Area denial weapons

type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strand(s)

munition containing multiple submunitions meant to disperse effects of the munitions

explosive weapon for use in seas and waterways, triggered by the target's approach

bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action

form of land mine designed for use against humans

form of land mine designed for use against armored vehicles (including tanks)

thumb|Roman caltrop at the Westphalian Museum of Archeology (German: Westfälisches Museum für Archäologie), Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

weapon intended to be less likely to kill a living target than conventional weapons

static anti-tank obstacle defense

device or setup intended to kill, harm, or surprise a human or non-human animal

metal strips with sharp edges whose purpose is to prevent passage by humans

type of barbed wire or razor wire, formed in large coils

booby trap consisting of a pit with a sharpened stake at the bottom

device or weapon used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles by puncturing their tires

rail vehicle used to destroy railway sleepers in warfare

thumb|Japanese "makibishi" iron spikes, a type of caltrop A makibishi ( or ) is the Japanese version of the caltrop. The tool (igadama) is a sharp spiked object that was used in feudal Japan to slow down pursuers and also was used in the defense of samurai fortifications.

booby trapped stake or spike

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").

Military term

thumb|300px|A Cointet-element on a beach, rigged with explosive "sausages" by an American Underwater Demolition Team. thumb|300px|Cointet-element at Colleville-sur-Mer The Cointet-element, also known as a Belgian Gate or C-element, was a heavy steel fence about wide and high, typically mounted on concrete rollers, used as a mobile anti-tank obstacle during World War II. Each individual fence element weighed about and was movable (e.g. with two horses) through the use of two fixed and one rotating roller. Its invention is attributed to a French colonel (later general), Léon-Edmond de Cointet d

weapon strategy for preventing occupation or traversing of a specified location

railroad destruction tactic used in the American Civil War

non-lethal bomb used to seal tunnels

aerial bomb

300px|thumb|MON-100 Landmine The MON-100 is a circular, sheet metal bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed and manufactured in the early 1960s by the Soviet Union. It is designed to wound or kill by fragmentation and resembles a large bowl.

museum in Kabul, Afghanistan

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.

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.