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M18A1 (APDF Mine)

Mine  
Hardware available
Korea, Republic of
United States of America

The M18A1 is a US-developed, plastic-cased, anti-personnel (AP) directional-fragmentation (DF) mine (APDF), which was commonly referred to as the 'Claymore'. The M18A1 has a rectangular box-shaped body, to which two sets of two legs are attached. The body is curved, with its convex surface facing outwards. Internally the body of the M18A1 is filled with a high explosive charge and spheroid preformed fragmentation. The M18A1, which was type...

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Found in 33 countries

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