Czechoslovakian anti-tank blast mine. It is no longer produced but it is found in Angola, Kuwait, Mozambique, and Namibia. A Bulgarian copy of the mine, the PMT-BA-III exists.-Specifications:...

  • PP Mi-D mine
    PP Mi-D mine
    The PP Mi-D mine is a Czech copy of the German Second World War Schu-mine 42 anti-personnel mine.It consists of a simple wooden box with a hinged lid that acts as the trigger mechanism. A slot is cut into the side of the lid which rests on the striker retaining pin...

  • PT Mi-K mine
    PT Mi-K mine
    The PT Mi-K is a Czechoslovakian metal cased anti-tank blast landmine. The mine uses a metal grid instead a pressure plate, this gives it resistance to overpressure. The mine is no longer produced, but is found in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Eritrea, Namibia, Nicaragua and the Western...

  • PTM-80P mine
    PTM-80P mine
    The PTM-80P is a circular plastic bodied Bulgarian minimum metal anti-tank blast mine, similar in design to the Russian TM-62P2. The mine can accept any fuze that fits into the TM-62 series of mines, including various mechanical, blast resistant, electronic, and magnetic influence fuzes. The mine...

  • SACI mine
    SACI mine
    The SACI is an Italian Bakelite cased minimum metal anti-tank blast landmine. A number of variants were produced with varying amounts of explosive. The mine has three fuze wells on the top surface, that are covered with a pressure plate. Several types of fuzes were made including a low metal fuze...

  • SB-81 mine
    SB-81 mine
    The SB-81 is an Italian plastic cased minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. The mine uses an air pressure based fuze, which gives it protection against overpressure and blast. It can therefore be regarded as a blast resistant mine. The mine can be scattered by hand or by mine laying systems.The mine...

  • SBP-04 mine
  • SBP-07 mine
  • SH-55 mine
  • T-IV mine
    T-IV mine
    The T-IV was a Soviet anti-tank mine developed before and used during the Second World War. The mine has a metal case with a wooden pressure plate attached to the top of the mine. It is similar in configuration to the later TM-38...

  • T-AB-1 AT mine
    T-AB-1 AT mine
    The T-AB-1 is a rectangular plastic cased Brazilian anti-tank blast mine. The mine uses a T-AB-1 anti-personnel mine as a fuze. The AP mine is inserted into the body of the AT mine under a large stiff ABS plastic pressure plate. The pressure plate is fastened in place by a number of shear pins,...

  • TC/2.4 mine
    TC/2.4 mine
    The TC/2.4 is a circular plastic cased Italian minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. The mine uses a blast and shock resistant pneumatic fuze. It could be laid by hand or mechanically, and could be fitted with anti-handling devices. An Egyptian copy of the mine is produced, designated as the M/80...

  • TC/3.6 mine
  • TC/6 mine
  • Tellermine 29
    Tellermine 29
    The Tellermine 29 is a round metal cased German anti-tank blast landmine. It first entered service in 1929, and the initial German defence plan was to purchase 6,000 a year, but in January 1931 it was decided to speed up the purchase process and 61,418 were ordered...

  • Tellermine 35
    Tellermine 35
    The Tellermine 35 was a German metal cased anti-tank mine used extensively during the Second World War. The mine's case is made of sheet steel, and has a slightly convex pressure plate on the top surface with a central fuse well...

  • Tellermine 42
    Tellermine 42
    The Tellermine 42 was a German metal cased anti-tank blast mine used during the Second World War. The mine was a development of the Tellermine 35 with improved resistance to blast. It was followed by the simplified Tellermine 43....

  • Tellermine 43
    Tellermine 43
    The Tellermine 43 was a German circular steel cased anti-tank blast mine used during the Second World War. It was a simplified version of the Tellermine 42, which enabled simpler production techniques. Between March 1943 and the end of World War II, over 3.6 million Tellermine 43s were produced by...

  • TM-46 mine
    TM-46 mine
    The TM-46 mine is a large circular metal cased Russian anti-tank mine. The TMN-46 is a variant of the mine fitted with a secondary fuze well on the bottom which is slightly off-set from the centre of the mine. This secondary fuze well can be fitted with a pull-fuze which functions as an...


  • TMA-1 mine
    TMA-1 mine
    The TMA-1 and TMA-1A are circular, plastic cased Yugoslavian minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. The mine consists of an upper plastic pressure plate, and the lower body containing the main charge. The pressure plate has eight triangular raised sectors, and a central fuze cap...

  • TMA-2 mine
    TMA-2 mine
    The TMA-2 is a rectangular plastic cased Yugoslavian minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. It is very similar in appearance and size to the PT-56, which it replaced. The mine consists of two sections, an upper ribbed pressure plate with two large circular fuze caps, and a lower base section...

  • TMA-3 mine
    TMA-3 mine
    The TMA-3 is a circular Yugoslavian minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. It is very similar in appearance to the TMA-4. The mine consists of a cast circular block of explosive cased in resin reinforced fabric. The top of the mine has three fuze wells which each take a UTMA-3 fuze, and a fourth...

  • TMA-4 mine
    TMA-4 mine
    The TMA-4 is a circular plastic cased Yugoslavian minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. It is a modernized version of the TMA-3. The mine is basically a cast block of TNT with three fuze wells cut into it, encased in plastic. Three black plastic UTMA-4 fuzes are installed into the top surface of the...

  • TMA-5 mine
    TMA-5 mine
    The TMA-5 and TMA-5A are rectangular plastic cased Yugoslavian minimum metal anti-tank blast mines. The mine's top surface has a single circular threaded fuze cap in the center, covering the fuze well. Additionally there is a small compartment for storing the fuze when disarmed. The corners of the...

  • TMB-1 mine
  • TMB-2 mine
  • TMN-46 mine
  • TMSB mine
  • TM-35 mine
    TM-35 mine
    The TM-35 was a rectangular metal cased Soviet anti-tank mine used during the Second World War. The mine has a metal case, which is rectangular with a carrying handle on one side and a large raised pressure plate in the centre...

  • TM-38 mine
    TM-38 mine
    The TM-38 was a rectangular metal cased Soviet anti-tank mine used during the Second World War. The mine had a large raised rectangular central pressure plate with four reinforcing creases. When enough pressure was applied to the plate it collapses pressing down on a bolt connected to an internal...

  • TM-41 mine
    TM-41 mine
    The TM-41 was a circular metal cased Soviet anti-tank landmine used during the Second World War. The mines case consistsed of a short cylinder with the entire top surface being used as a pressure plate. The mine has a carrying handle on the side of the mine...

  • TM-44 mine
    TM-44 mine
    The TM-44 was a circular metal cased Soviet anti-tank landmine used during the Second World War. The mine's case consisted of a short cylinder with the entire top surface being used as a pressure plate...

  • TM-46 mine
    TM-46 mine
    The TM-46 mine is a large circular metal cased Russian anti-tank mine. The TMN-46 is a variant of the mine fitted with a secondary fuze well on the bottom which is slightly off-set from the centre of the mine. This secondary fuze well can be fitted with a pull-fuze which functions as an...

  • TM-57 mine
    TM-57 mine
    right|thumb|A TM-57 with a tilt-rod [[Fuze#Munition_fuzes|fuze]]The TM-57 mine is a large circular Russian metal cased blast anti-tank mine. It can either be triggered by a pressure or a tilt-rod fuze...

  • TM-62 mine
  • TM-65 mine
    TM-65 mine
    The TM-65 is a circular Finnish minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. It is broadly based on the Russian TM-62 mine. The mines body is made from a thin shell of fibreglass over a cast block of explosive, with a central fuze well that holds the pressure fuze...

  • TMD-1 mine
    TMD-1 and TMD-2 mines
    The TMD-1 and TMD-2 are Yugoslavian wooden cased anti-tank blast mines, similar to the Russian TMD-B. The box consists of a wooden box, which contains the main cast TNT main charge. A webbing carrying handle is provided on one side of the mine. The fuze is placed in a central detonation well under...

  • TMD-2 mine
    TMD-1 and TMD-2 mines
    The TMD-1 and TMD-2 are Yugoslavian wooden cased anti-tank blast mines, similar to the Russian TMD-B. The box consists of a wooden box, which contains the main cast TNT main charge. A webbing carrying handle is provided on one side of the mine. The fuze is placed in a central detonation well under...

  • TMD-40 mine
    TMD-40 mine
    The TMD-40 was a wooden-cased Soviet anti-tank blast mine used during the Second World War. The mine consisted of a rectangular wooden box which contained a detonator assembly at each end and seven 400 gram and four 200 gram blocks of explosive...

  • TMD-44 mine
  • TMD-B mine
  • TMM-1 mine
    TMM-1 mine
    The TMM-1 is a circular, metal cased, Yugoslavian anti-tank blast mine. It is a direct copy of the German Tellermine 43. The mine has a central fuze well that is covered by a screw on pressure plate. Two secondary fuze well are fitted to the side and bottom of the mine allowing the installation of...

  • Topfmine A
  • Topfmine B
  • Topfmine C
  • TQ-Mi mine
    TQ-Mi mine
    The TQ-Mi is an obsolete circular Czechoslovakian anti-tank blast mine. The mines body is made of cardboard impregnated with asphalt. A central pressure cap is made of glass, which sits on top of a chemical fuze, which is crushed open onto the booster charge...

