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BM/85 mine

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SpA. The mine is cylindrical with a three pronged tilt/pressure fuze on the top with a central post for attaching a tripwire. A plastic safety clip prevents the fuze from tilting when in transit. Once the pressure clip is removed the mine is armed. Once the fuze is pulled sideways by a trip wire or
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by downward pressure, the mine is triggered. A small charge launches the mine to a height of about 0.45 meters where it explodes scattering 1,000 fragments to a lethal radius of about 25 meters.
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The mine was in service with the Italian army but all operational stocks of the mine have been destroyed.
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Brassey's Essential Guide to Anti-personnel landmines
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blast resistant
bounding anti-personnel mine
Tecnovar italiana
Valmara 69
Composition B
BM/85 mine
ORDATA
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landmines
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Anti-personnel mines
Land mines of Italy
Landmine stubs

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