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A tripwire is a passive triggering mechanism. Typically, a wire or cord is attached to a device for detecting or reacting to physical movement. Military applications
A tripwire-triggered pipe bomb mock-up used to train US military service personnel. A pipe bomb is an improvised explosive device (IED) that uses a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material.
The Claymore can also be activated by a booby-trap tripwire firing system for use in area denial operations. The Claymore fires steel balls out to about 100 m (110 yd) within a 60° arc in front of the device. It is used primarily in ambushes and as an anti-infiltration device against enemy infantry. It is also used against unarmored vehicles.
M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition: tripwire triggered bounding mine that automatically deploys its own tripwires. It is intended to be dropped by special forces when evading a pursuing enemy. Post-War, Russian anti-personnel mines. PFM-1 (butterfly mine, NATO: Blue Parrot), modern. POMZ: tripwire triggered, stake-mine.
The S-mine was normally triggered by a three-pronged pressure fuse, but the German army also provided a special tripwire adapter. The steel tube that held the fuse was threaded to accept any standard German ignition or trigger, allowing the sensor to be removed and the mine to be deliberately triggered by a human operator. [1]
A tripwire could be connected to the central prong (which has a hole in it) to increase the activation area. The PROM-1 can be particularly hard to spot in undergrowth because, apart from the prongs, most of it is buried underground and therefore cannot be seen.
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The tripwire can be set to detonate via both pressure or pressure release. The POMZ-2M has a threaded fuze well, while the earlier POMZ-2 was unthreaded and the fuze and igniter would sometimes fall out if the mine was disturbed.