  • Type I bakelite anti-tank mine
  • Type 2 AT mine
    Type 2 AT mine
    The Type 2, T40 mine is a Dutch anti-tank blast mine, specially designed for use on soft ground or wetlands. The mine has a steel case made from two dished plates joined by a watertight seal. The mine is in service with the Royal Netherlands Army....

  • Type II bakelite anti-tank mine
  • Type 3 mine
    Type 3 mine
    The Type 3 mine was a Japanese ceramic cased landmine used during the Second World War. The mine contained approximately 3 kg of explosive and had a diameter of 27 cm. A wooden landmine using the same fuze was also produced towards the end of the war....

  • Type 9 wooden anti-tank mine
    Type 9 wooden anti-tank mine
    The Type 9 wooden anti-tank mine was an Italian bar type anti-tank mine used during World War II in North Africa. The box consisted of a lower section box, containing the large and fuzes and an upper, overlapping lid with two pivoting wooden covers that sat over the two fuzes...

  • Type 63 AT mine
    Type 63 AT mine
    The Type 63 AT mine is a large circular Japanese minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. The mine does not float and is waterproof, enabling it to be used in shallow water. The mine uses a standard mechanical pressure fuze, with three ball bearings retaining a spring-loaded striker over a detonator...

  • Type 72 metallic
    Type 72 metallic anti-tank mine
    The Type 72 is a Chinese metal cased circular anti-tank blast mine, it is similar to the Russian TM-46 mine, a plastic cased version of the mine is also produced, the Type 72 non-metallic anti-tank mine...

  • Type 72 non-metallic
    Type 72 non-metallic anti-tank mine
    Type 72 Non-Metallic is a Chinese circular, plastic bodied landmine which is designed to damage or destroy a vehicle by blast effect.- Mechanism :...

  • Type 93 mine
    Type 93 mine
    The Type 93 mine was a circular Japanese landmine used during the Second World War. It entered service in 1933. It used a simple fuze with a variable activation pressure, achieved through the use of different thickness shear wires...

  • Type 96 mine
    Type 96 mine
    The Type 96 mine is a Japanese large hemispherical landmine used during the Second World War. It entered service in 1936. The mine could be deployed in shallow water or on land, and used two lead alloy horn fuzes...

  • Type 99 mine
    Type 99 mine
    The Type 99 mine was a Japanese anti-tank weapon used during the Second World War. It entered service in 1939. Four magnets were attached to the casing made of hemp cloth, along with an external fuze. The fuze had a time delay, which enabled it to be used as an anti-tank hand grenade, or a...

  • Volcano mine system
    Volcano mine system
    The M139 Volcano mine system is a US highspeed landmine laying system. It can lay a minefield one kilometer long, containing 960 mines in 43 seconds from a ground vehicle, and in just 17 seconds from a helicopter...

  • VS-1.6 mine
    VS-1.6 mine
    The VS-1.6 is an Italian circular plastic-cased scatterable anti-tank blast mine. It has very few metal components and is resistant to overpressure and shock. The mine can also be deployed conventionally and from helicopters...

  • VS-2.2 mine
  • VS-3.6 mine
  • VS-AT4 mine
    VS-AT4 mine
    The VS-AT4 and VS-AT4-EL are Italian minimum metal blast resistant anti-tank blast mines. The VS-AT4 uses a blast resistant mechanical pressure fuze, while the VS-AT4-EL uses a programmable electronic pressure fuze with an integral anti-lifting function....

  • YaM-5 box mine
    YaM-5 box mine
    The YaM-5 was a Soviet anti-tank blast mine with a wood case. Various wood was used. The mine consists of a rectangular wooden box with a hinged lid that overlaps the front of the mine. A slot in the hinged lid's side through which an MUV pull fuse is placed. A wooden pressure bar is sometimes...

  • YM-II mine
  • YM-III mine
    YM-III mine
    The YM-III or YM-3 is a circular ABS plastic cased Iranian minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. It is a copy of the Chinese Type 72 non-metallic anti-tank mine. The mine uses a blast resistant fuze, which relies on gradual application of pressure to trigger it...



Shaped charge/Misznay Schardin effect

  • Adrushy mine
    Adrushy mine
    The Adrushy is an Indian glass-reinforced plastic cased anti-tank landmine. The mine uses a Copper lined shaped charge to attack the underside of vehicles as they pass over the mine. The shaped charge is claimed to be able to penetrate in excess of 100 mm of armour...

  • ARGES mine
    ARGES mine
    ARGES is an off-route anti-tank mine, developed by an international consortium to meet the needs of the British, French and German armed forces...

  • AT2 mine
    AT2 mine
    The AT2 mine is a scatterable anti-tank mine developed by Dynamit Nobel. It can be scattered from artillery rockets or from mine laying systems, and is currently in service with the British, German and Norwegian armies.-Description:...

  • ATM 6 mine
  • ATM 7 mine
  • ATM 2000E
    ATM 2000E
    The ATM 2000 and ATM 2000E are Austrian plastic cased anti-vehicle mines using Misznay Schardin effect warhead. The mine uses an electronic microprocessor controlled fuze with magnetic, seismic and pressure sensors allowing it to discriminate between targets. The mine can be laid by hand or by a...

  • BAT/7 mine
    BAT/7 mine
    The BAT/7 is a circular Italian plastic cased anti-tank landmine with a Misznay Schardin effect warhead. The mine's circumference has a large lip with ribs running vertically from it. The top surface of the mine also has a number of radial ribs with a central circular plate.The mine uses an...

  • FFV 016 mine
    FFV 016 mine
    The FFV 016 is a Swedish designed off-route mine designed for use against lightly armoured vehicles. The mine uses a Misznay Schardin effect warhead to produce a self-forging fragment that has an initial velocitiy of approximately 2,000 meters per second and can penetrate 60 millimeters of armour...

  • FFV 028 mine
    FFV 028 mine
    The FFV 028 is a series of steel cased Swedish anti-tank mines that use electronic fuzes. The mines are circular, with a large Misznay Schardin effect warhead in the center of the mine, with the fuzing and sensor electronics located in the dead space above the main charge...

  • HAK-1 mine
    HAK-1 mine
    The HAK-1 is a Hungarian plastic encased anti-tank mine. It uses a Misznay Schardin effect warhead combined with an electronic acoustic and magnetic influence fuze. The mine can be programmed for an active life of between three hours and 150 days. Once the acoustic sensor detects a target, the...

  • Hohl-Sprung mine 4672
    Hohl-Sprung mine 4672
    The Holz-Sprung Mine 4672 or Hohlladungs-Spring-Mine 4672 was a German anti-tank mine, together with the Panzer stab 43...

  • HPD-1 mine
  • HPD-2 mine
  • HPD-3 mine
  • K441/442 mine
  • Kasia 100/170 mine
    Kasia 100/170 mine
    The Kasia 100 and Kasia 170 and Kasia 2 x 100 are Polish off-route anti-vehicle mines. The mines consist of a warhead and mounted on a four legged metal frame. The warheads are either 100 or 170 millimeters in diameter...

  • L14A1 mine
  • KB-PTM mine
  • KRIZNA-D mine
  • M21 mine
    M21 mine
    The M21 is a circular U.S. anti-tank landmine that uses a Misznay Schardin effect warhead. The mine uses an M607 pressure fuse, which can be adapted as a tilt rod fuse...

  • M-24 mine

  • MC-71 mine
    MC-71 mine
    The MC-71 is a Romanian tilt-rod fuzed anti-tank landmines. The mines body consists of two truncated cones, the lower of the cones contains the main charge and fuzing mechanism. The main charge is a large shaped charge, which triggers 200 ms to 400 ms after the tilt rod is activated...

  • MIACAH F1 mine
    MIACAH F1 mine
    The MIACAH F1 is a French off-route anti-tank landmine. It uses a large Misznay Schardin effect warhead to project a powerful self forging fragment capable of penetrating 70 millimetres of armour at a range of 40 metres....

  • MI AC Disp F1 Minotaur mine
    MI AC Disp F1 Minotaur mine
    The MI AC Disp F1 Minotaur mine is a French scatterable anti-tank mine. The mines can also be scattered from 155 millimetre artillery shells, which can hold six of the mines. The mine is cylindrical with two Misznay Schardin effect warheads, one on each side of the mine, with a 600 gram charge. The...

  • MIFF mine
  • Mine Anti-Tank Non-detectable 1A
  • Mine Anti-Tank Non-detectable 3A
  • MN-111 mine
  • MN-121 mine
    MN-121 mine
    The MN-121 is a Polish scatterable anti-tank mine, externally similar to the German AT-2 mine. The mine is cylindrical with ten wire legs which fold outward to keep the mine upright. The mine uses a magnetic influence fuze, which triggers the mine when a vehicle passes over it. The mine also has an...

  • MN-123 mine
    MN-123 mine
    The MN-123 is a Polish scatterable anti-tank mine. The mine is a flat cylinder, with a bevelled edge. It is normally deployed from a ground vehicle, using a dispensing system holding 80 mines. The mine can also be manually laid. Like the MN-121 mine, it uses a magnetic influence fuze which detects...

  • MPB mine
    MPB mine
    The MPB is a Polish off-route anti-tank mine. The mine consists of a cylinder mounted horizontally in a heavy steel frame, hidden from direct view of a designated target, which is used to aim the mine...

