Posted on May 3, 2017
Army Concerned Over Ban on Cluster Munitions, Land Mines
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SSG Shavonde Chase Thsnks for the post.
Say goodbye to the "Bouncing Betty". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M16_mine
SPC Douglas Bolton,COL Mikel J. Burroughs,TSgt Dawn Premock,SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas
Say goodbye to the "Bouncing Betty". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M16_mine
SPC Douglas Bolton,COL Mikel J. Burroughs,TSgt Dawn Premock,SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas
The M16 mine is a U.S.-made bounding anti-personnel mine. It was based on captured plans of the World War II era German S-mine and has similar performance. The mine consists of a cast iron body in a thin steel sleeve. A central fuze well on the top of the mine is normally fitted with a pronged M605 pressure and tilt fuze. Sufficient pressure on the prongs or tension on an attached tripwire causes the release of a striker. The freed striker is...
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SSG Shavonde Chase Lots of Leftovers, What do You do with them? Not fond of Me Tripping over them Years Later as I have done with WWII Equipment in Adak, AK and Jackson Park Navy Housing, Bremerton, Washington.
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