List of land mines

This is a list of commonly used land mines.

Mines by type

Anti-personnel mines

Fragmentation and stake mines

Shaped charge mines

Directional mines

Blast mines

Bounding mines

Flame mines

Chemical mines

Anti-vehicle mines

Blast mines

Shaped charge/Misnay Schardin effect

Full width mines

Side attack mines

Wide area mines

Anti-helicopter mines

Nuclear land mines

Mines by country of origin

Argentina

Austria

Bulgaria

Canada

People's Republic of China

Cuba

Former Czechoslovakia

  • PP Mi-SK mine (A Czechoslovakian copy of the POMZ-2 mine, used with an RO-1 fuze.)

Sweden

France

Germany

Italy

Japan

Myanmar

  • MM-1 mine

South Africa

Serbia

Former Soviet Union/Russia

Sri Lanka

United Kingdom

United States

Former Yugoslavia

Vietnam

See also

Notes

  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.
  2. ^ "Russian army employs PTKM-1R antitank jumping mines in Ukraine war". 31 January 2023.

References

  • 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
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