  • MSM MK2 mine
    MSM MK2 mine
    The MSM MK2 is a Finnish belly attack anti-tank mine. The mine has a circular ribbed plastic case that is tapered towards the bottom. It uses an electronic fuze with a combination magnetic and seismic fuze; it also has an anti-handling device. The mine is armed by inserting an arming pin, which...

  • MUSA mine
  • MUSPA mine
  • No 8 mine
    No 8 mine
    The No 8 mine is a South African circular plastic cased minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. The mine has a large pressure plate on top of which is an oversize arming lever whose position at either of two sets of lugs either indicates "ARMED" or "SAFE". The mine can be fitted with a number of...

  • Panzer stab 43
    Panzer stab 43
    The Panzer-Stabmine 43 was a German anti-tank mine, together with the Hohl-Sprung mine 4672 it was the first mine to combine a shaped charge warhead with a tilt rod fuze. The mine was developed during the Second World War. The mine consisted of a wine glass shaped metal main body mounted on a...

  • PARM 1 mine
    PARM 1 mine
    The PARM 1 and PARM 2 are German off-route mines that fire small fin stabilized rockets.-Development:The mine was developed in the early 1980s to meet the US MIL-STD-331A and US MIL-STD-810C requirements. Trials of the mine were conducted between March 1983 and March 1988...

  • PARM 2 mine
  • PD Mi-PK mine
  • PT Mi-D1 mine
  • PT Mi-P mine
    PT Mi-P mine
    The PT Mi-P is a large Czechoslovakian anti-tank mine. The mine is a large hemisphere, with a carrying handle and an RO-9 attachment for a tilt rod on one side. It uses a large shaped charge warhead that uses a five millimeter thick steel liner, and can penetrate up to 150 millimeters of armour...


  • PT Mi-U mine
    PT Mi-U mine
    The PT Mi-U is a circular Czech anti-tank mine with a Misznay Schardin effect warhead. It can be used with a conventional pressure fuze or a tilt rod fuze....

  • PTM-3 mine
    PTM-3 mine
    The PTM-3 is a Russian scatterable anti-tank mine that can be deployed either by hand, vehicle or helicopter. The mine's case is configured to produce a shaped charge effect on five sides....

  • Pz Mi 88 mine
  • SATM mine
    SATM mine
    The SATM mine is a Chinese copy of the AT2 mine scatterable anti-tank mine. It is scattered either from mine scattering vehicle, or by 122 mm Type 84 rockets, which hold eight mines each...

  • SB-MV/1 mine
  • SLAM mine
  • T-93 mine
    T-93 mine
    The T-93 is an Egyptian scatterable anti-tank mine similar in appearance to the German AT-2 scatterable mine. It can be dispensed from launchers deployed on the ground or mounted on vehicles which can hold as many as 600 mines. The mine is cylindrical with twelve spring-loaded legs folded up...

  • TM-72 mine
    TM-72 mine
    The TM-72 is a Russian cylindrical metal-cased anti-tank mine. It is normally used with the MVN-72 or MVN-80 magnetic influence fuzes, which give it a full width attack capability. It uses a 2.5 kg shaped charge warhead capable of penetrating approximately 100 millimeters of armor at a...

  • TM-83 mine
    TM-83 mine
    The TM-83 is a Russian off-route anti-tank mine, first shown publicly in 1993. The mine consists of a large Misznay Schardin effect warhead and infra-red and seismic sensors.-Description:...

  • TM-89 mine
    TM-89 mine
    The TM-89 is a Russian anti-tank mine first publicly shown in 1993. The mine uses a Misznay Schardin effect warhead capable of producing a 60 mm diameter hole in 100 mm of armour...

  • TMK-2 mine
    TMK-2 mine
    The TMK-2 is a Russian steel cased anti-tank mine. It uses a tilt-rod fuze combined with a shaped charge to attack the belly of vehicles as they pass over the mine. It was originally designed in 1955, but is now obsolete. The mine consists of a case shaped like two truncated cones joined at the...

  • TMRP-7 mine
  • Type 84 mine
    Type 84 mine
    The Type 84 is a Chinese scatterable anti-tank mine, normally deployed by 122 mm artillery rockets. The mine consists of a cylindrical body with three prong legs that form a spike. Three variants of the mine exist: one with magenetic influence fuze, one with a self-extending tilt rod fuze, and...

  • UKA-63 mine
  • VS-HCT mine
    VS-HCT mine
    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. The mines are no longer produced and differ in size and shape.-VS-HCT:...

  • VS-HCT2 mine
  • VS-HCT4 mine
  • VS-SATM1 mine
    VS-SATM1 mine
    The VS-SATM1 is an Italian scatterable anti-tank landmine that was produced by Valsella Meccanotecnica SpA. The mine can be scattered by a GRILLO-128 man-portable single-tube launcher system or a VS-MDH helicopter based system...



Full width mines

  • Barmine
    Barmine
    Bar mine L9 is a large rectangular British anti-tank landmine. The bar mine's principal advantage is its long length - a typical anti-tank landmine is circular, and for it to activate a vehicle's wheel or track must actually press on the mine. The vehicle's wheels or tracks actually make up only a...

  • BAT/7 mine
    BAT/7 mine
    The BAT/7 is a circular Italian plastic cased anti-tank landmine with a Misznay Schardin effect warhead. The mine's circumference has a large lip with ribs running vertically from it. The top surface of the mine also has a number of radial ribs with a central circular plate.The mine uses an...

  • FFV 028 (Stridsvagnsmina 6) mine
  • MSM MK2 mine
    MSM MK2 mine
    The MSM MK2 is a Finnish belly attack anti-tank mine. The mine has a circular ribbed plastic case that is tapered towards the bottom. It uses an electronic fuze with a combination magnetic and seismic fuze; it also has an anti-handling device. The mine is armed by inserting an arming pin, which...

  • Riegel mine 43
    Riegel mine 43
    The Riegel mine 43 or is a German steel cased anti-tank bar mine used during the Second World War. The mine is a long thin oblong. It consists of lower and upper metal tray and an internal metal cased explosive block. It uses two ZZ42 fuzes inserted into either end of the internal block, although...

  • Riegel mine 44
  • V-3 (N5) mine
  • VS-HCT mine
    VS-HCT mine
    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. The mines are no longer produced and differ in size and shape.-VS-HCT:...

  • VS-HCT2 mine
  • VS-HCT4 mine

Side attack mines

  • Addermine
  • Anti-Transport Mine
  • ARGES/MACPED mine
  • ATIS mine
  • ATM 6 mine
  • ATM 7 mine
  • AVC 100 mine
  • AVC 195 mine
  • FFV 018 mine
    FFV 018 mine
    The FFV 018 is a Swedish off-route anti-tank mine. It uses a large Misznay Schardin effect warhead, that generates a fast moving slug capable of penetrating the side armour of a tank. The mine is mounted on a squat tripod, and a built in infra-red sensor package, which detects the target and...

  • L14A1 mine
  • Kasia 100 mine
  • Kasia 2 x 100 mine
  • Kasia 170 mine
  • M24 mine
    M24 mine
    The M24 mine was a United States off-route land mine based around the M28A2 HEAT rocket normally fired by the M20 3.5 inch rocket launcher. The rocket was launched from an M143 plastic launch tube.-Operation:...

  • MON-100
    MON-100
    The MON-100 is a circular, sheet metal bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed and manufactured in Russia. It is designed to wound or kill by fragmentation and resembles a large bowl.-Design:...

  • MON-200
    MON-200
    The MON-200 is a directional type anti-personnel mine designed and manufactured in Russia. It is an enlarged version of the MON-100 mine.Because of its large size, this directional blast mine can also be used against light-skinned vehicles and helicopters....

  • MPB mine
    MPB mine
    The MPB is a Polish off-route anti-tank mine. The mine consists of a cylinder mounted horizontally in a heavy steel frame, hidden from direct view of a designated target, which is used to aim the mine...

  • PARM 1 mine
    PARM 1 mine
    The PARM 1 and PARM 2 are German off-route mines that fire small fin stabilized rockets.-Development:The mine was developed in the early 1980s to meet the US MIL-STD-331A and US MIL-STD-810C requirements. Trials of the mine were conducted between March 1983 and March 1988...

  • PARM 2 mine
  • PD Mi-PK mine
  • PMN-150 mine
  • PMN-250 mine
  • TEMP 30 mine
  • TM-83 mine
    TM-83 mine
    The TM-83 is a Russian off-route anti-tank mine, first shown publicly in 1993. The mine consists of a large Misznay Schardin effect warhead and infra-red and seismic sensors.-Description:...


Fragmentation and stake mines

  • AUPS fragmentation mine
  • BLU-92
    GATOR mine system
    The GATOR mine system is a US system of air-dropped anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, that was developed in the 1980s to be compatible with existing cluster dispensers. It is used with two dispenser systems — the Navy 500 lb CBU-78/B and the Air Force 1,000 lb CBU-89/B...

  • HB 876 mine
    HB 876 mine
    The HB 876 mine was an air dropped area denial weapon. It was used as part of the JP233 runway denial system and the 'Hades' variant of the BL755 cluster bomb. As a result of the anti-personnel mine ban it was withdrawn from British Army service, and the last stockpiles of the mine were destroyed...

