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The M136 Volcano Vehicle-Launched Scatterable Mine System is an automated mine delivery system developed by the United States Army in the 1980s. The system uses prepackaged mine canisters which contain multiple anti-personnel (AP) and/or anti-tank (AT) mines which are dispersed over a wide area when ejected from the canister. The system ...
Family of Scatterable Mines (FASCAM) is an umbrella term for a range of systems of the armed forces of the United States, which allows a maneuver commander to rapidly place mines as a situational obstacle; as a reserve obstacle emplacement capability; and to directly attack enemy formations through disrupt, fix, turn, and block.
The system was based on the American Alliant Techsystems Volcano mine system. It was ordered in 1995 and first deployed in 1999. [citation needed] The system consists of up to 40 dispensers, each containing 6 mines, mounted on the flat bed version of the Alvis Stormer tracked armoured fighting vehicle. The dispensers can launch mines to the ...
Yugoslav MRUD anti-personnel mine (front, accessories fitted). A Yugoslav MRUD anti-personnel mine (line drawing). A cutaway of an MD-82 mine. An M14 mine, showing a cutaway view. The absence of a safety clip and the location of the arrow on the pressure plate clearly shows that this mine has been armed. This is a list of commonly used land mines.
GEMSS deployed two types mines, the M74 anti-personnel (AP) mine and the M75 anti-tank (AT) mine, along with an inert M79 practice mine. All three were the same size with a diameter of 199mm and height of 66mm. [3] The M74 mine weighed 3.1 lb (1.4 kg) in total with an explosive weight of .92 lb (0.42 kg).
During their time in Korea, the hard work of Bravo Company ensured the successful launch of their volcano system. Not only was the battalion able to complete a successful test fire of the Volcano mine laying system but Alpha Company successfully completed a live fire exercise with the mine clearing line charge (MICLIC). 8BEB completed their ...
A 2014 Washington Post report detailed the process: Paper files are brought to the mine daily in trucks, where employees pass them by hand, cavern to cavern, going over every line of employee data ...
Essentially a modified BAE Systems Land Systems Stormer with the Alliant Techsystems Volcano mine delivery system, 30 have been delivered [19] [20] [21] Challenger variants Titan AVLB, also based on the Challenger 2 chassis, the Titan Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge, 33 units have been ordered from BAE Land Systems