MAT-76 mine
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The MAT-76 is a large circular Romania
Romania
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n minimum metal anti-tank blast mine
Anti-tank mine
An anti-tank mine, , is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored fighting vehicles....

. It is similar to the 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...

, 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 used with any of the fuzes for the Russia
Russia
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n TM-62 and TM-72
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...

 series of mines. The bakelite used in the fuze can become brittle in desert conditions, reducing the activation pressure making it unstable. The mine is found in Angola
Angola
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, Iraq
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, Kuwait
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, Liberia
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, Mozambique
Mozambique
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, and Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

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Specifications

  • Diameter: 320 mm
  • Height: 135 mm
  • Weight: 10 kg
  • Explosive content: 9.5 kg of TNT
  • Operating pressure: 200 kg
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