  • M61 mine
  • M63 mine
  • M74 mine
    GEMSS mine system
    The GEMSS mine system was a US mine system, replaced in US service by the Volcano mine system. The mines are deployed from either the towed M128 "Frisbee Flinger" and the M138 "Flipper" portable mine layer.-Mines:...

  • M421 mine
  • MAP mine
  • MBV-78-A1 mine
  • MBV-78-A2 mine
    MBV-78-A2 mine
    The MBV-78-A2 is a small cylindrical Vietnamese anti-personnel fragmentation stake mine. It is unrelated to the MBV-78-A1. The mine has a large plastic head which contains the main charge wrapped around the detonator. A fragmentation layer of steel pieces set into wax surrounds the main charge. The...

  • MM 1 mine
  • Model 15 mine
  • Model 49 mine
    Model 49 mine
    The Model 49 is a large cylindrical Swiss anti-personnel stake mine. The mine is no longer in service with Swiss forces and all operational stocks of the mine have been destroyed. The mine is normally stake mounted, and uses the ZDZ-39 fuze, which can be operated by either pull or tension release...

  • MUSA mine

  • MUSPA mine
  • NO-MZ 2B mine
    NO-MZ 2B mine
    The NO-MZ 2B is a Vietnamese anti-personnel fragmentation mine. The mine has a simple cylindrical metal body, with an MUV fuze screwed into the top of the mine...

  • NR-413 mine
  • P-25 mine
    P-25 mine
    The P-25 is a plastic cased Italian anti-personnel stake mine. It was developed along with the larger P-40 mine in the late 1970s by Misar SpA and entered production in 1978. The mine consists of a plastic cylinder with a fuse protruding from the top. The mine can either be stake mounted or buried,...

  • P-40 APPLE mine
    P-40 APPLE mine
    The P-40 mine is a Vietnamese anti-personnel fragmentation stake mine. The mines were produced using the spherical steel cases of U.S. BLU-24/B and BLU-66 submunitions on top of which is a plastic adaptor to accept an MUV style tripwire fuze....

  • PM-43 mine
  • PM-68 mine
  • PMFC-1 mine
  • PMFH-1 mine
  • PMR-1 mine
  • PMR-2 mine
  • PMR-2A mine
  • PMR-3 mine
    PMR-3 mine
    The PMR-3 is a Yugoslavian anti-personnel stake mine. The mine is a development of the PMR-1 and PMR-2 stake mines, having a larger main charge and a greater effective radius. Two versions of the mine were built, an 'old' version and a 'new' version...

  • PMR-4 mine
    PMR-4 mine
    The PMR-4 is a Yugoslavian anti-personnel stake mine. The mine was apparently not mass produced, but built in small numbers.The mine has a small grenade like main body with a number fragmentation grooves running around the circumference and an integral stake...


  • PMR-U mine
    PMR-U mine
    The PMR-U is a Yugoslavian anti-personnel stake mine. The mine was apparently not mass produced, but built in small numbers at a number of different locations....

  • POMD-1 mine
    POMD-1 mine
    The POMD-1 is a cylindrical scatterable Bulgarian anti-personnel mine, used in the KNURS-DM 122 mm rocket fired from the BM-21 vehicle mounted rocket launcher. In one 122 mm rocket, a single POMD-1 mine was carried along with 16 PMD-1 AP pressure mines, and four TMD-1 anti-tank mines.Once the mine...

  • POMZ
    POMZ
    The POMZ, POMZ-2 and POMZ-2M are three types of Russian-made stake mounted anti-personnel fragmentation mine. The POMZ mine was used during the Second World War. It was superseded by the POMZ-2, and later by the improved POMZ-2M...

  • POMZ-2 mine
  • POMZ-2M mine
  • PPMP-2 mine
    PPMP-2 mine
    The PPMP-2 is a Yugoslavian anti-personnel stake mine. The mine was not mass produced, but was built in large quantities at a number of different locations....

  • PP Mi-Sb mine
  • PP Mi-Sk mine
  • SAPM mine
    SAPM mine
    The SAPM is a Chinese scatterable anti-personnel fragmentation mine. It is typically deployed from either 122 mm rockets or truck based mine layers. Once the mine hits the ground, two tripwires are deployed to a maximum distance of 10 meters from the mine...

  • Stock Mine
    Stock Mine
    The stock mine was a German anti-personnel stake mine used during the Second World War. It consisted of a cylindrical concrete main body on top of a short wooden stake. The concrete head contained a small TNT bursting charge, and was embedded with a number of metal fragments. A fuze is fitted to a...

  • Type 58 stake mine
  • Type 59 stake mine


Directional mines

  • APM-1 mine
  • APM-2 mine
  • APM-3 mine
  • APM 19 mine
  • APM 29 mine
  • AVC 100 mine
  • AVC 195 mine
  • Cardoen Directional AP mine
  • DFC 19 mine
  • DFC 29 mine
  • EC-2 mine
  • FFV 013 mine
  • FFV 013R mine
  • HAMDY mine
    HAMDY mine
    The HAMDY mine is an Egyptian directional fragmentation mine based on the US Claymore mine and produced by the Maasara Company. The mine consists of a rectangular sand colored plastic main body with a convex face, inside which is a layer of approximately 700 steel fragments embedded in a main...

  • HM 1000 mine
  • HzSMI NO. 80 mine
  • K440 mine

  • KM18A1 mine
  • KN-10 mine
  • M18A1 Claymore
    M18A1 Claymore Antipersonnel Mine
    The M18A1 Claymore is a directional anti-personnel mine used by the U.S. military. It was named after the large Scottish sword by its inventor, Norman A. MacLeod...

  • MAI-GA4 mine
  • MAPED F1 mine
  • MDH-10 mine
  • MDH-C40 mine
  • Mini MS 803 mine
    Mini MS 803 mine
    The Mini MS-803 is a small South African produced Claymore type landmine. The design is very simple, with a convex brown polystyrene case containing a PE9 plastic explosive charge with three hundred 6 x 8 millimeter cylindrical steel fragments embedded into it. The mine is supported by two pairs of...

  • MM-1 minimore
    MM-1 minimore
    The MM-1 "Minimore" is a small-sized version of the M18A1 claymore mine, currently manufactured by Arms-Tech Ltd. of Phoenix, Arizona. The company literature refers to it either as the "MM-1 Directional Command Detonated Mine" or as the "Minimore-1 Miniature Field-Loadable Claymore Mine". The MM-1...

  • MM-2 mine
  • MMN-1 mine
    MMN-1 mine
    The MMN-1 is a small Georgian Claymore type directional anti-personnel fragmentation mine. The mine projects fragments in a sixty degree hotizontal arc to a casualty radius of 15 meters.-Specifications:* Weight: 0.8 kg* Length: 140 mm* Depth: 75 mm...

  • MMN-2 mine
    MMN-2 mine
    The MMN-2 is a Georgian Claymore type directional anti-personnel fragmentation mine. The mine projects fragments in a forty-five degree horizontal arc to a casualty radius of forty meters.-Specifications:* Weight: 2.26 kg* Length: 168 mm* Depth: 60 mm...

  • Model 123 mine
    Model 123 mine
    The Model 123 is a small Thai Claymore style directional anti-personnel mine. The mine has a square plastic main body with a convex front face marked with a triangle which is supported by two sets of scissor legs. Inside the main body is a layer of four hundred 5.5 millimeter steel ball bearings...

  • MON-50
    MON-50
    The MON-50 is a claymore shaped , plastic bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed and manufactured by Russia. It is designed to wound or kill by explosive fragmentation...

  • MON-90
    MON-90
    The MON-90 is a claymore shaped, plastic bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed and manufactured in Russia. It is designed to wound or kill by fragmentation...

  • MON-100
    MON-100
    The MON-100 is a circular, sheet metal bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed and manufactured in Russia. It is designed to wound or kill by fragmentation and resembles a large bowl.-Design:...

  • MON-200
    MON-200
    The MON-200 is a directional type anti-personnel mine designed and manufactured in Russia. It is an enlarged version of the MON-100 mine.Because of its large size, this directional blast mine can also be used against light-skinned vehicles and helicopters....

  • MRUD
    MRUD
    The MRUD is a plastic bodied, convex rectangular directional type Anti-personnel mine designed to wound or kill by fragmentation. It is broadly similar to the M18A1 Claymore mine....

  • P5 series mine

  • PADMINE
  • PMN-150 mine
  • PMN-250 mine
  • Shrapnel No. 2 Mk 1 mine
  • Shrapnel No. 2 R1M1 mine
  • SM-70 mine
  • SMI 17/4 C Giant Shotgun mine
  • SMI 17/6 C mine
  • SMI 20/1 C mine
  • SMI 21/3 C mine
  • SMI 21/11 C mine
  • Type 58 stake mine
  • Type 59 stake mine
  • Type 66 mine
  • VS-DAFM 1
  • VS-DAFM 6
  • VS-DAFM 7


Blast mines

  • AP NM AET1 mine
    AP NM AET1 mine
    The Min AP NM AE T1 is a small Brazilian minimum metal anti-personnel mine. The mine has a plastic case in the form of a truncated cone. with a small protruding fuze and pressure plate. The small size of the pressure plate gives the mine some blast resistance...

