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M19 mine
US anti-tank mine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The M19 is a large square plastic cased United States anti-tank blast mine. Intended to replace the M15 mine, the design dates from the mid-1960s and contains only two metal components: the copper detonator capsule and a stainless steel firing pin which weighs 2.86 grams. It is a minimum metal mine, which makes it very difficult to detect after it has been emplaced. This mine is produced under licence in Chile, South Korea and Turkey. A copy is produced in Iran. It is found in Afghanistan, Angola, Chad, Chile, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, South Korea, Lebanon, the Western Sahara, and Zambia.
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U.S. stocks of the mine were approximately 74,000 before the 1990 Gulf War and had fallen to 63,000 by 2002.[1]
An inert version of the mine intended for training purposes (called the M80) is also produced.