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VS-JAP

Mine  
Italy

The VS-JAP is very similar in operation to the V-69. All Italian operational stocks of AP mines have been destroyed. Practice and training versions were also manufactured. Detonation is triggered if pressure or pull occurs on the tripwire. On initiation, the mine is propelled out of the ground and detonates when the short tether wire becomes taught. Upon detonation, steel fragments are projected in all directions. The lethal range of this...

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