  • APP M-57 AP blast mine
  • AUPS mine
    AUPS mine
    The AUPS is a circular Italian bakelite cased minimum metal anti-personnel blast mine. The mine can be adapted with a steel fragmentation jacket and stake into a fragmentation stake mine. The mine is constructed in two halves, with the upper half containing the pressure fuse mechanism, the lower...

  • BLU-43
    BLU-43
    BLU-43/B and BLU-44/B Dragontooth were air dropped land mines used by the United States during the Vietnam War. It is chemically activated and has a relatively low explosive content, typically maiming rather than killing.-Overview:...

  • Chinese Scatterable AP mine
  • Cuban AP blast mine
  • DM-39 mine
    DM-39 mine
    The DM-39 is a German anti-personnel, cylindrical-shaped and plastic-made blast mine intended for emplacement under an antitank mine. It is pressure initiated and has a clockwork delayed arming mechanism, making it suitable for its antilift role. A secondary fuze well is located on the lower side...

  • Egyptian AP plastic mine
  • EM-20 mine
  • FAMA AP mine
  • FMK-1 mine
    FMK-1 mine
    The FMK-1 is a small circular Argentinian anti-personnel blast mine, fitted with a stiffened pressure plate it is also used as the fuze for the FMK-3 and FMK-5 anti-tank mines. The mine has a circular plastic body, with a number of small ribs running vertically around the outside of the mine, with...

  • GLD-112 mine
  • GYATA-64 mine
    GYATA-64 mine
    The GYATA-64 is a Hungarian antipersonnel mine, very similar to the Russian PMN mine in design and appearance. However, the Gyata-64 mine has a 300 gram explosive charge compared with the 240 gram charge in a PMN mine...

  • M14 mine
    M14 mine
    The M14 mine is a U.S. small anti-personnel land mine first deployed circa 1955. The M14 mechanism uses a belleville spring to flip a firing pin downwards into a stab detonator when pressure is applied. Once deployed, the M14 is very difficult to detect because it is a minimum metal mine, i.e. most...

  • M 49 mine
  • M 61 mine
  • M 62 mine
  • M 63 mine
  • M/80 mine
  • M409 mine
  • M412 mine
  • M/966-B mine
  • MAI-75 mine
  • MAI-GR2 mine
  • MAPG mine
  • MAPP 78-F2 mine
  • MAPPG mine
  • MAPT 78-F2 mine
  • MAPI mine
  • MAPS/M/M41 mine
  • MAT-68 mine
  • MAUS mine
    MAUS mine
    MAUS means "Mina Antiuomo Seminabile" which translated is "Antipersonnel Scatter Mine", this is an Italian, plastic-made landmine designed for rapid placement on the minefields either by helicopter, hand-drop or other ground vehicle...

  • MAUS-1 mine
  • MD-82 mine
    MD-82 mine
    The MD-82 is a Vietnamese anti-personnel blast mine, that is broadly similar to the U.S. M14 mine, although the fuzing system is different.-Specifications:* Height: 57 mm* Diameter: 53 mm* Weight: 100 g approx* Explosive content: 28 g TNT...

  • MGP-30 mine
  • MKKB mine
  • Mle 1951 AP blast mine
    Mle 1951 AP blast mine
    The Mle 1951 or MI AP ID 51 is a small circular French brown plastic cased minimum metal mine anti-personnel blast mine. The mine uses a pressure fuze that works by driving a firing pin through a friction sensitive compound . The mines safety is a small cap that sits over the pressure fuze and...

  • MI AP ID 51 mine
  • MI AP DV 59 mine

  • MM 2 mine
  • MN-79 mine
  • Model 15 mine
  • Model 1989 mine
  • No 4 mine
  • No 4 Italian AP mine
  • No 6 AP mine
    No 6 AP mine
    The No 6 is a U.K. minimum metal anti-personnel mine. The mine is a long thin cylinder with a tapered bottom and a three pronged trigger on the top. A metal safety clip prevents the mine being triggered before it is armed. A detector ring can be fitted around the middle of the mine...

  • No 7 Mk1 Dingbat mine
    No 7 Mk1 Dingbat mine
    The No 7 Mk 1 Dingbat mine is a U.K. anti-personnel blast mine. The mine has a steel body, with a flexible pressure pad on the top surface. Under the pressure pad is a belleville spring with a central striker. The fuse is slid into the side of the mine, a firing pin prevents the fuse being fully...

  • No 10 mine
  • NR 22C1 mine
  • NR-408 mine
  • P2 Mk2 AP blast mine
  • P4 Mk1 AP blast mine
  • P5 AP mine
  • PATVAG 69 mine
  • PFM-1
    PFM-1
    PFM-1 is a land mine of Soviet production, very similar to BLU-43 US Army landmine...

  • PM-79 mine
    PM-79 mine
    The PM-79 is a small circular Bulgarian blast resistant anti-personnel mine, superficially similar to the Russian PMN. The mine uses a unique trigger design; on the top of the mine, beneath a thin rubber cover is a dish shaped pressure plate. Pressure on the outer rim of the dish shaped plate...

  • PMA-2 mine
    PMA-2 mine
    The PMA-2 is a Yugoslavian blast antipersonnel mine. Sometimes referred to as the 'Pašteta', due to its superficial resemblance to a meat-pâté tin. The mine is constructed from dark green plastic, with a distinctive plunger which has six petals radiating from it.- Overview :The mine is armed by...

  • PMA-3 mine
    PMA-3 mine
    The PMA-3 is a Yugoslavian blast resistant minimum metal anti-personnel mine. It is circular, consisting of a plastic upper and lower half joined together by a rubber cover. A safety collar is normally wrapped around the outside of the mine, preventing the upper half of the mine tilting when in...

  • PMD-1 mine
  • PMD-6 mine
  • PMD-7 mine
  • PMK-40 mine
  • PMN mine
    PMN mine
    The PMN series of blast anti-personnel mines were designed and manufactured in Russia. They are one of the most widely used and commonly found devices during demining operations.-PMN-1:...

  • PMN-2 mine
  • PMN-3 mine
  • PMN-4 mine
  • PMP-71 mine
  • PP Mi-Ba mine
  • PP Mi-D mine
    PP Mi-D mine
    The PP Mi-D mine is a Czech copy of the German Second World War Schu-mine 42 anti-personnel mine.It consists of a simple wooden box with a hinged lid that acts as the trigger mechanism. A slot is cut into the side of the lid which rests on the striker retaining pin...

  • PP Mi-Na 1 mine
  • PRB-411 mine
  • PRB M35 mine
  • PPM-2 mine
  • R mine
  • Ranger AP mine
  • S-Mine 35
  • SAPEM mine
  • SB-33 mine
    SB-33 mine
    The SB-33 is a small Italian minimum metal blast type anti-personnel mine formerly manufactured by Misar, that entered service in 1977. The SB-33 can be emplaced by hand or scattered using the helicopter mounted SY-AT system....

  • Schu-mine 42
    Schu-mine 42
    The Schu-mine 42 was a German anti-personnel blast landmine used during the Second World War. It consisted of a simple wooden box with a hinged lid containing a 200 g block of cast TNT. A slot in the lid pressed down on the striker retaining pin, sufficient pressure on the lid caused the pin to...

  • SM-65 mine

  • T/78 mine
  • T/79 mine
  • T-AB 1 AP mine
  • Tret-Mine 59
  • TS-50 mine
    TS-50 mine
    The TS-50 is a small circular Italian blast resistant minimum metal anti-personnel mine. The mine has a ribbed plastic case which is olive green, brown or sand colored. The mine has a central raised pressure pad on the top surface of the mine, which can operate even with the mine upside down....

  • Type 58 blast mine
  • Type 63 AP mine
  • Type 67 AP mine
  • Type 72 AP mine
  • Type 93 mine
    Type 93 mine
    The Type 93 mine was a circular Japanese landmine used during the Second World War. It entered service in 1933. It used a simple fuze with a variable activation pressure, achieved through the use of different thickness shear wires...

  • Type 96 mine
    Type 96 mine
    The Type 96 mine is a Japanese large hemispherical landmine used during the Second World War. It entered service in 1936. The mine could be deployed in shallow water or on land, and used two lead alloy horn fuzes...

  • Type 99 mine
    Type 99 mine
    The Type 99 mine was a Japanese anti-tank weapon used during the Second World War. It entered service in 1939. Four magnets were attached to the casing made of hemp cloth, along with an external fuze. The fuze had a time delay, which enabled it to be used as an anti-tank hand grenade, or a...

  • VAR/40 mine
  • VAR/100 mine
  • VAR/100/SP mine
  • VS-50 mine
    VS-50 mine
    The VS-50 is a circular plastic cased anti-personnel blast mine, formerly manufactured by the now-defunct Valsella Meccanotecnica SpA, an Italian high-tech defense industry specialized in area denial systems which was also the manufacturer of the Valmara 69 and one of the first industries in the...

  • VS-MK2 mine
    VS-MK2 mine
    The VS-MK-2 is a plastic bodied scatterable anti-personnel blast mine formerly manufactured by the now-defunct Valsella Meccanotecnica SpA, an Italian high-tech defense industry specialized in area denial systems . The mine is extremely difficult to detect because of its low metal content...

