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GLD112 (APB Mine)

Mine  
China

The GLD112 is a small Chinese pressure-actuated anti-personnel blast (APB) mine. Once armed by the removal of the safety pin, sufficient load on the pressure plate causes the Belleville spring to invert, snapping the firing pin into the igniter; this flashes down into the detonator, initiating the main charge. Due to the mine being totally non-metal once armed, it is impossible to be detected by a metal detector. It can only be hand laid due t...

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