Mine effect

Swiss throwing mines (right half of the picture)

Explosives or projectiles with mine action are all explosive weapons that cause their destructive effect primarily through the detonation wave ( pressure wave ) that occurs during the explosion and whose fragmentation effect is rather low.

Mine-effect explosives have a relatively thin shell and contain a high proportion of explosives. Examples are air mines , mine ammunition for machine guns and mortars thrown throw mines. In contrast, there are, for example, explosive devices with fragmentation effects or impact projectiles .

Not to be confused with land mines , explosives with mine effect are usually fired or dropped and detonated by impact ignition.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Fleischer : German dropping ammunition until 1945: High explosive bombs, incendiary bombs, special dropping ammunition, dropping containers, detonators , Verlag Motorbuch, 2003 ISBN 9783613022867 [1]
2. ^ Artillery and ballistics in brief , Springer-Verlag , 1939, ISBN 9783642907944 , pp. 209–210 [2]