M3 American Anti-Personnel Mine
M3
Anti-Personnel Mine
Other
Basic Information
Name
M3 American Anti-Personnel Mine
Designation
M3
Alternate Designation
M3
Equipment Type
Anti-Personnel Mine
Manufacturer
—
Date of Introduction
1942
Description
The M3 American Anti-Personnel Mine is a square-shaped, cast iron bodied, anti-personnel landmine which is designed to wound or kill by its fragmentation.
System
Alternate Designation
M3
Type
Anti-Personnel Mine
Manufacturer
INA
Design
The landmine is basically a cast-iron block that has a threaded fuze cavity on top for the M7A1 pull/pressure fuze.
It also has two other threaded fuze cavities closed with plastic screw plugs and a yellow filler cap on the bottom.
Charge
The landmine contains 454g of flaked TNT and it is actuated by a pull of 2.5kg on a tripwire or pressure of 4kg on one of the three prongs.
Lethal Radius
On actuation, the landmine will propel lethal fragmentation to a radius of 10 meters. The landmine can be found buried but has much more effective fragmentation when secured 50cm above the ground.
Detection
The M3 can be located using metal detectors under most field conditions and it can be defeated by blast over-pressure from explosive breaching devices.
Dimensions
Diameter
INA
Height
INA
Weight
INA
Image Sources
Details
Country of Origin
United States
Category
Landmines
Land > Infantry Weapons > Landmines
Filter Label
M
Classification
Domain
Ground
Equipment Status
Active
Operators (3)
United States
South Korea
Laos
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