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M48 Trip Flare
The M48 is a US-developed, trip flare (illumination) mine, which fires is designed to give warning of approaching targets. Overview The M48 trip flare is based on, and looks almost identical to, the M2 anti-personnel bounding fragmentation mine series. Construction The M48 trip flare consists of a short mortar-like steel launching tube and a fuze assembly, which are both attached to a base assembly. The launching tube houses the cy...
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