  • VS-MK2-EL mine
  • XM22
    Gravel mines
    Gravel mines, also called Button mines were small U.S. made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. They were used extensively during the Vietnam War as part of the McNamara Line...

  • XM27
    Gravel mines
    Gravel mines, also called Button mines were small U.S. made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. They were used extensively during the Vietnam War as part of the McNamara Line...

  • XM40E5
    Gravel mines
    Gravel mines, also called Button mines were small U.S. made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. They were used extensively during the Vietnam War as part of the McNamara Line...

  • XM41
    Gravel mines
    Gravel mines, also called Button mines were small U.S. made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. They were used extensively during the Vietnam War as part of the McNamara Line...

  • XM41E1
    Gravel mines
    Gravel mines, also called Button mines were small U.S. made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. They were used extensively during the Vietnam War as part of the McNamara Line...

  • XM44
    Gravel mines
    Gravel mines, also called Button mines were small U.S. made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. They were used extensively during the Vietnam War as part of the McNamara Line...

  • XM45E1
    Gravel mines
    Gravel mines, also called Button mines were small U.S. made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. They were used extensively during the Vietnam War as part of the McNamara Line...

  • XM65
    Gravel mines
    Gravel mines, also called Button mines were small U.S. made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. They were used extensively during the Vietnam War as part of the McNamara Line...

  • YM-1 mine
  • YM-1B mine


Bounding mines

  • Area Denial Artillery Munition
    Area Denial Artillery Munition
    Area Denial Artillery Munition is a family of US land mines and 155 mm artillery projectiles.The mines carried by these projectiles are the M67 long-duration anti-personnel mines and M72 short-duration anti-personnel landmines intended to maim or kill enemy combatants...

  • AUS 50/5 mine
  • BM/85 mine
    BM/85 mine
    The BM/85 is an Italian blast resistant bounding anti-personnel mine that was produced by Tecnovar italiana SpA. The mine is cylindrical with a three pronged tilt/pressure fuze on the top with a central post for attaching a tripwire. A plastic safety clip prevents the fuze from tilting when in...

  • Chinese portable bounding AP mine
  • Egyptian bounding AP mines
  • DM-31 mine
  • M2 mine
    M2 mine
    The M2 is a US bounding anti-personnel mine used during the Second World War. A number of variants of the mine were produced and although the mine is no longer in US service, it can be found in Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Korea, Laos, Oman, Rwanda, Tunisia and the Western Sahara...

  • M16 mine
    M16 mine
    The M16 mine is a U.S. made bounding anti-personnel mine. It was based on captured plans of the World War II era German S-mine and has similar performance. The mine consists of a cast iron body in a thin steel sleeve. A central fuze well on the top of the mine is normally fitted with a pronged M605...

  • M/66 mine
  • M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition
    M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition
    The M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition is a small US anti-personnel mine intended to be used by special forces to deter pursuing enemy forces....

  • M432 mine
    M432 mine
    The M432 is a Portuguese bounding anti-personnel mine, which traces the roots of its design to the Second World War German S-mine, although it is probably more directly related to the Belgian NR 442 mine and U.S. M16 mine...


  • M/966 mine
  • Mle 1939 mine
  • Mle 1951 mine
  • Mle 1955 mine
  • No 12 mine
  • NR-23C2 mine
  • NR-442 mine
  • S-mine
    S-mine
    The German S-mine , also known as the "Bouncing Betty," is the best-known version of a class of mines known as bounding mines. When triggered, these mines launch into the air and then detonate at about . The explosion projects a lethal spray of steel balls and fragments in all directions...

     (the "Bouncing Betty")
  • Valmara 59
    Valmara 59
    The Valmara 59 is a large cylindrical Italian bounding anti-personnel mine. It is the first in the "Valmara" family of mines produced by Valsella Meccanotecnica, and was followed by the Valmara 69 and VS-JAP. The mine's body is plastic with a distinctive five-pronged head. The central prong has a...

  • Valmara 69
    Valmara 69
    Valmara 69 or V-69 is an Italian bounding anti-personnel mine manufactured by Valsella. The mine was developed from the V-59 mine, and although the mine is no longer produced in Italy, a number of copies were produced in other countries e.g. the "SPM-1" manufactured by Singapore.The South African...

  • VS-APFM1 mine
  • VS-JAP mine
    VS-JAP mine
    The VS-JAP is an Italian bounding anti-personnel mine. It is the latest of the Valmara family of bounding mines that includes the Valmara 59 and Valmara 69. The mine has a waterproof plastic faceted cylindrical body with a three-pronged cap, with a central fixing point for a tripwire...

  • Type 69 mine
  • OZM-3 mine
  • OZM-4 mine
  • OZM-72 mine
  • OZM-160 mine

  • P3 mine
  • P7 mine
  • P-40 mine
  • PP-Mi-Sr mine
    PP-Mi-Sr mine
    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....

  • PRB M966 mine
  • PROM-1 mine
    PROM-1
    The PROM-1 is a Yugoslavian manufactured bounding type of 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....

  • PROM-KD mine
  • PSM-1 mine
  • OZM-3
    OZM
    The OZM-3, OZM-4 and OZM-72 are Russian manufactured bounding mine type anti-personnel mines.They are normally painted olive green, and issued with a spool of tripwires and two green painted wooden or metal stakes for affixing the tripwires...

  • OZM-4
    OZM
    The OZM-3, OZM-4 and OZM-72 are Russian manufactured bounding mine type anti-personnel mines.They are normally painted olive green, and issued with a spool of tripwires and two green painted wooden or metal stakes for affixing the tripwires...

  • OZM-72
    OZM
    The OZM-3, OZM-4 and OZM-72 are Russian manufactured bounding mine type anti-personnel mines.They are normally painted olive green, and issued with a spool of tripwires and two green painted wooden or metal stakes for affixing the tripwires...

  • VS-SAPFM3 mine


Flame mines

  • Abwehrflammenwerfer 42
    Abwehrflammenwerfer 42
    The Abwehrflammenwerfer 42 was a German static defensive flamethrower, flame fougasse or flame mine used during the Second World War. The design was copied from Russian FOG-1 mines that were encountered in 1941 during Operation Barbarossa. These were usually buried at intervals of covering road...

  • Flame fougasse
    Flame fougasse
    A flame fougasse is a weapon. It is a type of mine which uses an explosive charge to project burning liquid onto a target. The flame fougasse was developed by the Petroleum Warfare Department in Britain as an anti-tank weapon during the invasion crisis of 1940...

  • X-200 mine
    X-200 mine
    The X-200 was a U.S. incendiary landmine locally improvised during the Korean War.The X-200 consisted a salvaged oil can filled with napalm and fitted with a black powder bursting charge. The mine was either command-detonated or set off by trip wires...

  • XM-54 mine
    XM-54 mine
    The XM-54 was an experimental U.S. incendiary landmine tested during the Vietnam War. It was a large bounding mine that could either be command detonated or trip wire activated. It contained 15.3 lbs of plasticised white phosphorus. Approximately 200 were shipped to Vietnam in August 1968, and...


Chemical mines

  • Livens Projector
    Livens Projector
    The Livens Projector was a simple mortar-like weapon that could throw large drums filled with flammable or toxic chemicals. In the First World War, the Livens Projector became the standard means of delivering gas attacks and it remained in the arsenal of the British Army until the early years of...

     see note
  • KhF-1 bounding gas mine
  • KhF-2 bounding gas mine
  • M1 chemical mine
    M1 chemical mine
    The M1 was a U.S. chemical landmine. It developed in 1939, and consisted of a one gallon gasoline can filled with 9.9 lbs of mustard gas agent. As issued, it had no bursting charge or fuze, but required a bursting charge of detonating cord to be attached via soldered tabs on the outside of the...

  • M23 chemical mine
    M23 chemical mine
    The M23 is a U.S. steel cased chemical landmine. The mine was developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s and approximately 100,000 were produced. The U.S...

  • Spruh-Buchse 37
  • Yperite mine


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Anti-helicopter mines

  • 4AHM-100 mine
  • AHM-200 mine
  • AHM-200-1 mine
  • AHM-200-2 mine
  • Anti Transport Mine
  • Helkir mine
    Helkir mine
    The Helkir is an anti-helicopter mine developed by the Austrian company Hirtenberger. It uses an IR sensor and an acoustic sensor to detect airborne targets. Once the mine is armed and ready to engage, the acoustic sensor listens for a valid noise input. This enables the IR sensor which is located...

  • PMN-150 mine
  • PMN-250 mine
  • TEMP 20


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Nuclear land mines

  • Blue Peacock
    Blue Peacock
    Blue Peacock, renamed from Blue Bunny and originally dubbed Brown Bunny, was the codename of a British tactical nuclear weapon project in the 1950s—dubbed the chicken-powered nuclear bomb by the press....

  • Medium Atomic Demolition Munition
    Medium Atomic Demolition Munition
    Medium Atomic Demolition Munition was a tactical nuclear weapon developed by the United States during the Cold War. They were designed to be used as nuclear land mines and for other tactical purposes, with a relatively low explosive yield from a W45 warhead, between 1 and 15 kilotons. Each MADM...


People's Republic of China

  • Type 84
    Type 84 mine
    The Type 84 is a Chinese scatterable anti-tank mine, normally deployed by 122 mm artillery rockets. The mine consists of a cylindrical body with three prong legs that form a spike. Three variants of the mine exist: one with magenetic influence fuze, one with a self-extending tilt rod fuze, and...

