M80 (practice mine)
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| General Information | |
| Designation: | M80 |
| Type: | Exercise mine |
| Country of origin: | United States |
| Commissioning: | 1965 |
| Working time: | since 1965 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Combat weight: | 12,560 grams |
| Charge: | 9530 grams of inert filling for weight simulation |
| Length: | 332 millimeters |
| Width: | 332 millimeters |
| Height: | 94 millimeters (body 75 millimeters) |
| Detonator: | M606 Mechanical pressure detonator (inert variant) (+ optional 2 × recovery protection) |
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The M80 (English: Mine, antitank, training: M80 or M80 Practice ) is an American training mine for simulating the low-metal M19 anti - tank mine . The M80 itself is inert, but contains openings to accept resume fuses, which in turn can be explosive.
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 TRAINING M80" (meaning: Mine anti-tank training type M80). 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 and M2 draft detonators and the M5 discharge detonators, but should be replaced with the corresponding inert variants for training purposes.
function
The M80 is primarily used to train our own troops in handling, relocating, reconnaissance and defusing the M19 mine without endangering them with deadly loads. The M80 is a very realistic replica of the M19. For example, the safety clip can be removed, the safety rotary switch operated, the pressure detonator " M606, Inert " triggered and various resume safety devices attached. Theoretically, it is even possible to attach recovery devices equipped with explosives, but the instructions explicitly advise against doing so in order to avoid endangering people. The mine is usually completely buried, detonated and armed. If then, z. If a pressure of more than 118–226 kg (260–500 lbs ) is exerted on the upper side, for example by a vehicle, the pressure igniter triggers, but this has no consequences here. In individual cases, the mine can trigger pressure from 90 kg. Like the M19, the M80, a low-metal mine, contains less than 3 grams of metal, so you can use it to train explicitly how to find such mines safely.
swell
- C. King, J. King: Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2005-2006 , Jane's Information Group, 2005, ISBN 0-7106-2701-7
- TM 9-1345-203-12, Operator's And Unit Maintenance Manual For Land Mines , Headquarters, Department of The Army, 1995, pp. 30ff.
- TM 43-0001-36, Army Ammunition Data Sheets for Land Mines (FSC 1345) , Headquarters, Department of The Army, 1991, pp. 64ff.