M19 (mine)

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M19 (mine)


M19, top central pressure plate with safety rotary switch in position S (safe) and star-shaped safety clip, right front receptacle for additional detonators, right rear attachment for strap

General Information
Designation: M19
Type: Anti-tank mine
Country of origin: United States
Commissioning: 1965
Working time: since 1965
Technical specifications
Combat weight: 12560 grams
Charge: 9530 grams of Composition B
Length: 332 millimeters
Width: 332 millimeters
Height: 94 millimeters (body 75 millimeters)
Detonator: M606 mechanical pressure detonator (+ optional 2 × resume protection)
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The M19 is an American low-metal anti - tank mine . It was developed in the 1950s as a replacement for the M15 and is still in use today (2018). It consists largely of plastic and contains only 2.86 grams of metal (detonator with copper and steel firing pin) and is therefore difficult to find using a metal detector . It was last procured by the USA in the fiscal year 1958 and the stocks of the US troops amounted to approx. 74,000 in 1990 and approx. 63,000 in 2002. According to the NATO definition, the M19 is a 1st generation anti-tank mine (pressure mine with explosive effect, unlimited effective time). The identical passive exercise lead M80 exists for training purposes .

description

The M19 has a square plastic mine body and a 260 mm round pressure plate on the top. The color of the mine is a dark olive green. A strap is attached to one side of the body. One of the corners of the top of the body is labeled MINE AT NMM19 (meaning: Mine anti-tank defense, non-metallic type M19). The positions of the central safety rotary switch are labeled with S (safe / English : SAFE) and A (activated / English: ARMED). There is a receptacle for optional additional detonators on the front and underside, which are intended to prevent the mine from being removed as a so-called recovery protection. These additional detonators are usually the M1 draft detonator and the M5 discharge detonator. The lead can be stored at temperatures from -51 ° C to +71 ° C and used at -40 ° C to +51 ° C.

function

The refill is delivered as 2 × M19 refills, 2 × M606 detonators, 2 × M2 activators and 1 × M22 open-ended wrenches in a bag and two bags each in a metal-reinforced box. The mine is usually completely buried, detonated and armed. If then, z. B. by a vehicle with a pressure of more than 118-226 kg (260-500 lbs ) exerted on the top , the HE explosive device explodes. In individual cases, the mine can trigger pressure from 90 kg. The effect of the mine is primarily based on its explosive charge, i. H. there is no projectile formation or the like. instead of. To make it more difficult to clear the M19, it is often used together with anti-personnel mines such as the M14 and M16 .

Manufacturer

Known locations

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  • C. King, J. King: Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2005-2006 , Jane's Information Group, 2005, ISBN 0-7106-2701-7
  • Owen, JIH | Brassey's Infantry weapons of the world | 1975 | Brasey's Naval and Shipping Annual Ltd | London | ISBN 0-904609-01-4
  • Инженерные боеприпасы. Руководство по материальной части и применению. Книга первая. -М .: Военное издательство МО СССР, 1976 (Technical ammunition. Manual on material and use. Volume 1. -M: Military publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1976)
  • TM 43-0001-36, Land Mines, p.16f.
  • TM 9-1345-203-12 & P

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ FAS Military Analysis Network .
  2. ^ GAO Information on US Use of Land Mines in the Persian Gulf War .
  3. ^ Army Ammunition Data Sheets for Land Mines (FSC 1345).
  4. ↑ TM 43-0001-36, Landmines. P. 17.
  5. ↑ a b c https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/atm.htm%7Ctitle=GlobalSecurity.org  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , M15, M19 and M21 Anti-Tank (AT) Mines@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.globalsecurity.org  
  6. ↑ Human Rights Watch, July 2001, Vol. 13, No.3 (C), p. 37