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An anti-tank or AT mine is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored fighting vehicles. Compared to anti-personnel mines , anti-tank mines typically have a much larger explosive charge, and a fuze designed to be triggered by vehicles or, in some cases, remotely or by tampering with the mine.
The M15 mine is a large circular United States anti-tank blast mine, first deployed during the Korean War. Essentially, it is a larger version of the M6A2 anti-tank mine , which it replaced. Although the M15 has been superseded by the M19 mine (a plastic-cased minimum metal mine of more modern design), the U.S. retains large stocks of M15s ...
TM-62M – the wire safety clip is still in place; the mine has not been armed. The TM-62 is a series of Soviet anti-tank blast mines produced in various variants. It served as the primary anti-tank landmine for the Soviet military. [4] It has a central fuze and typically a 7.5 kilograms (17 lb) explosive charge, but the variants differ greatly ...
TM-46 anti-tank mine with the arming pin still in place. The TM-46 mine is a large, circular, metal-cased Soviet anti-tank mine. It uses either a pressure or tilt-rod fuze, which is screwed into the top. Anti-tank mines with this type of fuze were capable of inflicting much more damage to armored vehicles, when compared to a typical anti ...
Type 72 metallic anti-tank mine; Type 72 non-metallic anti-tank mine; Type 84 mine; Type 99 mine; V. VS-1.6 mine; Y. YaM-5 box mine; YM-III mine
ТМ-83 mine in a training area. The TM-83 is a Soviet off-route anti-tank mine with a shaped charge, developed in 1983, and first shown publicly in 1993.The mine utilises the Misznay Schardin effect to create an armour-penetrating projectile, and is activated using its infrared and seismic sensors.
The M7 is a small, metal-cased United States 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Hawkins grenade.Approximately 2.5 million were produced before production ceased, and although it has long since been withdrawn from U.S. service, it can be found in Angola, Burma, Cambodia, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Korea, Lebanon, Myanmar, Somalia, Thailand ...
The Anti-Tank Mine, General Service, Mark IV (or Mk 4 mine) was a British anti-tank mine used during World War II. [1] [2] 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 in clips that ...