The M14, nicknamed the Toepopper, is a small American anti-personnel land mine about 56 millimeters in diameter, introduced around 1955 and built almost entirely of plastic as a minimum metal design intended to resist detection. It uses a belleville spring that drives a firing pin into a detonator when 9 to 13 kilograms of pressure is applied, carries only 29 grams of tetryl explosive in a total weight of 99 grams, and directs its blast upward through a cone shaped charge meant to maim rather than kill. The United States retired it from active service in 1974 but held a reserve stockpile of 1.5 million mines as of 2010 for potential use on the Korean peninsula, and the design has been widely exported and copied by other countries including India, Vietnam, and Myanmar. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon Classgrenade or explosive ordnance 1 Introduced Year Classification
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Weapon Class (category)Grenade / Explosive Device 1 Sources
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The M14 mine "Toepopper" is a small (56 mm [2.2 in] diameter) anti-personnel land mine first deployed by the United States circa 1955.
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The M14 mine "Toepopper" is a small (56 mm [2.2 in] diameter) anti-personnel land mine first deployed by the United States circa 1955.
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