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Type 72B (APB Mine)
Mine
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The Type 72B is an electronically-fuzed, anti-personnel blast (APB) mine. The Type 72B is anti-handling variant of the Chinese Type 72 APB mine. Other than its marking, the Type 72B is externally identical to the Type 72. There are unconfirmed reports of the use of the Type 72B in Mozambique. The Type 72B mine is made in two halves, the top of which contains a circular circuit board with an electric squib (detonator) in the centre. Re...
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