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MON-50

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The MON-50 is a Soviet directional anti-personnel mine that entered service in 1965, built as a copy of the American M18 Claymore mine with some differences; its designation is drawn from the Russian for directional fragmentation mine. The mine has a rectangular plastic body containing 700 grams of RDX explosive behind roughly 540 steel balls or 485 steel rods, which it fires in a 54-degree arc to a lethal range of 50 meters. Folding scissor-type legs let it be set on the ground or fixed to a tree for the best fragment spread, and it can be command-detonated by a manual inductor or set off by a pull switch or seismic trigger, and functions across a temperature range of minus 50 to plus 50 degrees Celsius. It is manufactured in Russia and exported by Bulgaria, and is issued in a cloth bandolier carrying the mine and its firing components together.

Facts
Weapon Class
Directional fragmentation anti-personnel mine 1
Introduced Year
1965 1
Classification
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Grenade / Explosive Device 1
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Egyptian Armed Forces, Armed Forces and Units
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Finnish Defence Forces, Armed Forces and Units
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People's Liberation Army, Armed Forces and Units
Source MilitaryFactory.com: MON-50
Soviet Armed Forces, Armed Forces and Units
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Vietnam People's Army, Armed Forces and Units
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Sources
1. MON-50, Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    The MON-50 (Russian: МОН-50) is a Soviet rectangular, slightly convex, plastic bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed to wound or kill by explosive fragmentation.
  • Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Introduction/adoption year stated in the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Article text
    The MON-50 is currently manufactured in Russia and also manufactured for export in Bulgaria.
  • In Group: Land Mines, Lead sentence
    The MON-50 (Russian: МОН-50) is a Soviet rectangular, slightly convex, plastic bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed to wound or kill by explosive fragmentation.
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Wikidata: MON-50
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  • Operated By: People's Liberation Army, Operators
    [ Afghanistan; Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Cambodia; China; Egypt; Estonia; Finland; Georgia; Hungary; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Latvia; Libya; Malaysia; Myanmar; Moldova; Mongolia; North Korea; Pakistan; Poland; Romania; Russia; Soviet Union; Tajikistan; Thailand; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Vietnam; Yugoslavia ]
  • Operated By: Egyptian Armed Forces, Operators
    [ Afghanistan; Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Cambodia; China; Egypt; Estonia; Finland; Georgia; Hungary; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Latvia; Libya; Malaysia; Myanmar; Moldova; Mongolia; North Korea; Pakistan; Poland; Romania; Russia; Soviet Union; Tajikistan; Thailand; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Vietnam; Yugoslavia ]
  • Operated By: Finnish Defence Forces, Operators
    [ Afghanistan; Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Cambodia; China; Egypt; Estonia; Finland; Georgia; Hungary; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Latvia; Libya; Malaysia; Myanmar; Moldova; Mongolia; North Korea; Pakistan; Poland; Romania; Russia; Soviet Union; Tajikistan; Thailand; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Vietnam; Yugoslavia ]
  • Operated By: Soviet Armed Forces, Operators
    [ Afghanistan; Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Cambodia; China; Egypt; Estonia; Finland; Georgia; Hungary; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Latvia; Libya; Malaysia; Myanmar; Moldova; Mongolia; North Korea; Pakistan; Poland; Romania; Russia; Soviet Union; Tajikistan; Thailand; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Vietnam; Yugoslavia ]
  • Operated By: Vietnam People's Army, Operators
    [ Afghanistan; Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Cambodia; China; Egypt; Estonia; Finland; Georgia; Hungary; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Latvia; Libya; Malaysia; Myanmar; Moldova; Mongolia; North Korea; Pakistan; Poland; Romania; Russia; Soviet Union; Tajikistan; Thailand; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Vietnam; Yugoslavia ]
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