The M6, M6A1 and M6A2 are a series of metal cased circular anti-tank landmines produced by the United States

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, they were superseded in service by the larger M15 mine

M15 mine

The M15 mine is a large circular U.S. anti-tank blast mine, first deployed during the Korean War. Essentially, it is a larger version of the M6A2 anti-tank mine, which it superseded.-Description:...

. The mine is normally painted olive green and has a large central pressure plate. In the centre of the pressure plate is an arming plug that has an arming lever with three settings: ARMED, DANGER and SAFE. The pressure plate rests on a concertina like structure, which when enough force is applied is compressed. Compression results in a transfer plate under the arming plug pressing down on a belleville spring, which inverts launching the firing pin into the detonator triggering the mine.

The mine is fitted with two secondary fuze wells on the side and bottom for anti-handling devices. The M6 and M6A1 variants were fitted with chemical fuzes, the M600 and M601, the later M6A2 used the mechanical M603 fuze. The mines are found in Angola

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, Cyprus

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, Korea

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, Lebanon

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, Rwanda

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, Thailand

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, the Western Sahara

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 (although it they may have been M15 mines that were misidentified).

Specifications

• Diameter: 333 mm
• Height: 83 mm
• Weight: 9.1 kg
• Explosive content: 4.45 kg of TNT
• Operating pressure: 160 to 340 kg