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M2A4 (South African)
Mine
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The M2A4 is a pressure-operated, minimum-metal anti-personnel blast (APB) mine developed from (and externally very similar to) the South African R2M1. The M2A4 is essentially an R2M2, but with a TNT- rather than the RDX-based main charge that is found in the more common variant. South Africa is a signatory to the Mine Bad Treaty; as of 1994, all production and use of AP mines was banned and all operational stocks were destroyed. The M2A...
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