Anti-personnel mine, the Glossary
An anti-personnel mine or anti-personnel landmine (APL) is a form of mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to an anti-tank mine, which target vehicles.[1]
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76 relations: Abwehrflammenwerfer 42, Amputation, Anti-handling device, Anti-tank mine, Area denial weapon, Ballpoint pen, Blast resistant mine, BLU-43 Dragontooth, BMJ Open, Booby trap, Bounding mine, British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War, Claymore mine, Composition B, Compressive stress, Demining, Detonation, Detonator, European Patent Convention, Explosive, Explosive booster, Firing pin, Flame fougasse, Flamethrower, Fondation Suisse de Déminage, Fougasse (weapon), Fragmentation (weaponry), Fuze, GATOR mine system, Glasmine 43, Gravel mines, HB 876 mine, Humanity & Inclusion, Improvised explosive device, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Invention, JP233, Land mine, Lead(II) azide, M14 mine, M16 mine, M23 chemical mine, M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition, Mine clearance organization, Mine-clearing line charge, Mines Advisory Group, Minimum metal mine, MON-200, MON-50, Morality, ... Expand index (26 more) »
Abwehrflammenwerfer 42
The Abwehrflammenwerfer 42 was a German static defensive flamethrower, flame fougasse or flame mine used during the Second World War.
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Amputation
Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery.
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Anti-handling device
An anti-handling device is an attachment to or an integral part of a landmine or other munition such as some fuze types found in general-purpose air-dropped bombs, cluster bombs and sea mines.
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Anti-tank mine
In anti-tank warfare, an anti-tank mine (abbreviated to "AT mine") is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored fighting vehicles. Anti-personnel mine and anti-tank mine are area denial weapons and explosive weapons.
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Area denial weapon
An area denial weapon is a defensive device used to prevent an adversary from occupying or traversing an area of land, sea or air. Anti-personnel mine and area denial weapon are area denial weapons.
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Ballpoint pen
A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro (British English), ball pen (Hong Kong, Indonesia, Pakistani, Indian and Philippine English), or dot pen (Nepali English), is a pen that dispenses ink (usually in paste form) over a metal ball at its point, i.e., over a "ball point".
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Blast resistant mine
A blast resistant mine is a landmine (intended for anti-tank or anti-personnel purposes) with a fuze which is designed to be insensitive to the shock wave from a nearby explosion.
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BLU-43 Dragontooth
BLU-43/B and BLU-44/B (Bomb Live Unit) "Dragontooth" were air-dropped cluster-type land mines used by the United States during the Vietnam War. Anti-personnel mine and BLU-43 Dragontooth are anti-personnel mines.
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BMJ Open
BMJ Open is a peer-reviewed open access medical journal that is dedicated to publishing medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas.
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Booby trap
A booby trap is a device or setup that is intended to kill, harm or surprise a human or another animal. Anti-personnel mine and booby trap are area denial weapons.
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Bounding mine
A bounding mine is an anti-personnel mine designed to be used in open areas. Anti-personnel mine and bounding mine are anti-personnel mines.
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British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War
British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War entailed a large-scale division of military and civilian mobilisation in response to the threat of invasion (Operation Sea Lion) by German armed forces in 1940 and 1941.
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Claymore mine
The Claymore mine is a directional anti-personnel mine developed for the United States Armed Forces. Anti-personnel mine and Claymore mine are anti-personnel mines.
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Composition B
Composition B (Comp B), also known as Hexotol and Hexolite (among others), is a high explosive consisting of castable mixtures of RDX and TNT.
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Compressive stress
In long, slender structural elements — such as columns or truss bars — an increase of compressive force F leads to structural failure due to buckling at lower stress than the compressive strength.
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Demining
Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area.
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Detonation
Detonation is a type of combustion involving a supersonic exothermic front accelerating through a medium that eventually drives a shock front propagating directly in front of it.
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Detonator
A detonator, sometimes called a blasting cap in the US, is a small sensitive device used to provoke a larger, more powerful but relatively insensitive secondary explosive of an explosive device used in commercial mining, excavation, demolition, etc.
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European Patent Convention
The European Patent Convention (EPC), also known as the Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973, is a multilateral treaty instituting the European Patent Organisation and providing an autonomous legal system according to which European patents are granted.
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Explosive
An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure.
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Explosive booster
An explosive booster is a sensitive explosive charge that acts as a bridge between a (relatively weak) conventional detonator and a low-sensitivity (but typically high-energy) explosive such as TNT.
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Firing pin
A firing pin or striker is a part of the firing mechanism of a firearm that impacts the primer in the base of a cartridge and causes it to fire.
