No 6 AP mine

The No 6 is a British minimum metal anti-personnel mine. The mine is a long thin cylinder with a tapered bottom and a three pronged trigger on the top. A metal safety clip prevents the mine being triggered before it is armed. A detector ring can be fitted around the middle of the mine. Sufficient pressure on the prongs will break a sheer ring, and release the striker, triggering the mine.

The mine is now obsolete, and has been withdrawn from UK service and all stockpiles have been destroyed.

Specifications

Diameter: 40 mm
Height: 190 mm
Weight: 227 g
Explosive content: 141 g of TNT
Operating pressure: 22 kg

gollark: For basic "generate a float between 0 and 1" use.

gollark: `random.random`

gollark: https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/random.html

gollark: There's an entire `random` module.

gollark: ```javascriptvar root = document.bodym.render(root, [ m("main", [ m("h1", {class: "title"}, "My first app"), m("button", "A button"), ])])```This sort of thing.

References

Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2005-2006
Brassey's Essential Guide To Anti-Personnel Landmines, Eddie Banks

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.