SAPM Chinese Anti-Personnel Mine
SAPM
Anti-Personnel Mine
Basic Information
Name
SAPM Chinese Anti-Personnel Mine
Designation
SAPM
Alternate Designation
SAPM; Type 125
Equipment Type
Anti-Personnel Mine
Manufacturer
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Date of Introduction
1997
Description
The SAPM Chinese Anti-Personnel Mine is a high-explosive (HE), scatterable, tripwire-actuated, anti-disturbance, anti-personnel (AP), fragmentation, landmine similar to the Russian POM-2, with self-destruct (SD) settings ranging 2 days 18 hours to 15 days 7 hours.
System
Alternate Designation
SAPM; Type 125
Type
Anti-Personnel Mine
Manufacturer
INA
Tripwires
During the arming sequence, two metallic tripwires are deployed between 2 meters (6.56 feet) and 10 meters (32.81 feet).
Scattering System
The SAPM may be emplaced by landmine scattering systems, 122-millimetre rockets, infantry landmine deploying equipment or by hand and is normally olive drab with no obvious markings or stampings. Canisters for vehicle-based scattering systems (mounted on trucks or tracked minelayers) hold 15 landmines.
Dimensions
Length
INA
Width
INA
Height
INA
Weight
INA
Note
The landmine is dispensed from canisters carried aboard 122mm rockets, each canister is 800mm long, weighs 11kg and contains 15 landmines.
Image Sources
Details
Country of Origin
China
Category
Landmines
Land > Infantry Weapons > Landmines
Filter Label
S
Classification
Domain
Ground
Equipment Status
Active
Operators (1)
China
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