Model 123 mine
Encyclopedia
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 embedded in an RDX
type explosive. The mine is normally used with an electrical detonator which is inserted into the top of the mine.
An electrical firing device which is encased in an identical plastic case to the mine is normally used to trigger the detonator. The firing device has a pair of red and black terminals on one end for connecting the wire from the detonator. A three position switch on the front face of the case is used to trigger the mine by moving the switch from safe, through test to fire.
On detonation the mine scatters the ball bearings in an 60° horizontal arc out to an effective range of approximately 30 meters, however some fragments will be propelled far beyond this range.
and has destroyed all operational stocks of the mine, however it is believed to still be in use with various rebel groups in Thailand, Cambodia
and possibly Burma
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
Claymore style
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...
directional anti-personnel mine
Anti-personnel mine
Anti-personnel mines are a form of land mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to anti-tank mines, which are designed for use against vehicles...
. 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 embedded in an RDX
RDX
RDX, an initialism for Research Department Explosive, is an explosive nitroamine widely used in military and industrial applications. It was developed as an explosive which was more powerful than TNT, and it saw wide use in WWII. RDX is also known as cyclonite, hexogen , and T4...
type explosive. The mine is normally used with an electrical detonator which is inserted into the top of the mine.
An electrical firing device which is encased in an identical plastic case to the mine is normally used to trigger the detonator. The firing device has a pair of red and black terminals on one end for connecting the wire from the detonator. A three position switch on the front face of the case is used to trigger the mine by moving the switch from safe, through test to fire.
On detonation the mine scatters the ball bearings in an 60° horizontal arc out to an effective range of approximately 30 meters, however some fragments will be propelled far beyond this range.
Status
Thailand has signed the Ottawa mine ban treatyOttawa Treaty
The Ottawa Treaty or the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, officially known as the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, aims at eliminating anti-personnel landmines around the world. , there were 158...
and has destroyed all operational stocks of the mine, however it is believed to still be in use with various rebel groups in Thailand, Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
and possibly Burma
Specifications
- Width: 115 mm
- Height: 90 mm (180 mm including legs)
- Depth: 60 mm
- Weight: 1.5 kg
- Explosive content: 0.25 kg of RDX based explosive