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The M18A1 Claymore mine has a horizontally convex gray-green plastic case (inert training versions are light blue or green with a light blue band). The shape was developed through experimentation to deliver the optimum distribution of fragments at 50 m (55 yd) range. The case has the words "FRONT TOWARD ENEMY" embossed on the front of the mine. [4]
On 23 October a UH-1H helicopter landed to resupply Company A, 1/11th, as the boxes of ammunition were being offloaded one of the boxes caused a booby trap, believed to have been a Claymore mine with an anti-tank mine on top to detonate wounding five Americans and causing moderate damage to the UH-1H. Throughout the month TF 1-11 located and ...
Taken on 15 October 1944, Operation Panzerfaust, after surrender and disarmament of the royal guards of the Hungarian Army MPB mine showing a cylindrical, concave Misnay–Schardin warhead The Misnay–Schardin effect , or platter effect , is a characteristic of the detonation of a broad sheet of explosive .
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A Chinese metal-cased Type 59 anti-tank blast mine. Its design is typical of many post World War II anti-tank blast mines, circular with a central fuze well (fitted with a plug in this case). An Italian, plastic cased blast resistant VS-2.2 mine. Capable of being deployed from the air, as well as being resistant to explosive clearance techniques.
The MON-90 (Russian: МОН-90) is a Claymore-shaped, plastic bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed in the Soviet Union. It is designed to wound or kill by fragmentation. The mine is similar in appearance to the MON-50, but is approximately twice the size with a much greater depth.
M18 Claymore mine, an American anti-personnel landmine; M18 Hellcat, an American tank destroyer used in World War II; M18 smoke grenade, a colored smoke grenade; M18 recoilless rifle, a late-World War II recoilless rifle; SIG Sauer M18 pistol, a compact, carry sized SIG Sauer P320 used by the United States armed forces
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 wire legs, which can be used to stack the mines.