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T/79

Mine  
Egypt

The T/79 is a scatterable, minimum metal, blast-resistant anti-personnel blast (APB) mine copied from the Italian TS-50 AP mine. This mine is believed to still be in production by the Egyptian Armed Forces, though Egypt claims that its AP mine production schemes ceased in 1988. The T/79 mine uses a pneumatic blast-resistant fuze. Operation When force is applied to the pressure plate, a spring is compressed causing air to be compresse...

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