Type 72 metallic anti-tank mine
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metal cased circular 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 Russia
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n 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...
, a plastic cased version of the mine is also produced, the Type 72 non-metallic anti-tank mine
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 :...
. The mine has a central plastic cased blast resistant fuze.
Specifications
- Weight: 8 kg
- Explosive content: 5 kg of TNT (explosive)/RDXRDXRDX, 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...
- Diameter: 279 mm
- Height: 93 mm
- Operating pressure: 300 to 370 kg