  • Type 72 metallic
    Type 72 metallic anti-tank mine
    The Type 72 is a Chinese metal cased circular anti-tank blast mine, it is similar to the Russian TM-46 mine, a plastic cased version of the mine is also produced, the Type 72 non-metallic anti-tank mine...

  • Type 72 non-metallic
    Type 72 non-metallic anti-tank mine
    Type 72 Non-Metallic is a Chinese circular, plastic bodied landmine which is designed to damage or destroy a vehicle by blast effect.- Mechanism :...

  • Type 66
  • Type 59
  • Type 58

  • Chinese Scatterable AP mine
  • Type 58 blast mine
  • Type 63 AP mine
  • Type 67 AP mine
  • Type 72 AP mine
  • Type 69 mine

  • Chinese portable bounding AP mine


Germany

  • Abwehrflammenwerfer 42
    Abwehrflammenwerfer 42
    The Abwehrflammenwerfer 42 was a German static defensive flamethrower, flame fougasse or flame mine used during the Second World War. The design was copied from Russian FOG-1 mines that were encountered in 1941 during Operation Barbarossa. These were usually buried at intervals of covering road...

  • AT-2 mine
  • Flachmine 17
    Flachmine 17
    The Flachmine 17 was a German landmine mass produced during the First World War. Production of the mine began in 1916 after the appearance of British and French tanks, and by the end of the war over three million had been produced...

  • Glasmine 43
    Glasmine 43
    The Glasmine 43 was an anti-personnel mine used by the Germans during World War II.In order to make the mine less detectable, the entire body is made from glass. Aside from being less detectable, the use of less metal was beneficial because it saved this valuable war resource for other uses...

  • Hohl-Sprung mine 4672
    Hohl-Sprung mine 4672
    The Holz-Sprung Mine 4672 or Hohlladungs-Spring-Mine 4672 was a German anti-tank mine, together with the Panzer stab 43...


  • Panzer stab 43
    Panzer stab 43
    The Panzer-Stabmine 43 was a German anti-tank mine, together with the Hohl-Sprung mine 4672 it was the first mine to combine a shaped charge warhead with a tilt rod fuze. The mine was developed during the Second World War. The mine consisted of a wine glass shaped metal main body mounted on a...

  • Riegel mine 43
    Riegel mine 43
    The Riegel mine 43 or is a German steel cased anti-tank bar mine used during the Second World War. The mine is a long thin oblong. It consists of lower and upper metal tray and an internal metal cased explosive block. It uses two ZZ42 fuzes inserted into either end of the internal block, although...

  • S-mine
    S-mine
    The German S-mine , also known as the "Bouncing Betty," is the best-known version of a class of mines known as bounding mines. When triggered, these mines launch into the air and then detonate at about . The explosion projects a lethal spray of steel balls and fragments in all directions...

  • Schu-mine 42
    Schu-mine 42
    The Schu-mine 42 was a German anti-personnel blast landmine used during the Second World War. It consisted of a simple wooden box with a hinged lid containing a 200 g block of cast TNT. A slot in the lid pressed down on the striker retaining pin, sufficient pressure on the lid caused the pin to...

  • Spruh-Buchse 37

  • Tellermine 29
    Tellermine 29
    The Tellermine 29 is a round metal cased German anti-tank blast landmine. It first entered service in 1929, and the initial German defence plan was to purchase 6,000 a year, but in January 1931 it was decided to speed up the purchase process and 61,418 were ordered...

  • Tellermine 35
    Tellermine 35
    The Tellermine 35 was a German metal cased anti-tank mine used extensively during the Second World War. The mine's case is made of sheet steel, and has a slightly convex pressure plate on the top surface with a central fuse well...

  • Tellermine 42
    Tellermine 42
    The Tellermine 42 was a German metal cased anti-tank blast mine used during the Second World War. The mine was a development of the Tellermine 35 with improved resistance to blast. It was followed by the simplified Tellermine 43....

  • Tellermine 43
    Tellermine 43
    The Tellermine 43 was a German circular steel cased anti-tank blast mine used during the Second World War. It was a simplified version of the Tellermine 42, which enabled simpler production techniques. Between March 1943 and the end of World War II, over 3.6 million Tellermine 43s were produced by...



Italy

  • SB-33 mine
    SB-33 mine
    The SB-33 is a small Italian minimum metal blast type anti-personnel mine formerly manufactured by Misar, that entered service in 1977. The SB-33 can be emplaced by hand or scattered using the helicopter mounted SY-AT system....

  • TS-50 mine
    TS-50 mine
    The TS-50 is a small circular Italian blast resistant minimum metal anti-personnel mine. The mine has a ribbed plastic case which is olive green, brown or sand colored. The mine has a central raised pressure pad on the top surface of the mine, which can operate even with the mine upside down....

  • Valmara 69
    Valmara 69
    Valmara 69 or V-69 is an Italian bounding anti-personnel mine manufactured by Valsella. The mine was developed from the V-59 mine, and although the mine is no longer produced in Italy, a number of copies were produced in other countries e.g. the "SPM-1" manufactured by Singapore.The South African...


  • VAR/40 mine
  • VS-50 mine
    VS-50 mine
    The VS-50 is a circular plastic cased anti-personnel blast mine, formerly manufactured by the now-defunct Valsella Meccanotecnica SpA, an Italian high-tech defense industry specialized in area denial systems which was also the manufacturer of the Valmara 69 and one of the first industries in the...


  • VS-1.6 mine
    VS-1.6 mine
    The VS-1.6 is an Italian circular plastic-cased scatterable anti-tank blast mine. It has very few metal components and is resistant to overpressure and shock. The mine can also be deployed conventionally and from helicopters...

  • VS-2.2 mine


Soviet Union/Russia

  • MON-200
    MON-200
    The MON-200 is a directional type anti-personnel mine designed and manufactured in Russia. It is an enlarged version of the MON-100 mine.Because of its large size, this directional blast mine can also be used against light-skinned vehicles and helicopters....

  • MON-100
    MON-100
    The MON-100 is a circular, sheet metal bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed and manufactured in Russia. It is designed to wound or kill by fragmentation and resembles a large bowl.-Design:...

  • MON-90
    MON-90
    The MON-90 is a claymore shaped, plastic bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed and manufactured in Russia. It is designed to wound or kill by fragmentation...

  • MON-50
    MON-50
    The MON-50 is a claymore shaped , plastic bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed and manufactured by Russia. It is designed to wound or kill by explosive fragmentation...

  • OZM-3
    OZM
    The OZM-3, OZM-4 and OZM-72 are Russian manufactured bounding mine type anti-personnel mines.They are normally painted olive green, and issued with a spool of tripwires and two green painted wooden or metal stakes for affixing the tripwires...


  • OZM-4
    OZM
    The OZM-3, OZM-4 and OZM-72 are Russian manufactured bounding mine type anti-personnel mines.They are normally painted olive green, and issued with a spool of tripwires and two green painted wooden or metal stakes for affixing the tripwires...

  • OZM-72
    OZM
    The OZM-3, OZM-4 and OZM-72 are Russian manufactured bounding mine type anti-personnel mines.They are normally painted olive green, and issued with a spool of tripwires and two green painted wooden or metal stakes for affixing the tripwires...

  • POMZ
    POMZ
    The POMZ, POMZ-2 and POMZ-2M are three types of Russian-made stake mounted anti-personnel fragmentation mine. The POMZ mine was used during the Second World War. It was superseded by the POMZ-2, and later by the improved POMZ-2M...

  • POMZ-2
    POMZ
    The POMZ, POMZ-2 and POMZ-2M are three types of Russian-made stake mounted anti-personnel fragmentation mine. The POMZ mine was used during the Second World War. It was superseded by the POMZ-2, and later by the improved POMZ-2M...

  • POMZ-2M
    POMZ
    The POMZ, POMZ-2 and POMZ-2M are three types of Russian-made stake mounted anti-personnel fragmentation mine. The POMZ mine was used during the Second World War. It was superseded by the POMZ-2, and later by the improved POMZ-2M...


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  • TMN-46 mine
  • TM-57 mine
    TM-57 mine
    right|thumb|A TM-57 with a tilt-rod [[Fuze#Munition_fuzes|fuze]]The TM-57 mine is a large circular Russian metal cased blast anti-tank mine. It can either be triggered by a pressure or a tilt-rod fuze...

  • TM-62 mine
  • TM-72 mine
    TM-72 mine
    The TM-72 is a Russian cylindrical metal-cased anti-tank mine. It is normally used with the MVN-72 or MVN-80 magnetic influence fuzes, which give it a full width attack capability. It uses a 2.5 kg shaped charge warhead capable of penetrating approximately 100 millimeters of armor at a...



United Kingdom

  • Barmine
    Barmine
    Bar mine L9 is a large rectangular British anti-tank landmine. The bar mine's principal advantage is its long length - a typical anti-tank landmine is circular, and for it to activate a vehicle's wheel or track must actually press on the mine. The vehicle's wheels or tracks actually make up only a...

  • Blue Peacock
    Blue Peacock
    Blue Peacock, renamed from Blue Bunny and originally dubbed Brown Bunny, was the codename of a British tactical nuclear weapon project in the 1950s—dubbed the chicken-powered nuclear bomb by the press....

