Mines other than antipersonnel mines issue brief march 2012. As described in chapter 3, one of the uses for apl is to protect at mines from dismounted enemy soldiers who could manually disable or move the unprotected antitank mines i. In more than 100 years of nobel peace prizes, only a dozen women have ever won. When triggered, these mines are launched into the air and then detonated at about 1 meter 3 ft from the ground.
But antipersonnel mines continue to kill and maim even though the war is over. A total of 161 states were party as of 1 december 20. They can be fused by pressure, wire, or command detonation and contain a blast, boundingfragmentation, or directfragmentation warhead. After 2 cards, the check for using this fine thing showed me a round sum of 16,000 coins. Lowpressure avms are manufactured in the czech republic and slovakia, egypt, brazil, russia and turkey. In a video dated 28 september 2015, a figure can be seen employing manual demining practices to remove a number of pmn4 mines. With mines of later manufacture, the m4 electrical blasting cap assembly is wound on a spool. Many new mines are designed to be dual purpose and may be detonated by both people and vehicles, and in some. The 1997 convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of antipersonnel mines and on their destruction is the international agreement that bans antipersonnel landmines. Unfortunately, landmine technology has moved on and distinctions between mines designed to kill or injure people, and mines labelled antitank or antivehicle, are not always clear. To arm the mine, a safety pin is removed from the striker on top of the fuse. Production and transfer of antipersonnel mines and on their destruction, also known as the ottawa convention.
It is particularly deadly because it contains an unusually large explosive filling when compared to most other antipersonnel landmines. National law enforcement supply is your law enforcement super store with a twist we do the shopping for you. The m14 is a nonmetallic, blasttype ap mine consisting of a main charge of tetryl 1 ounce. The antipersonnel mine ban convention1 is the international communitys comprehensive response to the humanitarian problems caused by.
Alternative technologies to replace antipersonnel landmines emphasizes the role that technology can play to allow certain weapons to be used more selectively, reducing the danger to uninvolved civilians while improving the effectiveness of the u. And it is mainly civilians who suffer the horrific consequences. Convention sur linterdiction des mines antipersonnel wikipedia. This vietnamese antipersonnel mine is about the size of a tennis ball, and can be mounted on a stake for use with a tripwire or buried just below the surface and set off by pressure. Antipersonnel mine injuries in southern croatia article pdf available in military medicine 1694. In recent years, greater attention has been paid to the extensive use of improvised mines, primarily by. The fuse encloses a percussion cap, a delay element and a blackpowder charge the m16 can be detonated in two.
Antipersonnel mines fit into three basic categories. The design of the pmn1 mine dates from the late 1950s. Buy it through national national law enforcement supply. Value of antipersonnel landmines in unprotected mixed. France signed the oslo convention on 3 december 2008 and ratified it on 25 september 2009. Mines being used by terrorists the report also noted that non state armed groups in pakistan, afghanistan, colombia, myanmar, and tunisia produce antipersonnel mines, mostly in the form of victim. Each state party undertakes to destroy or ensure the destruction of all antipersonnel mines in accordance with the provisions of this convention. The box mines are known as m57 antipersonnel mines. They can be fused by pressure, wire, or command detonation and contain a. The antipersonnel practice mines m8 and m8a1 simulates the m2 series of antipersonnel mines and are used for training in the proper methods and precautions to be observed in the care, handling, laying, booby trapping, arming, and disarming of the m2 and m15 series. Antipersonnel mines international committee of the red.
The 1997 antipersonnel mine ban convention convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of antipersonnel mines and on their destruction, 18 september 1997, also known as the ottawa treaty was adopted at a specially convened diplomatic conference in oslo in september 1997. M14 m16 antipersonnel ap mines antipersonnel ap mines can kill or incapacitate their victims. It was transposed into french law by the act of 20 july 2010. Stepping on a mine will often kill or injure one or more people, frequently children, and have lifelong consequences for the victims and their families. Practice m62 and m69 hand grenades 66mm law launcher and container. The fuse extends through the center of the mine to the bottom, where the propelling charge is located. Antipersonnel landmines international committee of the. Antipersonnel mines are banned under the mine ban treaty but antivehicle mines unless they have sensitive fuzes and function like antipersonnel mines are not. Mine contamination puts vast areas of valuable land out of use, compromising food production and destroying. In 1997 the coalition was awarded the nobel prize for peace, which it shared with.
A fv432 would be fitted with a plough through which bar mines would be laid. Pdf antipersonnel mine injuries in southern croatia. Civilrights and peace activist jody williams, received the award in 1997 as the chief strategist of the international campaign to ban landmines, which established the. There are numerous variations of the pmr2a or pomz2 antipersonnel stake mines, which are generally planted in clusters or rows of at least four units and are set. Antipersonnel ap mines can kill or incapacitate their victims. Manufactured by north korea, e arly models of this blast mine were made from wood and later ones from plastic. Home munitions reference and training manuals antipersonnel m8 and m8a1 practice mines. Appendix d value of antipersonnel landmines in unprotected mixed minefields. According to a statement by south koreas joint chiefs of staff, north korean troops planted the landmines on a known south korean border patrol path sometime between july 24 and. There are three prongs located on top of the fuse, connected to a springloaded wedge. Antipersonnel mines leave a longterm legacy of death, injury and suffering. Tilt rod fuzes a tilt rod is a thin flexible pole protruding from a mine. Exclusion list of companies involved in cluster munitions.
The l10 ranger antipersonnel mine was a united kingdom antipersonnel blast mine. Three weapons law treaties regulate antipersonnel mines directly. It was designed to be used in conjunction with the l9 bar mine antitank mine, to make antitank minefields more difficult for enemy sappers to clear by hand. Convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production. Russian pmn4 antipersonnel landmines in syria armament. It is usually referred to as the ottawa convention or. I was shocked at the price of an antipersonnel mine. The 1997 antipersonnel mine ban convention, which is the primary frame of reference, prohibits the development, production, stockpiling, transfer, and use of antipersonnel mines.
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