List of land mines

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This is a complete list of land mines.

[edit] Mines by type

[edit] Anti-vehicle mines

[edit] Blast mines

A Chinese metal cased Type 59 anti-tank blast mine. Its design is typical of many post World War II anti-tank blast mines, circular with a central fuze well (fitted with a plug in this case).

An Italian, plastic cased blast resistant VS-2.2 mine. Capable of being deployed from the air, as well as being resistant to explosive clearance techniques.

[edit] Shaped charge/Misznay Schardin effect

[edit] Full width mines

A German Riegelmine 43 full width mine.

• Barmine
• BAT/7 mine
• FFV 028 (Stridsvagnsmina 6) mine
• MSM MK2 mine
• Riegel mine 43
• Riegel mine 44
• V-3 (N5) mine
• VS-HCT mine
• VS-HCT2 mine
• VS-HCT4 mine

[edit] Side attack mines

• Addermine
• Anti-Transport Mine
• ARGES/MACPED mine
• ATIS mine
• ATM 6 mine
• ATM 7 mine
• AVC 100 mine
• AVC 195 mine
• FFV 018 mine
• L14A1 mine
• Kasia 100 mine
• Kasia 2 x 100 mine
• Kasia 170 mine
• M24 mine
• MON-100
• MON-200
• MPB mine
• PARM 1 mine
• PARM 2 mine
• PD Mi-PK mine
• PMN-150 mine
• PMN-250 mine
• TEMP 30 mine
• TM-83 mine

[edit] Wide area mines

• M93 HORNET mine

[edit] Anti-personnel mines

[edit] Fragmentation and stake mines

A Yugoslavian PMR-2A stake mine, in a typical deployed configuration. Note the externally serated fragmentation jacket.

[edit] Shaped charge mines

• C3A1 mine
• C3A2 mine

[edit] Directional mines

The M18A1 Claymore mine.

[edit] Blast mines

A German World War II era Schu-mine 42 anti-personnel mine. Its extremely simple design and use of wooden components allowed it to be produced in great numbers.

[edit] Bounding mines

A World War II German S-mine, perhaps not the first bounding mine, but possibly the most well known. It's design was copied by several countries after the war including the United States who produced the M16 mine to replace their relatively ineffective M2 mine.

[edit] Flame mines

• Abwerflammenwerfer 42
• Flame Fougasse
• X-200 mine
• XM-54 mine

[edit] Chemical mines

British troops load a Livens gas projector.

• Livens Projector _{see note} ^[1]
• KhF-1 bounding gas mine
• KhF-2 bounding gas mine
• M1 chemical mine
• M23 chemical mine
• Spruh-Buchse 37
• Yperite mine

[edit] Anti-helicopter mines

• 4AHM-100 mine
• AHM-200 mine
• AHM-200-1 mine
• AHM-200-2 mine
• Anti Transport Mine
• PMN-150 mine
• PMN-250 mine
• TEMP 20

[edit] Nuclear land mines

Three scientists pose with a Medium Atomic Demolition Munition, the warhead is the smaller cylinder to the left, its casing is to the right.

• Blue Peacock
• Medium Atomic Demolition Munition

[edit] Mines by country of origin

[edit] Germany

[edit] Italy

[edit] Japan

• Type 93 mine
• Type 96 mine
• Type 99 mine

[edit] Soviet Union/Russia

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] United States

[edit] See also

• Fougasse (weapon)
• Mine clearance agencies
• Demining

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} The Livens Projector is more of a mortar than a land mine but it is described as "arguably the first chemical mine" in The Origins of Military Mines: Part I, Major William C. Schneck and is consequently included here.

• Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2005-2006
• Brassey's Essential Guide to Anti-Personnel Landmines, Eddie Banks
• Foreign Mine Warfare Equipment, TM 5-223