P7 (mine)

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The P7 and P7 Mk.2 are Pakistani anti-personnel mines , which are based on the design of the US-American M2 - jumping mine . The mine is manufactured and sold by the state-owned Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF). In contrast to the M2, the P7 does not contain a 60 mm mortar projectile, but an upside-down hand grenade .

variants

variant P7 P7 Mk.2
alternative names P7 MK1, P7 Mk1, P7 Mk.1, P7A1 n / A
description External shape similar to M2A4
height 160 mm including igniter
width Max. 71 mm at the base
material steel
colour Olive-green body,
yellow lettering,
red ring around the muzzle of the bullet barrel
labeling JUMPING
MKI
Detonator Push and pull fuses Push and pull fuses
Tripping Push on trigger
pull on tripwire
charge Hand grenade ARGES-69
(also known as P1 Mk.1 ,
copy of the Austrian Arges 69 )		 Hand grenade
effect The grenade is ejected about 1.25–2 meters
and the fragmentation charge is ignited
Danger fatal to a radius of 25 meters

function

The mine is buried in the ground in such a way that the projectile is covered with earth and the detonator protrudes slightly from the ground or is barely covered with earth. The detonator can now be connected to a trip wire. If the igniter protrudes from the ground, it will z. B. camouflaged with light plant parts to make detection by the enemy more difficult. Then the safety pin is removed: the mine is now sharp. If the detonator is now loaded with pressure or the tripwire is triggered, the detonator activates a propellant charge that shoots the projectile up out of the ground. The delay detonator then explodes at a defined height and the fragments of the fragmentation warhead of the projectile are distributed around the area. When jumping mines such as the P7 are used over a large area, they are often laid together with (low-metal) pressure mines in order to make it more difficult to overcome or clear the mined area. The P7 can also be used when the enemy does not trigger the mine, but instead a pull wire (instead of the trip wire) runs from the detonator of the mine to its own position with appropriate cover, from which one's own forces can trigger the mine.

Known locations

Pakistan hardly releases any information on this topic, but has used various self-produced anti-personnel mines on the border with Afghanistan ( tribal areas ), in the Kashmir conflict , in the conflicts with India from 1947 to 1949 , 1965 , 1972 and since then on the Indian-Pakistani border .

swell

  • Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 1998-1999
  • Brassey's Essential Guide to Anti-personnel Landmines

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d International Campaign to Ban Land Mines: Landmine Monitor Report 1999: Toward a Mine-free World , 1999, p. 496ff.
  2. ↑ a b http://bulletpicker.com/landmine_-apers_-p7-mk-1.html
  3. ^ A b Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division: Afghanistan Ordnance Identification Guide , 2004, p. 127
  4. ↑ International Campaign to Ban Land Mines: Landmine Monitor Report 2001: Toward a Mine-free World , 2001, pp. 606f.
  5. ↑ a b c d HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH BACKGROUNDER: Recent Landmine Use By India And Pakistan, MAY 2002

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