Anti-personnel mine
Videos
An anti-personnel mine or anti-personnel landmine is a form of mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to an anti-tank mine, which target vehicles. APLs are classified into blast mines and fr
Sand-colored VS-50 mine intended for use in desert environments (shown beside a wristwatch, for scale)
Soldier removing an Italian Valmara 69 anti-personnel bounding mine
Anti-personnel mine in Cambodia
Vietnamese child shows injuries caused by a land mine explosion.
Land mine
Videos
A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon often concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets as they pass over or near it. Land mines are divid
Anti-personnel mine
…An anti-personnel mine or anti-personnel landmine (APL or APERS) is a form of mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to an anti-tank mine, which target vehicles. APLs are classified into blast mines and fragmentation mines…
Examples of anti-personnel mines. Center: Valmara 69 (a bounding mine); right: VS-50
Swedish FFV 028 anti-tank-mines of the German Bundeswehr (inert versions)
Roman caltrop
Chinese illustration of a land mine with eight explosive charges, from the Huolongjing, 14th century