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Dealing near lethal damage to anyone who steps on it, anyone not instantly killed when near a Land Mine explosion will be knocked unconscious. To set up and arm the Land Mine, hold the device in your hands will show the mine hologram. Upon activation the mine will start a second delay before the Land Mine is armed and ready.
These facts reflect the level of seriousness of landmines in Egypt. The contaminated areas in the North Coast, Gulf of Suez and Red Sea coasts are now being reclaimed for economic development making mine clearance an urgent priority for the Egyptian government.
The landmine and unexploded ordnance UXO problems in Egypt are unique due to the following facts:. Facts about landmines. The following facts reflect the seriousness of this problem: It is estimated that there are million land mines in the ground right now. An equal amount is in stockpiles waiting to be planted or destroyed. According to Landmine Monitor, number of landmine and UXO casualties was 11, in and in Mines kill or maim more than 5, people annually. Mine and explosive remnant of war casualties occur in every region of the world, causing an estimated 15, - 20, injuries each year.
One deminer is killed and two injured for every successfully removed mines. Overall, about 85 per cent of reported land mine casualties are men, many of whom are soldiers. However, in some regions, 30 per cent of the victims are women. Mines create millions of refugees or internally displaced people The areas most affected by land mines include: Egypt 23 million, mostly in border regions ; Angola million ; Iran 16 million ; Afghanistan about 10 million ; Iraq 10 million ; China 10 million ; Cambodia up to 10 million ; Mozambique about 2 million ; Bosnia million ; Croatia 2 million ; Somalia up to 2 million in the North ; Eritrea 1 million ; and Sudan 1 million.
Egypt, Angola, and Iran account for more than 85 per cent of the total number of mine-related casualties in the world each year. Until recently, about mines were being removed, and about two million more were planted each year. Moreover, in Egypt agriculture is one of the mainstays of the economy. Landmines are planted in fields, around wells, water sources, and hydroelectric installations, making these lands unusable or usable only at great risk.
Egypt could increment its agricultural production if landmines were eliminated from the contaminated regions. The mines in a wide coastal strip, all the way to the Libyan border and beyond , nearby coastal regions of Suez Canal Zone such as salt lakes and Red Sea coast prevent use of hundreds of thousands of sq.
These facts reflect the level of seriousness of landmines in Egypt. The contaminated areas in the North Coast, Gulf of Suez and Red Sea coasts are now being reclaimed for economic development making mine clearance an urgent priority for the Egyptian government. The landmine and unexploded ordnance UXO problems in Egypt are unique due to the following facts:.
Facts About Landmines. The following facts reflect the seriousness of this problem: It is estimated that there are million land mines in the ground right now. An equal amount is in stockpiles waiting to be planted or destroyed.
According to Landmine Monitor, number of landmine and UXO casualties was 11, in and in Mines kill or maim more than 5, people annually. Mine and explosive remnant of war casualties occur in every region of the world, causing an estimated 15, — 20, injuries each year.
One deminer is killed and two injured for every successfully removed mines. Overall, about 85 per cent of reported land mine casualties are men, many of whom are soldiers.
However, in some regions, 30 per cent of the victims are women. Soldiers simply align an arrow with the A to arm the mine. Once it is armed, any pressure of at least When the proper amount of pressure is applied it pushes down on the Belleville spring underneath the pressure plate. This spring pushes the firing pin down on to the detonator , which ignites the main charge of Tetryl explosive.
Bounding mines fire up out of the ground and then explode. The M16 is made of three main parts: a mine fuse , a propelling charge to lift the mine and a projectile contained in a cast-iron housing. It is 7. The M16 mine contains about 1. The fuse extends through the center of the mine to the bottom, where the propelling charge is located.
To arm the mine, a safety pin is removed from the striker on top of the fuse. There are three prongs located on top of the fuse, connected to a spring-loaded wedge. The fuse encloses a percussion cap , a delay element and a black-powder charge. The M16 can be detonated in two ways: by applying pressure or by pulling the spring-loaded release pin.
Either method causes the pin to pull out of the fuse, releasing the striker and igniting the percussion cap. The percussion cap fires a delay element in the fuse, which fires a detonator after a short delay. The detonator ignites the black powder in the fuse, firing the propelling charge in the bottom of the mine. The mine flies upward to about 1. When it comes to developing new military weaponry, countries try to keep up with the developments of other countries.
The development of tanks during World War I led to anti-tank mines , and anti-personnel mines were developed to prevent enemy armies from moving anti-tank mines. Anti-tank mines are very similar to their anti-personnel cousins, but are much larger. These mines are pressure activated, but are typically designed so that the footstep of a person won't detonate them.
Most anti-tank mines require an applied pressure of Most tanks and other military vehicles apply that kind of pressure. Let's take a closer look at one of these anti-tank mines.
All anti-tank mines are blast mines, because the goal of the anti-tank mine is to destroy the tank's tracks and as much of its body as possible. There's no need for a bounding or fragmentation anti-tank mine. The M15 is a circular, steel anti-tank mine that contains a main charge of TNT.
It has a diameter of The main component of the M15 is the The M15 is armed by rotating the arming switch so that it is set atop the head of the fuse.
The cylindrical fuse is made of iron and is attached to the pressure plate by a copper cover. As a tank rolls over the mine, it pushes down on the pressure plate. Underneath the pressure plate is a Belleville spring with a firing pin affixed to its underside.
The firing pin is driven down into the detonator, which detonates and fires the M booster charge beneath the fuse, which then sets off the main charge. Landmines can remain active more than 50 years after they are planted in the ground.
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