List of land mines explained

This is a list of commonly used land mines.

Mines by type

Anti-personnel mines

Shaped charge mines

• C3A1 mine
• C3A2 mine

Flame mines

• Abwehrflammenwerfer 42
• Flame fougasse
• X-200 mine
• XM-54 mine

Chemical mines

• Livens Projector _{see note}^[1]
• KhF-1 bounding gas mine
• KhF-2 bounding gas mine
• M1 chemical mine
• M23 chemical mine
• Spruh-Buchse 37
• Yperite mine

Anti-vehicle mines

Wide area mines

• M93 HORNET mine
• PTKM - 1R^[2]

Anti-helicopter mines

• 4AHM-100 mine
• AHM-200 mine
• AHM-200-1 mine
• AHM-200-2 mine
• Anti-Transport Mine
• Helkir mine
• PMN-150 mine
• PMN-250 mine
• TEMP 20

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Nuclear land mines

• Blue Peacock
• Medium Atomic Demolition Munition
• Special Atomic Demolition Munition

Mines by country of origin

Argentina

• FMK-1 mine
• FMK-3 mine
• FMK-5 mine
• MAPG mine
• MAPPG mine

Austria

• Helkir mine

Bulgaria

• 4AHM-100 mine
• AHM-200 mine
• AHM-200-1 mine
• AHM-200-2 mine
• Anti Transport Mine (Bulgaria)
• PMN-150 mine
• PMN-250 mine

Canada

• C3A1 mine
• DM-21 mine

Cuba

• AT-8 (Cuban mine)
• PMFH-1 mine
• PMFH-2 mine

Former Czechoslovakia

• PP Mi-SK mine (A Czechoslovakian copy of the POMZ-2 mine, used with an RO-1 fuze.)

Sweden

• M/47 mine
• FFV 016 mine
• FFV 028 mine

France

• MAPED F1 (France)
• Model 1948 mine

Japan

• Type 93 mine
• Type 96 mine
• Type 67 mine
• Type 99 mine

Myanmar

• MM-1 mine

South Africa

• Mini MS-803 (South Africa)

Serbia

• MRUD (Serbia)

Sri Lanka

• Johnny Landmine 95 (LTTE)
• Rangan 99
• P4Mk1
• Type 72

Former Yugoslavia

• MRUD (Serbia)
• PROM-1
• PMA-2 "Pašteta"
• PMA-3 mine
• PMR-1 mine
• PMR-2A mine
• TMM-1

Vietnam

• MD-82 mine
• MBV-78A1 mine

Notes

1. The Livens Projector is more of a mortar than a land mine but it is described as "arguably the first chemical mine" in The Origins of Military Mines: Part I, Major William C. Schneck and is consequently included here.
2. Web site: Russian army employs PTKM-1R antitank jumping mines in Ukraine war . 31 January 2023 .

References

• Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2005-2006
• Brassey's Essential Guide to Anti-Personnel Landmines, Eddie Banks
• Foreign Mine Warfare Equipment, TM 5-223