MI AC Disp F1 Minotaur mine
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The MI AC Disp F1 Minotaur mine is a French
scatterable anti-tank mine
. The mines can also be scattered from 155 millimetre artillery shells, which can hold six of the mines. The mine is cylindrical with two Misznay Schardin effect warheads, one on each side of the mine, with a 600 gram charge. The warhead is claimed to be able to penetrate 90 mm of armour at a distance of 0.5 meters. It uses a magnetic influence fuze combined with an anti-handling device
which arms itself 64 seconds after launch. At the end of its active life, which is set to between one and 96 hours the mine self-destructs. The land based scattering system can launch mines to a range of up to 300 meters.
The mine is sensitive to disturbance, and possibly to the signals generated by mine detectors, recent modifications to the mine have reported desensitised it. However it still features a motion sensitive anti-handling device.
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scatterable anti-tank mine
Anti-tank mine
An anti-tank mine, , is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored fighting vehicles....
. The mines can also be scattered from 155 millimetre artillery shells, which can hold six of the mines. The mine is cylindrical with two Misznay Schardin effect warheads, one on each side of the mine, with a 600 gram charge. The warhead is claimed to be able to penetrate 90 mm of armour at a distance of 0.5 meters. It uses a magnetic influence fuze combined with an anti-handling device
Anti-handling device
An anti-handling device is an attachment to or integral part of a landmine or other munition e.g. some fuze types found in air-dropped bombs such as the M83, cluster bombs and sea mines. It is specifically designed to prevent tampering. When the protected device is disturbed it detonates, killing...
which arms itself 64 seconds after launch. At the end of its active life, which is set to between one and 96 hours the mine self-destructs. The land based scattering system can launch mines to a range of up to 300 meters.
The mine is sensitive to disturbance, and possibly to the signals generated by mine detectors, recent modifications to the mine have reported desensitised it. However it still features a motion sensitive anti-handling device.
Specifications
- Diameter: 139 mm
- Weight: 2.25 kg
- Explosive content: 2 × 600 g explosive charges