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M18 Anti-Personnel Directional Fragmentation Mine
The M18 was a US-developed, plastic-cased, anti-personnel (AP) directional-fragmentation (DF) mine (APDF), which was commonly referred to as the 'Claymore'. Overview The M18, which was developed in the 1950s, would be replaced in US service by the M18A1 APDF mine, that was classified standard in 1960. The M18A1 is more compact, contains a larger explosive charge and uses ball bearing-based preformed fragmentation. Th M18 mine was in serv...
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