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Flame fougasse
A flame fougasse (sometimes contracted to fougasse and may be spelled foo gas) is a type of mine or improvised explosive device which uses an explosive charge to project burning liquid onto a target. Anti-personnel mine and flame fougasse are explosive weapons.
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Flamethrower
A flamethrower is a ranged incendiary device designed to project a controllable jet of fire.
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Fondation Suisse de Déminage
FSD (Fondation suisse de déminage) is a Swiss non-governmental organisation specialising in mine action.
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Fougasse (weapon)
A fougasse is an improvised mortar constructed by making a hollow in the ground or rock and filling it with explosives (originally, black powder) and projectiles. Anti-personnel mine and fougasse (weapon) are explosive weapons.
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Fragmentation (weaponry)
Fragmentation is the process by which the casing, shot, or other components of an anti-personnel weapon, bomb, barrel bomb, land mine, IED, artillery, mortar, tank gun, or autocannon shell, rocket, missile, grenade, etc. Anti-personnel mine and Fragmentation (weaponry) are explosive weapons.
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Fuze
In military munitions, a fuze (sometimes fuse) is the part of the device that initiates its function.
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GATOR mine system
The GATOR mine system is a United States military system of air-dropped anti-tank and anti-personnel mines developed in the 1980s to be compatible with existing cluster dispensers.
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Glasmine 43
The Glasmine 43 was an anti-personnel mine with a glass body used by the Nazi Germany during World War II. Anti-personnel mine and Glasmine 43 are anti-personnel mines.
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Gravel mines
Gravel mines, also called Button mines, were small American-made air-dropped anti-personnel mines. Anti-personnel mine and Gravel mines are anti-personnel mines.
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HB 876 mine
The HB 876 mine was an air dropped area denial weapon. Anti-personnel mine and HB 876 mine are anti-personnel mines and area denial weapons.
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Humanity & Inclusion
Humanity & Inclusion (formerly Handicap InternationalOn January 24th 2018, the global Handicap International network changed its name and became Humanity & Inclusion. This was done "to communicate more effectively on the diversity of its activities, which are not confined to supporting people with disabilities." In addition to the expanded scope of the organization's activities, the term "handicap" had been rejected by the people it was applied to because it had been imposed on them by social workers.
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Improvised explosive device
An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. Anti-personnel mine and improvised explosive device are area denial weapons and explosive weapons.
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International Campaign to Ban Landmines
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is a coalition of non-governmental organizations whose stated objective is a world free of anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions, where mine and cluster munitions survivors see their rights respected and can lead fulfilling lives.
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Invention
An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea or process.
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JP233
The JP233, originally known as the Low-Altitude Airfield Attack System (LAAAS), is a British submunition delivery system.
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Land mine
A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it. Anti-personnel mine and land mine are explosive weapons.
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Lead(II) azide
Lead(II) azide is an inorganic compound.
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M14 mine
The M14 mine "Toepopper" is a small (diameter) anti-personnel land mine first deployed by the United States circa 1955. Anti-personnel mine and M14 mine are anti-personnel mines.
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M16 mine
The M16 mine is a United States-made bounding anti-personnel mine. Anti-personnel mine and M16 mine are anti-personnel mines.
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M23 chemical mine
The M23 is a United States steel cased chemical landmine.
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M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition
The M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition (PDM) is a small United States anti-personnel mine intended to be used by special forces to deter pursuing enemy forces. Anti-personnel mine and M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition are anti-personnel mines.
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Mine clearance organization
A mine clearance organization, or demining organization, is an organization involved in the removal of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) for military, humanitarian, or commercial reasons.
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Mine-clearing line charge
A mine-clearing line charge (abbreviated MCLC or MICLIC; pronounced or "mick-lick") is a device used to create a breach in minefields under combat conditions.
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Mines Advisory Group
The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is a non-governmental organization that assists people affected by landmines, unexploded ordnance, and small arms and light weapons.
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A minimum metal mine is a land mine that is designed to use the smallest amount of metal possible in its construction.
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MON-200
The MON-200 is a directional type anti-personnel mine designed and manufactured in Soviet Union. Anti-personnel mine and MON-200 are anti-personnel mines and area denial weapons.
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MON-50
The MON-50 is a Soviet rectangular, slightly concave, plastic bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed to wound or kill by explosive fragmentation. Anti-personnel mine and MON-50 are anti-personnel mines, area denial weapons and explosive weapons.
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Morality
Morality is the categorization of intentions, decisions and actions into those that are proper (right) and those that are improper (wrong).
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MRUD
The MRUD (Mina usmerena rasprskavajućeg dejstva - Directed fragmentation mine) is a Yugoslav design of plastic bodied, convex rectangular directional type anti-personnel mine designed to wound or kill by fragmentation. Anti-personnel mine and MRUD are anti-personnel mines and area denial weapons.