  • Hawkins grenade
    Hawkins grenade
    The Grenade, Hand, Anti-tank, No. 75, also known as the Hawkins grenade was a British anti-tank hand grenade used during World War II. It was one of a number of grenades developed for use by the British Army and Home Guard in the aftermath of the Dunkirk evacuation...

  • HB 876 mine
    HB 876 mine
    The HB 876 mine was an air dropped area denial weapon. It was used as part of the JP233 runway denial system and the 'Hades' variant of the BL755 cluster bomb. As a result of the anti-personnel mine ban it was withdrawn from British Army service, and the last stockpiles of the mine were destroyed...

  • Livens Projector
    Livens Projector
    The Livens Projector was a simple mortar-like weapon that could throw large drums filled with flammable or toxic chemicals. In the First World War, the Livens Projector became the standard means of delivering gas attacks and it remained in the arsenal of the British Army until the early years of...

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  • Mk 2 mine
    Mk 2 mine
    The Mark II mine or A./T. Mine G.S. Mk II was a small British anti-tank blast mine used during the Second World War. The consisted of a body about seven inches in diameter and two inches high . The mine has a central fuze well accessed from the bottom, with a main charge in a cavity around the...

  • Mk 3 mine
    Mk 3 mine
    The Mk 3 mine or Mine G.S. Mk III was a British anti-tank mine used during World War II. The mine had a cylindrical tin lower body with a steel pressure plate which sits on top of a shear-wire restrained spring-loaded striker. Sufficient pressure on the cover shears the restraining wire, allowing...

  • Mk 4 mine
    Mk 4 mine
    The Mk 4 mine or Mine G.S. Mk IV was a British anti-tank mine used during World War II. Externally the mine has a cylindrical main body filled with explosive either TNT or Baratol. The mine is covered by a pressure plate, which is attached to the mine body by four pins which sit in vertical slots...

  • Mk 5 mine
    Mk 5 mine
    The Mk 5 or Mine G.S. Mk V was a cylindrical metal cased U.K. anti-tank blast mine that entered service in 1943, during the Second World War. It was replaced in British service with the Mk 7 mine....

  • Mk 7 mine
    Mk 7 mine
    The Mk 7 mine is a circular U.K. anti-tank blast mine. It can be laid either by hand or from a mechanical mine layer. The mine is conventional in design, with a central fuze well, below which is a booster charge, both surrounded by the main charge. The mine can be fitted with a variety of fuzes,...

  • No 7 Mk1 Dingbat mine
    No 7 Mk1 Dingbat mine
    The No 7 Mk 1 Dingbat mine is a U.K. anti-personnel blast mine. The mine has a steel body, with a flexible pressure pad on the top surface. Under the pressure pad is a belleville spring with a central striker. The fuse is slid into the side of the mine, a firing pin prevents the fuse being fully...



United States

  • Area Denial Artillery Munition
    Area Denial Artillery Munition
    Area Denial Artillery Munition is a family of US land mines and 155 mm artillery projectiles.The mines carried by these projectiles are the M67 long-duration anti-personnel mines and M72 short-duration anti-personnel landmines intended to maim or kill enemy combatants...

  • BLU-43
    BLU-43
    BLU-43/B and BLU-44/B Dragontooth were air dropped land mines used by the United States during the Vietnam War. It is chemically activated and has a relatively low explosive content, typically maiming rather than killing.-Overview:...

  • BLU-91
    GATOR mine system
    The GATOR mine system is a US system of air-dropped anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, that was developed in the 1980s to be compatible with existing cluster dispensers. It is used with two dispenser systems — the Navy 500 lb CBU-78/B and the Air Force 1,000 lb CBU-89/B...

  • BLU-92
    GATOR mine system
    The GATOR mine system is a US system of air-dropped anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, that was developed in the 1980s to be compatible with existing cluster dispensers. It is used with two dispenser systems — the Navy 500 lb CBU-78/B and the Air Force 1,000 lb CBU-89/B...

  • M1 mine
    M1 mine
    The M1,M1A1 and M4 are circular steel cased U.S. anti-tank blast mines with a distinctive cross shaped pressure spider. The mine was used during the Second World War and a copy produced in Argentina was used during the Falklands War. Another copy is produced in China. designated the No.4 mine...

  • M5 mine
    M5 mine
    The M5 is a U.S. minimum metal plastic cased anti-tank blast mine. The mine uses either a glass or porcelain internal case with a protective outer case. The mine uses a chemical fuse rather than a mechanical one. It contains either 5.4 lb of TNT or 5.7 lb of tetrytol...

  • M6 mine
    M6 mine
    The M6, M6A1 and M6A2 are a series of metal cased circular anti-tank landmines produced by the United States, they were superseded in service by the larger M15 mine. The mine is normally painted olive green and has a large central pressure plate. In the centre of the pressure plate is an arming...

  • M7 mine
    M7 mine
    The M7 is a small metal cased U.S. anti-tank blast mine that was used during the Second World War. It was based on the British Hawkins grenade. Approximately 2.5 million were produced before production ceased, and although it has long since been withdrawn from U.S...

  • M15 mine
    M15 mine
    The M15 mine is a large circular U.S. anti-tank blast mine, first deployed during the Korean War. Essentially, it is a larger version of the M6A2 anti-tank mine, which it superseded.-Description:...

  • M16 mine
    M16 mine
    The M16 mine is a U.S. made bounding anti-personnel mine. It was based on captured plans of the World War II era German S-mine and has similar performance. The mine consists of a cast iron body in a thin steel sleeve. A central fuze well on the top of the mine is normally fitted with a pronged M605...

  • M21 mine
    M21 mine
    The M21 is a circular U.S. anti-tank landmine that uses a Misznay Schardin effect warhead. The mine uses an M607 pressure fuse, which can be adapted as a tilt rod fuse...


  • M18A1 Claymore Antipersonnel Mine
    M18A1 Claymore Antipersonnel Mine
    The M18A1 Claymore is a directional anti-personnel mine used by the U.S. military. It was named after the large Scottish sword by its inventor, Norman A. MacLeod...

  • M19 mine
    M19 mine
    The M19 is a large square plastic cased U.S. anti-tank blast mine. The design dates from the mid-1960s and has only two metal components: the copper detonator capsule and stainless steel firing pin which weighs 2.86 grams. It is a minimum metal mine, which makes it very difficult to detect after it...

  • M74 mine
    GEMSS mine system
    The GEMSS mine system was a US mine system, replaced in US service by the Volcano mine system. The mines are deployed from either the towed M128 "Frisbee Flinger" and the M138 "Flipper" portable mine layer.-Mines:...

  • M75 mine
    GEMSS mine system
    The GEMSS mine system was a US mine system, replaced in US service by the Volcano mine system. The mines are deployed from either the towed M128 "Frisbee Flinger" and the M138 "Flipper" portable mine layer.-Mines:...

  • M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition
    M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition
    The M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition is a small US anti-personnel mine intended to be used by special forces to deter pursuing enemy forces....

  • M93 HORNET mine
    M93 HORNET mine
    The M93 HORNET mine is an American anti-tank mine, it is a wide-area mine, capable of attacking targets up to 100 meters away from its position.-Development:...

  • Medium Atomic Demolition Munition
    Medium Atomic Demolition Munition
    Medium Atomic Demolition Munition was a tactical nuclear weapon developed by the United States during the Cold War. They were designed to be used as nuclear land mines and for other tactical purposes, with a relatively low explosive yield from a W45 warhead, between 1 and 15 kilotons. Each MADM...

  • X-200 mine
    X-200 mine
    The X-200 was a U.S. incendiary landmine locally improvised during the Korean War.The X-200 consisted a salvaged oil can filled with napalm and fitted with a black powder bursting charge. The mine was either command-detonated or set off by trip wires...

  • XM22 mine


  • XM27 mine
    Gravel mines
    Gravel mines, also called Button mines were small U.S. made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. They were used extensively during the Vietnam War as part of the McNamara Line...

  • XM40E5 mine
    Gravel mines
    Gravel mines, also called Button mines were small U.S. made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. They were used extensively during the Vietnam War as part of the McNamara Line...

  • XM41 mine
    Gravel mines
    Gravel mines, also called Button mines were small U.S. made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. They were used extensively during the Vietnam War as part of the McNamara Line...

  • XM41E1 mine
    Gravel mines
    Gravel mines, also called Button mines were small U.S. made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. They were used extensively during the Vietnam War as part of the McNamara Line...

  • XM44 mine
    Gravel mines
    Gravel mines, also called Button mines were small U.S. made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. They were used extensively during the Vietnam War as part of the McNamara Line...

  • XM45E1 mine
    Gravel mines
    Gravel mines, also called Button mines were small U.S. made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. They were used extensively during the Vietnam War as part of the McNamara Line...

  • XM65 mine
    Gravel mines
    Gravel mines, also called Button mines were small U.S. made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. They were used extensively during the Vietnam War as part of the McNamara Line...

  • XM-54 mine
    XM-54 mine
    The XM-54 was an experimental U.S. incendiary landmine tested during the Vietnam War. It was a large bounding mine that could either be command detonated or trip wire activated. It contained 15.3 lbs of plasticised white phosphorus. Approximately 200 were shipped to Vietnam in August 1968, and...


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