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PRB M409

Mine  
Hardware available
Belgium

The NR-409 is a minimum-metal, pressure-operated, anti-personnel blast mine (APB) that is similar to the Portuguese M/411. The fuzing system of the NR-409 is based on that used in the Belgian PRB-M35. All operational stockpiles of the NR-409 have been destroyed. The metallic content is limited to two initiation wires (which act as strikers), two small aluminium capsules (placed back-to-back and incorporating stab receptors), and the deto...

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