Land mines of Germany

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

anti-tank mine, called the Mushroom

type of anti-tank mine

German anti-personnel mine used during the Second World War

German static defensive flamethrower used in World War Ii

thumb|300px|MW-1 in action The MW-1 (Mehrzweckwaffe 1, multipurpose weapon) is a German munitions dispenser similar to the British JP233. It is designed to be carried on the Tornado IDS, although it can be carried on the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. The MW-1 started to be phased out after the German Government ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2009.

German metal-cased anti-tank blast mine used during the Second World War

type of anti-tank blast mine

type of minimum metal anti-personnel mine

German off-route anti-tank mine

The Topfmines (German: "pot mines") were a series of German circular minimum metal anti-tank blast mines that entered service with the German army in 1944, during the Second World War.

German anti-tank bar mine