mine activation by pressure
1VS-MK2 mine — The VS MK 2 is an Italian plastic bodied scatterable anti personnel blast mine. The mine is extremely difficult to detect because of its low metal content. Additionally, it is resistant to blast overpressure due to a pneumatic system incorporated …
2Naval mine — Polish wz. 08/39 contact mine. The protuberances around the top of the mine, called Hertz horns, are part of the detonation mechanism …
3Type 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 slightly domed pressure plate which is made of flexible plastic with a raised 6 spoke… …
4FMK-1 mine — The FMK 1 is a small circular Argentinian anti personnel blast mine, fitted with a stiffened pressure plate it is also used as the fuze for the FMK 3 and FMK 5 anti tank mines. The mine has a circular plastic body, with a number of small ribs… …
5TM-65 mine — The TM 65 (Telamiina 65) is a circular Finnish minimum metal anti tank blast mine. It is broadly based on the Russian TM 62 mine . The mines body is made from a thin shell of fibreglass over a cast block of explosive, with a central fuze well… …
6PT Mi-K mine — The PT Mi K is a Czechoslovakian metal cased anti tank blast landmine. The mine uses a metal grid instead a pressure plate, this gives it resistance to overpressure. The mine is no longer produced, but is found in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Eritrea,… …
7FMK-3 mine — The FMK 3 is a fibreglass cased Argentine anti tank blast mine. It is produced by Direccion General de Fabricaciones Militares. The mine actually uses a FMK 1 anti personnel mine as a fuze, the FMK 1 is modified with a pressure cap to increase… …
8TM-41 mine — The TM 41 was a circular metal cased Soviet anti tank landmine used during the Second World War. The mines case consistsed of a short cylinder with the entire top surface being used as a pressure plate. The mine has a carrying handle on the side… …
9SACI mine — The SACI is an Italian Bakelite cased minimum metal anti tank blast landmine. A number of variants were produced with varying amounts of explosive. The mine has three fuze wells on the top surface, that are covered with a pressure plate. Several… …
10TM-38 mine — The TM 38 was a rectangular metal cased Soviet anti tank mine used during the Second World War. The mine had a large raised rectangular central pressure plate with four reinforcing creases. When enough pressure was applied to the plate it… …
