Placed Munitions

Question 1

How do you ID fragmentation (LMAPERS)?

Answer 1

• stake, stick or brick
• may be of any shape. Earlier designs were rectangular, but newer ones are cylindrical
• may be made of wood with internal frag sleeve

Question 2

What are the fragmentation (LMAPERS) safeties?

Answer 2

Placed->LMAPERS->
pressure/pull or both-HE, frag, move, C/S, BT(mine 5)
command det-HE, frag, move, C/S, BT, EMR, static

Question 3

How do you ID blast (LMAPERS)?

Answer 3

-generally lightweight material (plastic or bare HE) may or may not have an obvious pressure plate

Question 4

What are the blast (LMAPERS) safeties?

Answer 4

Placed->LMAPERS->

pressure or pull-HE, frag, move, C/S, BT (mine 5)

Question 5

How do you ID bounding frag (LMAPERS)?

Answer 5

• light metal multi-piece construction
• cylindrical in shape, taller than they are wide to accommodate the projectile
• may look like a large oil can with fuze

Question 6

What are the bounding frag (LMAPERS) safeties?

Answer 6

Placed->LMAPERS->
pressure or pull-HE, frag, move, C/S, BT, eject, 1hr WT
command det-HE, frag, move, C/S, BT, eject, 1hr WT, EMR, static

Question 7

How do you ID directional frag (LMAPERS)?

Answer 7

• body made of thin metal plastic
• most commonly known is the claymore
• curved to aid in the dissemination of frag material

Question 8

What are the directional frag (LMAPERS) safeties?

Answer 8

Placed->LMAPERS->
pull-HE, frag, move, C/S, BT (mine 5)
command det-HE, frag, move, C/S, BT, EMR, static

Question 9

How do you ID chemical (APERS)?

Answer 9

• can be modified containers from anti-personnel mines

- thin metal cans or old one gallon gas cans, loaded with chemical agent

Question 10

What are the chemical (APERS) safeties?

Answer 10

Placed->LMAPERS->
pull-HE, frag, move, C/S, BT, chem
command det-HE, frag, move, C/S, BT, chem, EMR, static

Question 11

How do you ID blast (LMAT)?

Answer 11

• made of lightweight material; thin metal, plastic or ceramic
• larger due to amount of HE needed to produce necessary blast damage
• wider than they are tall, usually non magnetic for harder detection

Question 12

What are the blast (LMAT) safeties?

Answer 12

Placed->LMAT->
pressure-HE, frag, move, C/S, BT (mine 5)
magnetic-HE, frag, move C/S, BT, seismic, mag, EMR, static,WT (mine5/mag5)

Question 13

How do you ID HEAT (LMAT)?

Answer 13

• metal or plastic construction usually taller compared to blast mines to provide standoff
• provisions for tilt rod

Question 14

What are the HEAT (LMAT) safeties

Answer 14

Placed->LMAT->
tilt rod-HE, frag, move, C/S, BT, jet
magnetic-HE, frag, move, C/S, BT, seismic, mag, EMR, static, WT, jet (mine 5/mag5+jet)

Question 15

How do you ID chemical (LMAT)?

Answer 15

-can be modified containers from anti-tank mines

Question 16

What are the chemical (LMAT) safeties?

Answer 16

Placed->LMAT->
pressure or pull-HE, frag, move, C/S, BT, chem (mine5+chem)
command det-HE, frag, move, C/S, BT, chem, EMR, static

Question 17

How do you ID pull fusing?

Answer 17

• place to attach tripwires
• require a trip wire to be attached to a pull ring or bar
• used mainly with APERS mines or booby traps

Question 18

How do you ID tilt rod fusing?

Answer 18

• fuse that uses a tilt as its method of pressure

- horizontal force as little as 3.75lbs acting through 20 degrees is required to shatter the plastic collar

Question 19

How do you ID magnetic fusing?

Answer 19

• fuse that set up their own magnetic field or the earths to eject personnel or vehicles
• may not be seen externally because they are integral to the mine
• incorporates seismic sensor to turn on magnetic field

Question 20

How do you ID command set fusing?

Answer 20

• two wires
• manufactured remote control or hardwire fusing systems designed to function the mine at will
• may be daisy chained to other mines with dec cord or other methods of initiating as a booby trap
• buried on top of each other so when top mine is removed bottom mine detonates