Anti-personnel mines

form of land mine designed for use against humans

anti-personnel mine

soviet scatterable anti-personnel land mine

The German S-mine (Schrapnellmine, Springmine or Splittermine in German), known by enemy Allied Forces as the "Bouncing Betty" on the Western Front and "frog-mine" on the Eastern Front, is the best-known version of a class of mines known as bounding mines. When triggered, these mines are launched into the air and then detonated at about from the ground. The explosion projects a lethal spray of shrapnel in all directions. The S-mine was an anti-personnel mine developed by Germany in the 1930s and used extensively by German forces during World War II. It was designed to be used in open areas aga

small anti-personnel land mine

explosive antipersonnel device designed to inflict casualties in a large area

German anti-personnel mine used during the Second World War

anti-personnel land mine

series of Soviet anti-personnel mines

thumb|alt=A green plastic-body mine supported by a pair of scissor legs, with "К ПРОТИВНИКУ" (K PROTIVNIKU; to the enemy) stenciled on the front.|Non-armed MON-50 displayed by the Swedish military's EOD and Demining Centre. Text reads "К ПРОТИВНИКУ" (k protivniku, "towards enemy").

type of bouncing anti-personnel mine

The POMZ, POMZ-2 and POMZ-2M (ПОМЗ, ПОМЗ-2, ПОМЗ-2М) are three types of Soviet-made stake mounted anti-personnel fragmentation mine. The POMZ mine was used during the Second World War. It was superseded by the POMZ-2, and later by the improved POMZ-2M. These mines (and copies thereof) have been used in numerous conflicts, including the Vietnam War and the Korean War.

Wooden anti-personnel mine used by the Soviet Union

Yugoslavian anti-personnel mine

type of minimum metal anti-personnel mine

thumb|PROM-1 anti-personnel mine. Normally the mine is buried so that only the prongs are visible. The safety clip has been removed from this mine, so the fuze mechanism should be considered to be armed

Russian anti-personnel mine

anti-personnel mine

thumb|250px|Armed OZM 3,4,72 anti-personnel mines

type of anti-personnel mine

Italian anti-personnel mine

US Air-dropped cluster-type land mine

Italian anti-personnel mine

thumb|A Ukrainian MON-200 mine The MON-200 is a directional type anti-personnel mine designed and manufactured in Soviet Union. It is an enlarged version of the MON-100 mine.

soviet anti-personnel fragmentation mine

type of bounding antipersonnel mine

The SM-70 (Splittermine Modell 1970) is an East German directional fragmentation antipersonnel mine developed specifically to combat Republikflucht (defection) across the Inner German Border (Grenze) into West Germany.