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Mutilation
Mutilation or maiming (from the Latin: mutilus) is severe damage to the body that has a subsequent utterly ruinous effect on an individual's quality of life.
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Ottawa Treaty
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction of 1997, known informally as the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or often simply the Mine Ban Treaty, aims at eliminating anti-personnel landmines (APLs) around the world.
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Patentable subject matter
Patentable, statutory or patent-eligible subject matter is subject matter of an invention that is considered appropriate for patent protection in a given jurisdiction.
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PFM-1 mine
PFM-1 is a scatterable high explosive anti-personnel land mine of Soviet and Russian production. Anti-personnel mine and PFM-1 mine are anti-personnel mines.
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Phlegmatized explosive
A phlegmatized explosive is an explosive that has had an agent (a phlegmatizer) added to stabilize or desensitize it.
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PMD series mines
The PMD-6, PMD-7 and PMD-57 series mines are Soviet Union blast-type anti-personnel mines that consist of a wooden box with a hinged lid with a slot cut into it. Anti-personnel mine and PMD series mines are anti-personnel mines.
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PMN mine
The PMN series of blast anti-personnel mines were designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union. Anti-personnel mine and PMN mine are anti-personnel mines.
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Polish mine detector
The Mine detector (Polish) Mark I was a metal detector for landmines developed during World War II.
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POM-3 mine
The POM-3 "Medallion" (ПOM-3) is a Russian bounding anti-personnel mine. Anti-personnel mine and POM-3 mine are anti-personnel mines.
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POMZ
The POMZ, POMZ-2 and POMZ-2M (ПОМЗ, ПОМЗ-2, ПОМЗ-2М) are three types of Soviet-made stake mounted anti-personnel fragmentation mine. Anti-personnel mine and POMZ are anti-personnel mines.
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PP Mi-D mine
The PP Mi-D mine is a Czechoslovakian copy of the German Second World War Schu-mine 42 anti-personnel mine. Anti-personnel mine and PP Mi-D mine are anti-personnel mines.
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PROM-1
The PROM-1 is a Yugoslavian manufactured bounding anti-personnel mine. Anti-personnel mine and PROM-1 are anti-personnel mines.
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Public policy doctrine
In private international law, the public policy doctrine or ordre public (French: "public order") concerns the body of principles that underpin the operation of legal systems in each state.
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RDX
RDX (abbreviation of "Research Department eXplosive" or Royal Demolition eXplosive) or hexogen, among other names, is an organic compound with the formula (CH2N2O2)3.
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S-mine
The German S-mine (Schrapnellmine, Springmine or Splittermine in German), known by enemy Allied Forces as the "Bouncing Betty" on the Western Front and "frog-mine" on the Eastern Front, is the best-known version of a class of mines known as bounding mines. Anti-personnel mine and s-mine are anti-personnel mines.
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SB-33 mine
The SB-33 is a small Italian minimum metal blast type anti-personnel mine formerly manufactured by Misar, that entered service in 1977. Anti-personnel mine and sB-33 mine are anti-personnel mines.
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Schu-mine 42
The Schü-mine 42 (Schützenmine 42, "rifleman's mine model of 1942") was a German anti-personnel mine used during the Second World War. Anti-personnel mine and Schu-mine 42 are anti-personnel mines.
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Shock wave
In physics, a shock wave (also spelled shockwave), or shock, is a type of propagating disturbance that moves faster than the local speed of sound in the medium.
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Tetryl
2,4,6-Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine or tetryl (C7H5N5O8) is an explosive compound used to make detonators and explosive booster charges.
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TNT
Trinitrotoluene, more commonly known as TNT (and more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene), and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3.
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Tripwire
A tripwire is a passive triggering mechanism.
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TS-50 mine
The TS-50 is a diameter circular Italian blast resistant minimum metal anti-personnel mine designed and produced by Valsella Meccanotecnica (Italy). Anti-personnel mine and TS-50 mine are anti-personnel mines.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
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VS-MK2 mine
The VS-MK-2 is a plastic bodied scatterable anti-personnel blast mine manufactured by the now-defunct Valsella Meccanotecnica, SpA, an Italian high-tech defence contractor that specialized in the development and production of area denial systems. Anti-personnel mine and VS-MK2 mine are anti-personnel mines.
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VX (nerve agent)
VX is an extremely toxic synthetic chemical compound in the organophosphorus class, specifically, a thiophosphonate.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-personnel_mine
Also known as AP-mine, Anti personal mine, Anti-personal mine, Anti-personnel land mine, Anti-personnel landmine, Anti-personnel landmines, Anti-personnel mines, Anti-personnel stake mine, Antipersonal mine, Antipersonnel mine, Steel fragmentation liner.
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