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A mine is an explosive charge on land or sea, or in the atmosphere, designed to be detonated by contact, vibration, magnetic influence, or a timing device.
Anti-personnel mines are defensive weapons traditionally designed to slow down enemy infantry and to defend against surprise attacks. They are also widely used to booby-trap structures and to unnerve an advancing enemy. Anti-personnel mines are either blast or frangmentation types. Blast mines are typically made from non-mettalic material and buried, making them hard to detect. Fragmentation mines usually contain a large quantity of metal making them easier to detect, but as they are usually equipped with a trip wire or operated remotely detection may be too late.
Pyrotechnic mines are mines which illuminate the enemy allowing supporting fire to be brought to bear, rather than seeking to kill or incapacitate the enemy directly.
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Abbreviations
Warfare
