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APM-1
Antipersonnel Mine

Description
The APM 1 is a small Austrian made directed fragmentation mine that comes with a mounting tripod. The mine is produced by Hirtenberger/Sudsteirische Mettallindustrie Gmbh (SMI). The shape of the mine itself is similar to the US M18A1 Claymore mine. The mine weighs only 1 kg and contains just 360 grams of explosive. The mine has a total of 290 steel balls 5 mm in diameter in front of the sheet of Composition B explosive charge.

Manufacturing Country
Austria

General Information
Rectangular
40 mm in Width
80 mm in Height
1.0 kg total weight
Plastic case
OD green
Explosive type - Comp B
Main explosive weight - 0.36 kg